When they met Tuesday, Leavenworth County commissioners approved a resolution to place a question concerning the expansion of the commission on the ballot for the November election.
But before the vote, Commissioner Doug Smith questioned comments made to the newspaper by a member of a group supporting the expansion.
A group known as Give Me Five collected signatures to have the question added to the November ballot. The question will ask voters if they approve of expanding the County Commission from three commissioners to five.
County Clerk Janet Klasinski said the group had to collect at least 2,153 signatures of Leavenworth County registered voters in order to have the question placed on the ballot.
“The committee did obtain the correct number of signatures,” she said.
She said the resolution voted on Tuesday by commissioners authorizes her to put the question on the ballot.
(Read more: Leavenworth Times)