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Ionia County adopts paper-ballot, eliminate-lowest rule for District 3 appointment
Summary
The Ionia County Board of Commissioners voted to use public paper balloting and to eliminate the candidate with the fewest votes each round when filling the District 3 vacancy; both motions were moved by Commissioner Phil Hesche and carried by voice vote on March 17, 2026.
At its March 17 special meeting, the Ionia County Board of Commissioners adopted two procedural rules for filling the vacant District 3 seat: to use public paper balloting for each round of voting and to eliminate the candidate who receives the fewest votes after each round.
Both motions were introduced by Commissioner Phil Hesche and recorded in the minutes as carried by voice vote. The board applied those rules immediately before conducting two rounds of paper-ballot voting that produced identical results.
