Pottawatomie County resident Doug Kern has gathered nearly 900 signatures on the petition to add the question of expanding the Board of Commissioners from three to five to the November ballot. State statute requires 5% of the registered voters sign the petition in order for it to go on the ballot, and Kern has estimated that 900 signatures will meet that requirement. “The statement that would go on the ballot is ready to go,” he said Monday. “I would request a favor from the commission in that we can save the county clerk’s office a whole lot of work if the board of county commissioners by resolution would put this on the ballot.” Adding the question to the ballot by resolution would eliminate the need for the county clerk’s office to verify all the signatures on the petition.
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