Fear of mistakes, missed vacations and soaring overtime costs have election leaders worrying about a growing backlog of work at their local election offices as redistricting battles continue in Columbus.
in the post citizens united era, big money is coming to a small town near you. just ask the residents of iron county wisconsin. iron county is a vast and diverse place in northern wisconsin, bordering lake superior and the upper peninsula of michigan, many roads and highways will take you here, and once you re here, you ll know it was worth the trip. iron county wisconsin home to around 6,000 people. on tuesday it will hold its county board elections. which is typically a quiet affa affair. one veteran county clerk said he couldn t remember the last time the county had a contested race for county board supervisor. this year is different. 10 out of 15 board members faced challenges. there is one big proposal to be voted on by the county board. this proposal has divided the
in the post citizens united era, big money is coming to a small town near you. just ask the residents of iron county wisconsin. iron county is a vast and diverse place in northern wisconsin, bordering lake superior and the upper peninsula of michigan, many roads and highways will take you here, and once you re here, you ll know it was worth the trip. iron county wisconsin home to around 6,000 people. on tuesday it will hold its county board elections. which is typically a quiet affair. one veteran county clerk said he couldn t remember the last time the county had a contested race for county board supervisor. this year is different. 10 out of 15 board members faced challenges. there is one big proposal to be
county board elections. which is typically a quiet affair. one veteran county clerk said he couldn t remember the last time the county had a contested race for county board supervisor. this year is different. 10 out of 15 board members faced challenges. there is one big proposal to be voted on by the county board. this proposal has divided the community. one observer described it like the civil war with brother fighting brother. as you can imagine, there s a lot of iron in iron county. i have my favorite refrigerator magnet here, and you can see how much iron is in this rock, at least 70%. things got really interesting, when about 1,000 iron county households got this in the mail, this flyer, sent out last week warns of radical environmentalists who want the mines shutdown no matter what. the last working mine in iron county closed in the 1960s. the flyers sent out urged residents to call up seven anti-mining radicals, at least one of whom actually supports the mine. who sent these