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COLUMBIA COUNTY–In an emergency hearing on Wednesday September 6, 2023, the Columbia Superior Court issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) preventing the County from printing ballots for the November general election that include Proposition 2.

Neighbors United for Progress asked the court for a fourteen-day TRO, citing irreparable harm to voters should the rural library district dissolution measure be placed on the ballots.

A lawsuit filed by NUP on August 29, 2023, asserts that City of Dayton voters would be denied constitutional voter and taxation representation protection guaran...