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Committee advances RS 32794 to make county highway district commissioners countywide, allow partisan races and primaries
Summary
The Ways and Means Committee voted to introduce RS 32794, which would make countywide highway district commissioners run in countywide, partisan elections while retaining residency requirements for zones created by the commissioners.
The Ways and Means Committee voted to introduce RS 32794, a proposal to change how countywide highway district commissioners are elected. Under the RS, commissioners would continue to live in district-created zones but would run in countywide elections, could run as partisan candidates, and would face party primaries if they have intra-party opponents. Representative Monks moved to introduce the RS; the motion passed with Representatives Achilles, Birch and Rubel recorded as nays.
Rep. Mike Moyle, District 10, presented the RS and described how the change would align countywide highway district elections with the process used for county commissioners. "Under our current way that county wide highway districts are elected, they're elected within a zone.…
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