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Resident launches petition drive to expand Bourbon County commission to five districts
Summary
Michael Hoyt announced a petition initiative to move Bourbon County to five commissioner districts, said the requirement is 5% of registered voters, and scheduled signature-gathering near Matthews Church for the coming days; he also urged a purge of outdated voter registrations.
Michael Hoyt told the commission he is "heading up the petition initiative to move to 5 commissioner districts" and said the clerk's office provided signature thresholds. He stated the statutory requirement he was told is 5% of registered voters and discussed his concern that the voter rolls may include outdated entries; he said, "we need to purge that list because it makes us look bad as far as our participation in elections."
Hoyt described the practical effects of the 5% threshold as it was presented to him: he said the number implied roughly 12,000 registered voters in a county with a population near 15,000 and questioned the accuracy of the rolls. He encouraged the county to review registrations and suggested sending cards or other measures to update the list.
Hoyt announced in the meeting that he and volunteers would be set up for several days to collect petition signatures at a corner near Matthews Church and offered to help veterans file claims, saying he would bring a laptop to assist with paperwork.
The commission did not record any formal action on districting at this meeting; Hoyt's announcement serves as notice of a citizen-initiated petition effort and of planned signature-gathering activity.
