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County auditor warns supervisors about Senate File 75; board told to prepare redistricting commission by May 15
Summary
Black Hawk County Auditor Karen Shawwalter warned supervisors that Senate File 75, currently on the governor’s desk, would require counties with a Regents university to move from at-large supervisor elections to district-based elections and to form a redistricting commission by May 15 if the bill becomes law.
Karen Shawwalter, Black Hawk County auditor, told the board March 25 that Senate File 75—if enacted—would require counties that host a regents university to move supervisors from an at-large Plan 1 election format to district elections under Plan 3.
She said the bill has been introduced in prior sessions and is currently on the governor’s desk; if signed the law would take effect on enactment and require the county to appoint or create a redistricting commission by…
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