Agenda - 09-02-2021; 12-8 - Information Item - Memorandum - Transmittal of the Final Report from the BOCC Elections Advisory Group (BEAG) on the Process for Electing County Commissioners in Orange County

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BEAG Community Survey 213 representation! Commissioners should be LONG standing community members, not newbies who don't understand what the rural parts of the county need. 88 North side of Orange County should have same number of Commisoners as Chapel 6/9/202112:32 PM Hill/Carrboro. Allowing students who are just attending UNC for studies should not be allowed to vote. 89 It would be inequitable to not have districts or to allow everyone to vote for all districts. The 6/9/202112:31 PM bulk of the population is centered in specific areas, and the entire county needs a voice. 90 1 like multi-member districts, but it's not clear to me why Chapel Hill /Carrboro has more 6/9/202112:28 PM members than the rest of the county. 91 Cumulative voting (or another form of proportional representation) is a superior method. 6/9/2021 12:19 PM 92 require voter ID 6/9/202112:04 PM 93 Single party system is no good for the people 6/9/202111:48 AM 94 if it is only single member districts, there should be more of these in the southern part of the 6/9/202111:43 AM county. It seems representation should be more according to population than geography. 95 At the end of the day, we want a fair, nonpartisan, representative apportionment of 6/9/202111:36 AM Commissioner votes 96 It would be nice if Chapel Hill and Carrboro didn't also control Hillsborough and the rest of the 6/9/202110:53 AM county. 97 All 7 seats should be elected the same way. District 1 during a presidential election should 6/9/20219:46 AM have a district 1 seat A and seat B. Folks who want to campaign for a seat should need to declare seat A or B. This will eliminate a 2 seat election and everyone only voting for one seat. The fall off this past election was in the thousands. This should not happen. 98 Chapel Hill runs the county and that's wrong. All county residents should have a voice. 6/9/20219:33 AM 99 1 don't feel the need for a County Commissioner position to be partisan, it's a representation of 6/9/20219:21 AM the county not a bygone partisan political spectrum. Do away with the partisan application and have districts represented by individual community members. Many rural parts of the county feel as if they're voices aren't heard because of the current geographical makeup of the board members. 100 As a relatively new Orange County resident (1 year), I had to go back and look up the 2020 6/9/20219:20 AM General info to remember how the system worked. Incorporating background on the current system would have helped me respond to this survey more quickly and effectively. I also suspect that while many folks don't have opinions about single-member versus multi-member districts, questions about what kinds of values we want to prioritize in choosing representation might help reach clear answers as well. 101 Chapel Hill and Carrboro should be separate districts with staggered terms so voters only need 6/9/20219:17 AM to pick 1 candidate per election, even if multi-member districts are needed 102 Current system is unfair and unexplainable. 6/9/20219:01 AM 103 Make it nonpartisan. 6/9/20218:36 AM 104 Since viable media no longer exists in Orange County, it's difficult to follow OCBOC. About a 6/9/20217:22 AM year ago, I learned about signing up for email updates of agendas, etc. I don't trust social media(NextDoor)to provide balanced coverage&opinion. I suggest the county widely publicize the availability of email updates from the BOC (and other depth) and MAKE IT EASIER TO SIGN UP! The set-up now, or when I signed up a year ago, is super difficult. Thanks 105 Appoint a replacement. don't waste money on an election. 6/9/202112:02 AM 106 Do not reappoint canidates who have lost an election 6/8/20219:50 PM 107 1 have NEVER felt that I had any opportunity to be heard by the Orange Co. Commissioners. 6/8/20219:40 PM They have to have an agenda and don't want to even consider someone who has something else to say. Some of us feel tolerated until the commissioners can get on with THEIR agenda. Before coming here I was very active in the county and our Board of Supervisors. No chance here. 5 /6