WARD-STYLE CITY ELECTION PETITION DRIVE SET SATURDAY

A petition drive aimed at getting Cape Girardeau to convert from at-large to ward-style elections for the Cape Girardeau City Council will be held Saturday, announced Bruce Melvin, a member of a group that is promoting the change.

The drive will be held from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. at Shelter 1 in Arena Park, said Melvin, an organizer of the group, Citizens Action Group for Responsive Government.

The petition calls for dividing the city into six zones made up of two or three voting wards each. If at least 1,756 registered Cape Girardeau voters sign the petition, the issues would be submitted to city voters.