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Residents urge recusal of county clerk after public endorsement appears at commissioners' meeting
Summary
Multiple residents at the Bonner County meeting raised concerns that the county clerk publicly endorsed a candidate while officiating upcoming elections and asked that he recuse himself; the clerk and county officials responded that the elections office is audited and that poll watchers may be present during counts.
During the public‑comment portion of the Bonner County Board of Commissioners meeting on April 14, several residents said the county clerk’s visible endorsement of a candidate created an appearance of impropriety and asked the clerk to recuse himself from election administration.
Spencer Hutchings, a Bonner County resident and candidate for county clerk, said: "I think to keep the election above board ... I think that he should recuse himself from this current election."…
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