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A vote for status quo
Keep April, nonpartisan elections
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Sen. Mitch Holmes, R-St. John, recently told constituents that the Legislature hasn’t given up on the idea of doing away with April elections. The idea is to add city and school board races to November ballots and perhaps boost election turnout. There has also been talk of making them partisan races.Holmes didn’t say whether or not he approves of the idea.