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Residents urge Boulder County commissioners to support bill expanding board from three to five members
Summary
Multiple residents urged the Boulder County commissioners to back Representative Bob Marshall’s draft legislation (House Bill 571) to expand the county commission from three to five members and allow proportional ranked-choice election options for populous counties.
Several Boulder County residents used the county’s general public comment period on Jan. 9 to press commissioners to support a draft state bill they said would expand the Board of County Commissioners from three to five members and offer proportional ranked‑choice voting options.
The callers said the change would improve representation across urban and rural areas and reduce the outsized influence of vacancy committees when a commissioner leaves midterm. “Five commissioners will be better. We would have more diverse voices,” Celeste Landry said, urging the board to…
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