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Wausau council appoints Aaron Greiner to fill District 5 seat after two rounds of voting
Summary
After interviews and two ballots, the Wausau Common Council appointed Aaron Greiner to serve the remainder of the District 5 term. The council adopted an elimination procedure before the vote and rejected a request to play a city-produced introductory video for a candidate.
The Wausau Common Council appointed Aaron Greiner to fill the District 5 aldermanic vacancy after a two-round vote Tuesday, Oct. 28. The council required a majority of six votes; after the first ballot produced no majority, the member receiving the fewest votes was removed and a runoff was held.
The appointment followed a procedural discussion the council held before candidate introductions, including whether to allow a city-produced candidate video and how to handle voting rounds. A motion to permit the video failed 1–9; the council then voted 9–1 to eliminate the lowest vote-getter between ballots, a method the council said would…
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