Reverse One Sumter News Today

Has the government and media been telling some lies about COVID-19? A Village of Rio Grande resident has a theory.

Twice before, Sumter County voted on whether to elect its commissioners countywide or in single-member districts. Now the County Commission will consider putting that question to voters yet again. Sixteen years ago, voters approved the One Sumter initiative. The five county commissioners reside in separate districts but are elected by all county voters. In 2008, a group known as Reverse One Sumter pushed a referendum to undo that decision. The at-large voting, they said, was unfair to residents...