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FlashVote panel shows residents prefer text alerts and county newsletters, county presentation shows

Columbia County Board of Commissioners · March 11, 2026
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Summary

County staff and FlashVote presented survey results showing residents favor text messages and digital newsletters for emergency and routine county communications; the panel was ~400 people and produced 150— 200 responses per survey, staff said.

Columbia County's public information officer and a FlashVote representative presented the county's communications and website survey results March 11, showing clear resident preferences for text-message emergency alerts and for digital newsletters for routine notices.

Mark Pacheco, the county's public information officer, introduced Kevin Lyons of FlashVote, who described the vendor's panel-method approach: staff recruited an opt-in panel of roughly 400 residents, and typical survey response volumes range from about 150 to 200…

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