With the primary behind us, and many candidates continuing to claim the new supervisor districts were gerrymandered, I thought it would be helpful to recap the contentious process that gave them to us.
1. The Redistricting Commission was five members — three appointed by the Board of Supervisors and two appointed by the chair of the Republican Party [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Gerrymander: a word that’s fun to say
Posted in County Government, tagged gerrymander, Linn County, Redistricting on June 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Rural turnout up
Posted in County Government, tagged Linn County, primary, Rural, Urban on June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As of 3 p.m., rural and smalltown voters are turning out in greater number — when compared with past turnouts — than are urban voters.
Polls for today’s primary election close at 9 p.m., and the Linn County Auditor’s Office is keeping tabs on turnout here, where you can pull up a detailed spreadsheet near the [...]
Follow the money
Posted in County Government, tagged campaign finance, Linn County, primary on June 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I wrote this story about campaign finance for Saturday’s paper and it was buried in the B section with the obits, so most people probably missed it:
CEDAR RAPIDS — Candidates who spent, raised or borrowed more than $750 were required to file campaign finance reports with the Iowa Campaign Ethics and Disclosure Board by May [...]
