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==Statement from Mark Rauterkus, posted on September 21, 2006 to Progress Pittsburgh.org==
When we did ‘row office reform’ — it was done poorly in that the sheriff’s office was not touched. Chickens.
Rather than a vote in a special election for a new sheriff (by name), the citizens should be given a ballot question. “Should the office of Allegheny County Sheriff be won in a popular election, as is the process presently? (Choices: YES — or — NO)
In the long run, put your thinking caps on, I’d LOVE to see a system where we have a ‘retention vote’ for the sheriff every other year. And, as the tenure of the person get longer, the necessary majority of “KEEP” votes should increase.
Heck, we could even make the retention vote an annual thing for the first 10 years.
==Links==
* Sheriff
* Pete DeFazio
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