Cathy Cox proposes taking the partisan politics out of all county races by making them nonpartisan.
In a 12-10-04 post entitled "Taking nonpartisan elections a step further beyond judges. School board members doable now. Sheriffs? Maybe in the future." I wrote:
I would like to see Georgia law changed so that counties could, through local legislation, have the offices of county commissioners, clerk of the superior court, judge of the probate court, sheriff, probate judge, tax commissioner (some counties have a different office here), coroner, surveyor and whatever else I am overlooking, be added to the offices of judges and school board members that can be elected on a nonpartisan basis.
That post also noted:
Official Code of Georgia Annotated Section 21-2-139(a) provides in pertinent part that "the General Assembly may provide by local Act for the election in nonpartisan elections of candidates to fill county judicial offices [and] offices of local school boards . . . ."
I do hope we have had our last partisan school board elections in Coffee County. If you would find this change desirable in your county, contact your local House and Senate representatives to discuss a change.
We did make the change here in Coffee County last year, and thus future school board elections will be nonpartisan.
But as noted at the beginning of this post, I would like to see all county elections nonpartisan.
This past week Cathy Cox proposed this.
According to the ajc:
Only weeks after the State Ethics Commission abruptly ousted its longtime director, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cathy Cox called for the state to let judges, rather than partisan politicians, appoint the panel.
Cox, Georgia's Secretary of State, also proposed taking the partisan politics out of all county races by making them non-partisan.
Her campaign staffers said the proposal will not be filed as legislation this year, as it would have little or no chance of winning approval in the Republican legislature.
Taylor, Cox's primary opponent, said he has no problem with stricter ethics laws.
"Lt. Gov. Taylor has always supported strong ethics laws, transparent government and non-partisan elections, including sheriff's races," said Rick Dent, Taylor's campaign consultant. "
I would like to see Georgia law changed so that counties could, through local legislation, have the offices of county commissioners, clerk of the superior court, judge of the probate court, sheriff, probate judge, tax commissioner (some counties have a different office here), coroner, surveyor and whatever else I am overlooking, be added to the offices of judges and school board members that can be elected on a nonpartisan basis.
That post also noted:
Official Code of Georgia Annotated Section 21-2-139(a) provides in pertinent part that "the General Assembly may provide by local Act for the election in nonpartisan elections of candidates to fill county judicial offices [and] offices of local school boards . . . ."
I do hope we have had our last partisan school board elections in Coffee County. If you would find this change desirable in your county, contact your local House and Senate representatives to discuss a change.
We did make the change here in Coffee County last year, and thus future school board elections will be nonpartisan.
But as noted at the beginning of this post, I would like to see all county elections nonpartisan.
This past week Cathy Cox proposed this.
According to the ajc:
Only weeks after the State Ethics Commission abruptly ousted its longtime director, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cathy Cox called for the state to let judges, rather than partisan politicians, appoint the panel.
Cox, Georgia's Secretary of State, also proposed taking the partisan politics out of all county races by making them non-partisan.
Her campaign staffers said the proposal will not be filed as legislation this year, as it would have little or no chance of winning approval in the Republican legislature.
Taylor, Cox's primary opponent, said he has no problem with stricter ethics laws.
"Lt. Gov. Taylor has always supported strong ethics laws, transparent government and non-partisan elections, including sheriff's races," said Rick Dent, Taylor's campaign consultant. "
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