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Committee passes bill restoring municipal option to revisit partisan status every two years

CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE · January 31, 2019
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Summary

Senate Bill 180, sponsored by Sen. Johnson and supported by the Municipal League, would return cities to a process requiring a biannual decision on whether municipal elections are partisan or nonpartisan; the committee approved the bill by voice vote.

Senator Johnson presented Senate Bill 180 to the committee, saying the measure restores a prior process that requires cities to revisit whether municipal elections will be…

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