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county as a whole, to be nominated and voted upon by the qualified voters of the entire county." Neither those making the request nor the petition submitted included any explanatory information or detailed any specific proposal regarding the format or implementation of the requested district representation for the Orange County Board of Commissioners, Upon hearing the request, the Board of Commissioners asked that Orange County Manager .John Link and County staff review the issue and the petition submitted and provide a report to the Board.. This document serves as that report to the Board. This report includes information on the following: 1) the legal framework for structure of boards of county comnrissioners; 2) the various methods of at-large election, district election, and combination of at-large/district election utilized for boards of commissioners in the 99 other North Carolina counties; 3) a history of past discussions by the Orange County Board of Conunissioners in regard Board representation and election;