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Isanti committee debates waiving primaries for special elections to cut cost and speed appointments
Summary
The Isanti City committee discussed amending city code to allow waiving a primary in special elections to reduce cost and shorten the time to fill vacancies; staff estimated about $12,500 per election and warned statutory filing deadlines limit how soon an election can be held.
Isanti City Committee of the Whole members debated whether to amend city code so the city could waive the primary requirement for special elections, a change staff said could cut the city's direct election costs and allow a winner to take office months earlier.
City staff (Speaker 3) told the committee that City Code (Chapter 8) currently requires a primary when a vacancy has two or more years remaining in the term, and that the county's role and associated costs make a special…
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