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SB18-221

Elect County Commissioners By Districts

Concerning the election of a county commissioner in a county with a population of less than seventy thousand by the voters residing in the district from which the commissioner runs for election.
Session:
2018 Regular Session
Subjects:
Elections & Redistricting
Local Government
Bill Summary

Currently, in a county with a population of less than 70,000, the board of county commissioners consists of 3 members from 3 separate districts, with one commissioner elected from each district by the voters of the whole county.

The bill allows the voters of a county to change the method of election so that a commissioner is elected only by voters residing in the district from which the commissioner runs for election.

The change can be made either by the board of county commissioners referring a question to the voters or by the qualified electors filing a petition to have the question placed the ballot. Terms of current commissioners are not affected and the change only affects newly elected commissioners.


(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Status

Introduced
Lost

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Sponsors

Sponsor Type Legislators
Prime Sponsor

Sen. D. Coram
Rep. M. Catlin

Sponsor

Sen. C. Jahn, Sen. K. Lundberg, Sen. B. Martinez Humenik, Sen. T. Neville, Sen. K. Priola, Sen. J. Smallwood, Sen. J. Sonnenberg, Sen. J. Tate
Rep. J. Becker, Rep. P. Buck, Rep. T. Carver, Rep. P. Covarrubias, Rep. J. Everett, Rep. S. Humphrey, Rep. L. Landgraf, Rep. P. Lawrence, Rep. P. Lundeen, Rep. H. McKean, Rep. P. Neville, Rep. K. Ransom, Rep. J. Reyher, Rep. L. Saine, Rep. L. Sias, Rep. D. Thurlow, Rep. K. Van Winkle, Rep. D. Williams, Rep. J. Wilson, Rep. C. Wist

Co-sponsor

Sen. R. Baumgardner, Sen. J. Cooke, Sen. K. Donovan, Sen. B. Gardner, Sen. C. Holbert, Sen. K. Lambert, Sen. V. Marble