FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Over the past 30 years, there’s been over 20-thousand ballots cast in special elections that happened in Cass County.
On Tuesday, Fargo voters will go to the polls in yet another special election. This time, they’ll determine whether to change the city’s form of government.
Fargo Wards for Equal Representation Arlette Preston says the initiative to gain more commissioners started with going from door-to-door, getting signatures and even had panel discussions.
Preston says the special elections in the past have turned out as low as 9 percent, going all the way up to 20 percent, she also says a special election happening in Fargo is not uncommon.
Preston: “They’re certainly just as important as any other city election, this one in particular is going to determine how our city government runs. So, it has impact beyond a small, insignificant decision.
Cass County Commissioner Tony Grindberg, who’s against the newly proposed ward system, mentions that nothing needs to change within the city government, and should be left just as it is.
Grindberg: “That’s up to the voters now to decide what they understand a ward system to be, and what the traditional approach to governing and leading the city of Fargo from an elected standpoint.
Fargo voters can cast ballots at the Fargodome, the Fargo Civic Center or Atonement Lutheran Church on South University Drive. Polls are open from 7am-7pm.
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