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Resident urges voters-pamphlet changes and criticizes juvenile facility; auditor says state law limits county authority
Summary
A resident asked the board to require more information about judicial candidates in the voters pamphlet and criticized juvenile facility use and costs; the county auditor responded that rules for state candidates (including most superior court judges) are set by state law and candidate statements are submitted by the candidates and not independently fact-checked.
During the public-comment period a resident identified as Flo urged the board to change the local voters pamphlet to give voters more information about judicial candidates and their records.
Flo said county voters currently "have no control over anything that they do or decide when they decide something," and asked the board to require a synopsis of how judicial candidates have ruled in the past so voters can better evaluate them. She also criticized what she described as low juvenile-facility occupancy ("an average of 6 to 8 inmates"…
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