Hall County Board of Commissioners plan to change the selection process for the Board of Elections

[napi21]

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In the new proposal, elections board members would be selected by the Board of Commissioners from a list of seven nominees from both the Democratic and Republican parties. Commissioners would select two members from each list of seven, and the chairman of the board would be appointed by the Board of Commissioners.

The proposal would also limit board members to two 4-year terms and allow the Board of Commissioners to remove a board member “for any reason,” and any vacant position would be filled via appointment by county commissioners. The current statute states that the Board of Commissioners can remove a board member only “for cause, after notice and hearing,” and board members have no term limits.

Setting term limits and a new removal process has nothing to do with the selection process, he said. And the proposal does not require that a person removed from the board would have to be replaced by someone from the same political party.

“We now are being threatened to be removed from office for no cause, and we won’t even get a hearing regarding it,” Smiley said.

The entire article is on the front page of the Gainesville Times today. The main problems see is the Commissioners can remove electors "for any reason" without a hearing & "the replacement can be of any Party" both can be abused by whichever Party is in the majority at the time.

[Solly Mack]

1. I'm not shocked

or surprised.

[Wounded Bear]

2. What? No loyalty oaths?