City Action Alert- HB 1182 on Political Parties and City Elections






HB 1182 which would give candidates for city elections the option to declare a political party came out of committee with a DO PASS Recommendation. It will likely be voted on by the House on Thursday (2/4).  Email or call your House members and ask them to vote no/red on HB 1182. Let them know that it is best to keep city elections non-partisan.

Click here and scroll to your representative's names to find their phone number and email address.


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  1. Olivia JFebruary 4, 2021 at 11:16 PM

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  2. Olivia JFebruary 4, 2021 at 11:21 PM

    Thank you for this action alert! It made me proud to be in my town during the city council race- from newspaper questionnaires to a Chamber of Commerce forum, institutions stepped up to make sure citizens could make an informed choice... I think this choice would be narrowed and hindered by party designations on the ballot. It's human nature to categorize and lump and pick the path of least resistance once we know where we're aligned. But local politics is about unique issues that require specific conversations, not party-based generalizations.

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