Alachua County commissioners are looking to eliminate single-member districts by creating a ballot measure for 2024 that would ask voters to decide whether they want to keep the single-member ...

“Dirty politics” of 2022’s election cycle Given the small margin by which single-member districts passed, many critics of the change have pointed to a series of questionable tactics by ...

Editor’s note: Election endorsements will be the primary focus of editorials in October. On Nov. 3 look for a recap of the endorsements.Today: Single-member districts referendum.When some voters ...

With the future of the Home Rule Charter referendum now pending until next November, now is the time to focus our attention on the issue of single-member districts. In the near future, I will be ...

Single-member districts must be adopted no later than the 120th day before the next election, or by July 7 this year, district staff said. If a petition asking for the adoption of single-member ...

Single-member districts were discussed as recently as 2020, but the issue has never gone to a vote. Now it will. This November will be the first time Alachua County voters can weigh in.

Those in favor of single-member districts spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on advertising, while county officials were restricted by law from producing any content that discussed the referendum.

Supporters of single-member districts say it provides for more moderate and conservative voices to be elected to the County Commission., which has historically been dominated by Democratic leaders.

Single-member districts have been used successfully to provide access to political power for people of color, who had, under at-large voting, been unable to elect candidates of their choice.

Digger reviewed districts that changed from single-member to multimember, or vice versa, in the 2010 redistricting process. Nine House districts gained a seat, and seven House districts lost a ...

SUMMERVILLE — A bipartisan coalition of elected officials, community members and parents is pushing for single-member districts for Dorchester School District Two. Currently, the entire DD2 ...

Single-member districts a '20-year-fight' County Property Appraiser Matt Caldwell has fought for the change for literally decades. "It's been a 20-year fight," he told the committee.