Forum on Reforming Local Elections June 25th

At Gulf Gate Library this Saturday, 2 pm:

BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SARASOTA COUNTY INVITES YOU TO A FREE NON-PARTISAN FORUM ON REFORMING OUR LOCAL ELECTIONS

1. OPEN PRIMARY AND RUNOFF: Should all registered voters (Republicans, Democrats and independents) vote in a primary for all local elected officials, with the top two candidates, regardless of party, going to a run-off election if none of them receives a majority in the primary?

2. NONPARTISAN BALLOTS FOR NON-POLITICAL POSITIONS: Should all County candidates for elected office EXCEPT County Commission and Charter Review Board (e.g. Sheriff, County Clerk, Supervisor of Elections, Tax Collector, Property Appraiser, Prosecutor, Public Defender, Hospital Board, etc.) appear on the ballot without partisan identification?

3. DISTRICT ONLY VOTING FOR BOARDS: Should County Commissioners, Hospital Board, School Board, and Charter Review Board members be elected only by the voters in their district?

4. AND OTHER IDEAS?

JON THAXTON, Senior Vice President for Community Investment, Gulf Coast Community Foundation and former County Commissioner

CATHY ANTUNES, President, Citizens for Sarasota County and public interest activist

Moderator: FRANK ALCOCK, Professor of Political Science, New College of Florida

Where: Gulf Gate Public Library auditorium

7112 Curtis Ave., Sarasota

When: Saturday, June 25, 2016 

2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

See video from an earlier BGA Forum on "Alternative Visions" here.