11:34 PM: 3 County Board Downsizing Referendums Fail
Three of the four referendums to downsize county boards were voted down during the election.
Rusk, Douglas and Jackson Counties all voted against downsizing their county boards, while Walworth County voted to shrink its county board from 25 members to 11 members.
The results from the respective county clerk websites:
Douglas County - vote to downsize county board from 28 members to 7 members:
Yes: 3,533
No: 3,551
Jackson County - vote to downsize county board from 19 members to 11 members:
Yes: 1,264
No: 1,715
Rusk County - vote to downsize county board from 21 members to 13 members:
Yes: 1,511
No: 1,687
Walworth County - vote to downsize county board from 25 members to 11 members:
Yes: 8,061
No: 6,956
-- By Matt Dolbey
Labels: 2007 spring election, County boards