[Vision2020] fishy?

[rhayes at frontier.com]

Thank you Stephanie. I appreciate your explanation of the law. My observation is one that can reasonably lead me to conclude that there is some larger organization behind the campaign signs going up so quickly in such predictable and party centric fashion. It may well be legal, but it does violate the spirit of non-partisan elections.   
 

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 From: Stephanie Kalasz <skalasz at ci.moscow.id.us>
To: "rhayes at frontier.com" <rhayes at frontier.com>; "vision2020 at moscow.com" <vision2020 at moscow.com> 
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 3:46 PM
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] fishy?
  


 
State law requires that council candidates run for office non-partisan: 
  
TITLE 50  
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS 
CHAPTER 4  
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS 
50-406. Method of nomination -- Clerk to furnish printed forms. Candidates for elective city offices shall be nominated by declaration. The declaration shall contain the name and address of the person and the office and the term for which he is being nominated. There shall be no mention relating to party or principal of the nominee. The completed declaration of candidacy shall be accompanied by: (1) a petition of candidacy signed by not less than five (5) registered qualified electors; or (2) a nonrefundable filing fee of forty dollars ($40.00) which shall be deposited in the city treasury.  
It shall be the duty of the city clerk to furnish upon application a reasonable number of regular printed forms, as herein set forth, to any person or persons applying therefor. The forms shall be of uniform size as determined by the clerk.  
  
However, that does not mean that the candidate cannot be affiliated with a political party (I know of both Republican and Democrat council members who have served) and there is nothing that I am aware of to prevent candidates from getting support from people who may share similar views and are in the same political party. 
  
  
Stephanie Kalasz, CMC 
City Clerk 
City of Moscow 
206 E. 3rd Street 
Moscow, ID   83843 
(208) 883-7015  
  
From:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of rhayes at frontier.com
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 3:23 PM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] fishy?   
  
If the mayor and city council's positions are supposed to be non-partisan, why does every, and I do mean every, Republican household in my neighborhood already have Lambert and Weber signs out on their lawns? It must be magic, or...?  
Roger Hayes/Moscow     
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