Oct 15, 2026 · 3 min · 4 segments
Proposed Charter Amendment No. 22 would allow nonpartisan county candidates to bypass the August primary and go directly to the November general election when two or fewer candidates file. Sponsor…
Proposed Charter Amendment No. 22 Concerning a Clarification of Nonpartisan Office Elections This would require that if there are two or fewer candidates for a nonpartisan county executive or legislative office, they would go directly to the general election ballot, bypassing the primary ballot.
Voters Pamphlet Argument 4.
This is how other nonpartisan races already work, like city councilors, fire district commissioners, and school board members.
Elections would still happen in even-numbered years when most voters turn out.
State law already skips primaries for nonpartisan races for one or two candidates.
This amendment applies the same money-saving rule to county races.
Primaries exist to narrow down large fields of candidates to the top two vote-getters.
With only one or two candidates, there is nothing left to narrow.
Voters pamphlet argument against.
The purpose of an election is not simply to produce a winner.
It is to give voters a fair and informed opportunity to evaluate those asking to represent them.
If only one or two candidates, the race would not appear on the August primary ballot.
Voters would lose months of publicly provided information about candidates seeking offices.
Eliminating the primary creates a built-in advantage for incumbents, while challengers lose months to introduce themselves and build public support.
A county charter should strengthen public participation, not diminish it.
Proposed Charter Amendment No. 22 Concerning a Clarification of Nonpartisan Office Elections This would require that if there are two or fewer candidates for a nonpartisan county executive or legislative office, they would go directly to the general election ballot, bypassing the primary ballot.
Voters Pamphlet Argument 4.
This is how other nonpartisan races already work, like city councilors, fire district commissioners, and school board members.
Elections would still happen in even-numbered years when most voters turn out.
State law already skips primaries for nonpartisan races for one or two candidates.
This amendment applies the same money-saving rule to county races.
Primaries exist to narrow down large fields of candidates to the top two vote-getters.
With only one or two candidates, there is nothing left to narrow.
Voters pamphlet argument against.
The purpose of an election is not simply to produce a winner.
It is to give voters a fair and informed opportunity to evaluate those asking to represent them.
If only one or two candidates, the race would not appear on the August primary ballot.
Voters would lose months of publicly provided information about candidates seeking offices.
Eliminating the primary creates a built-in advantage for incumbents, while challengers lose months to introduce themselves and build public support.
A county charter should strengthen public participation, not diminish it.
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