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Charter committee recommends keeping three‑year staggered election cycle
Summary
The Town of Loxahatchee Groves Charter Review Committee voted to recommend that the council retain the current system of three‑year terms with elections in March on a 2‑2‑1 staggered schedule rather than moving all seats to the same year or extending terms to four years.
The Town of Loxahatchee Groves Charter Review Committee recommended retaining the town’s current election cycle — three‑year terms with elections in March staged as two seats in year one, two seats in year two and one seat in year three — after a committee vote to forward that recommendation to the town council.
Committee members reviewed several alternatives, including electing all five seats at once, moving to four‑year terms with biennial elections, shifting municipal elections to November to coincide with state and federal contests, or altering the stagger to produce an election only two years out of three. After extended discussion the committee concluded the status quo best balances regular opportunity…
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