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Voters Could Decide Raises For Vancouver's Elected Leaders

By Conrad Wilson (OPB)
June 3, 2016 12:11 a.m.
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Vancouver City Council on June 3, 2014. Voters in Vancouver will decide whether its elected officials will receive raises.

Vancouver City Council on June 3, 2014. Voters in Vancouver will decide whether its elected officials will receive raises.

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Voters in the city of Vancouver will get to decide whether or not recently approved raises for the mayor and city council members go into effect. This week, Clark County elections officials said opponents to the raises had collected enough signatures to put a measure on the November ballot.

OPB's southwest Washington reporter Conrad Wilson explained what comes next in Vancouver on All Things Considered with Kate Davidson. Listen to their conversation in the audio player above.

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