When the Orange County BOC takes up districting again, I’ll be back in front of them asking for a real change in our commissioner elections - non-partisan candidates and campaigns. Chapel Hill is non-partisan (in theory) so an independent, like myself, has a halfway decent chance at winning. Beyond that, while the BOC campaign was essentially over in May (deep freeze is a charitable description), right now the municipal elections would be heating up (real competition). Of course, this bluest of blue NC presents an interesting case as the Rep. don’t contest. But that’s beside the point. The fastest growing segment of the Orange county electorate is independents. With non-partisan county elections an independent candidate could make a decent run.