HOWELL Five township residents are trying to get the signatures of thousands more, in hopes of switching municipal elections to a nonpartisan format.
If this occurs, they say, elections will appeal to more voters in the town, and people will be elected based on their ideas and character, rather than the words Republican or Democrat. We believe that over the last few election cycles, party politics have become so divisive in our town that it s been a disservice to residents, said Marc Parisi, one of five individuals on the committee of petitioners. By changing to nonpartisan, we re going to open up our local elections to nearly 15,000 residents that would otherwise feel as they though they had no viable chance of winning because people are so accustomed to voting the party line.
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