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Residents urge commissioners to move from at‑large to district seats; several speakers cite representation concerns
Summary
Multiple public commenters asked the Houston County Board of Commissioners to adopt district-based seats instead of at-large elections, citing lack of persons of color on the commission and referencing a Department of Justice matter and local litigation history.
Several residents and community leaders used the public‑comment period to press the Houston County Board of Commissioners to adopt district-based commissioner seats instead of at‑large elections.
Jacqueline Rozier (candidate and community member) told the board she ran for the commission and lost in part because the at‑large system, she said, dilutes…
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