October 12, 2007
Dear City Candidates:
One of the frequent comments I heard before the recent school elections was that no information was available on the school board candidates. Many precinct election officials believe that a lack of candidate information is the primary reason so few citizens vote in school board elections.
While we almost always have a higher voter turnout for city elections, the turnout is nothing to brag about when compared to the elections for governor and president. While the media attention on a few city races may highlight some candidates, the overall majority of candidates are unknown to the voters and voter turnout suffers as a result.
I would like to give voters the opportunity to learn more about you by hosting your candidate profile on my web site, i.e., on www.linncountyauditor.org. I am enclosing a sample of a candidate profile that is posted on the Story County Auditor’s web site at https://apps.storycounty.com/CandidateProfiles/
The information contained on the candidate profiles would be an optional submission by you, the candidate, and posted with your permission. The County of Linn and the Linn County Auditor's Office will not attest to any of the information contained in the profile. The County of Linn and the Linn County Auditor's Office are not promoting any candidate for any position. The purpose of the candidate profile would be to provide information to voters.
If you are interested in taking advantage of this offer, please provide a candidate profile via USPS mail or send to auditor@linncounty.org
Respectfully submitted,
Joel D Miller
Linn County Auditor &
Commissioner of Elections
Enclosure:
Sample candidate profile
Joel @ 3:00pm (letter mailed to individual candidates via USPS on 10/12)