(Pottawattamie Co) The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors this morning approved a resolution to call for a Redistricting Plan Special Election on August 1st.
A petition of eligible electors of Pottawattamie County requesting that an election be held to choose the method of selection of Board of Supervisors members was filed with the Pottawattamie County Auditors’ Office on May 31st. The petition contained the names of 3,976 eligible electors of Pottawattamie County. No written objections were filed to the petition.
Pottawattamie County voters will vote on the proposition that states:
The individual members of the Board of Supervisors in Pottawattamie County shall be elected:
Plan One: At large and without district residence requirement for the members.
Plan Two: At large, but with equal-population district residence requirements for the members.
Plan Three: From single-member equal-population districts in which the electors of each district shall elect one member who must reside in that district.
Note: Supervisors are currently elected at large without district residence requirements (Plan One)
Supervisor Scott Belt asked County Attorney Matt Wilber for clarification on whether the options that are being voted on are done by population and not by land.
Belt asked Wilber if a group of people put together a redistricting map.
Belt also asked how it is decided who will have two-year or four-year terms.
The poll hours on August 1st will be 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Early voting starts July 12th; you can request an absentee ballot now.
