- The Town of Dolores will hold an election April 5th even though there may be no contested races for mayor or town trustee.
- Voters in San Juan County, Utah, will be using existing county-commission districts in the November election rather than new ones mandated by a federal court.
The Town of Dolores will hold an election April 5th even though there may be no contested races for mayor or town trustee. Clerk and Interim Manager Lana Hancock tells KSJD that’s because of a glitch that set the deadline for any write-in candidates to declare at March 16th – after the date that ballots have to be mailed out. She says the problem will be corrected before the next election. The municipalities of Mancos and Cortez likewise will be holding elections this spring because of ballot questions and/or contested races.
It appears that voters in San Juan County, Utah, will be using existing county-commission districts in the November election rather than new ones mandated by a federal court. A U.S. District Judge has ordered the county to redraw its three commission districts because Native Americans have been stacked into District 3, which is more than 90 percent Navajo. The county is the only one in Utah that does not choose its commissioners through at-large voting. However, the San Juan Record reports that because the February 19th ruling came just a few weeks before the start of the filing period for candidates, county attorney Kendall Laws believes the existing commission boundaries will have to be used one last time. Republican Bruce Adams is the only commissioner whose term will be up for re-election this year.
