The discussion of whether to keep municipal elections via at-large voting or a change to district-based seats continues for the Logan Municipal Council, but according to North Logan Mayor Damon Cann, that’s a good thing.
“If you are looking at the issue right now, and think, ‘Oh, this is an easy one, we should definitely do X,’ then I don’t think you’ve thought about the issue as much as I think you should,” he said to the council at a presentation on Tuesday. “If you feel a little bit of uncertainty, then that’s probably a healthy place to be looking at this, because it really is, genuinely, a difficult, complex and multifaceted issue.”
A committee of neighborhood council members heard the presentation from Cann — who is also a professor of political science and the interim-department head over journalism and communication at Utah State University — in the summer of 2020 before the committee suggested a change to by-district voting or a hybrid system with some seats selected through districts and some elected at large, 5-1. Read the rest of the story on HJnews.com.
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