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Ross council weighs moving municipal elections to November, asks staff to draft ordinance
Summary
Council discussed aligning Ross municipal elections with the statewide November general election, heard arguments for and against preserving the town's traditional spring selection of the mayor, and directed staff to prepare a draft ordinance and options for term alignment and mayoral timing.
The Ross Town Council debated whether to move the townmunicipal election cycle to the November statewide general election during a council discussion that opened Feb. 13. Town staff summarized state law changes that have caused Ross to hold elections in March or June depending on the statewide primary schedule, a pattern that has complicated the council's annual reorganization and the timing of mayoral appointments.
Town Manager Johnson summarized options available to the council: keep the status quo (elections tied to the statewide primary, alternating March and June), or shift to the November general election in…
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