Election
by district
may affect
students
by Adella Wacker
"I don't think the students
are Qo.nq to have any bearing
.vnatsoe vc," County Election
Commissioner Bill Davidson
Schr.i Thursday about future
L:ncoln City Council elections
if mnmbers are chosen by
dst'-'ct.
On the othe" hand, state
Sen, Steve Fowler of Lincoln
said that because of cu"rent
housing patterns, UNL
students could affect two or
three district council elections.
Predictions vary about the
effect that district elections
might have on UNL student
candidacies and the effect
student voting miqht have on
elections, if Amendment
Number one passes.
If Amendment Number one
is passed in the May 1 general
city election, Lincoln will
begin electing council membets
by district in two yeais. Four
council seats will be up for
election in the March 1975
primary.
According to the
amendment, a council member
may run only in the district
where he lives and be elected
only by the voters in that
district.
The City Council adopted a
resolution March 5 to put the
decision in the hands of
Lincoln voters.
This action came after
Lincoln Sens. Harold Simpson,
Wally Barnett and Steve
Fowler introduced a bill into
the Legislature to require
district elections in Lincoln,
The bill was dropped.
Supporters of the- bill
pointed out that all seven City
Council members now live
south of "0" Street uiid said
that city-wide elections didn't
bring representation of all parts
of Lincoln.
Council member Steve Cook
defended the current system,
saying it provides good overall
representation on the basis of
where council members work,
not live.
One advantage listed by
Council candidate John
Robinson, is "it's a lut cheaper
to run a campaign, "It becomes
very f.-ypijri'jiv'; '0 wage- n
campaign and advertising battle
city wide," he said.
The amendment puts the
decision about wher; the
boundaries .vill be set for the
seven districts into the hands
of the next City Council,
Lincoln is now divided into
a total of 160 voting precincts
o about 500 persons each.
According to Robert F.
Sittiq, UNL associate professor
of political science, students
living in the dorms and the
Greek houses currently make
up two voting precincts,
Sitt.g, who is a member of
the City Charter Revision
Committee, said no rn.it tei
how the city is divided
students "probably would be a
small portion of any district."
Council candidate Su'
Bailey, housewife, said that
district election might
encourage more student voting.
Council candidate
Thierstein said he is against the
amendment because it might
encourage ward politics and
vote trading between districts
for favors.
Candidate Max Denney,
attorney, said ne favors the
suggested compromise of
distnct election in the primary
and city wide council election
in the general election.
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