St. Charles County Council member explains proposal to cut election funding
St. Charles County Council member Joe Brazil says that the election office hasn't answered his questions appropriately; he has advocated for hand counting of ballots. Video edited by Beth O'Malley
Beth O'Malley
Digital presentation editor
As featured on
Two members of the County Council took what County Executive Steve Ehlmann described as "unprecedented" action by trying to strip funding from the county's top election official.
City officials say the proposed 20-lane, 200-yard indoor firing range is necessary. When the old range opened in the 1960s, the department had about 30 officers. Today, it has 121.
St. Charles County's top election official is demanding an apology after a county councilman chastised a worker on Election Day and threatened that election officials "would end up in jail.â€
