North Port and Sarasota County officials and involved residents are pushing back against a proposed amendment that could change the way the Sarasota County Commission is structured.

A Democrat group called “Sarasota Alliance for Fair Elections” (SAFE) is working to gather 15,000 petitions to add an amendment on an upcoming ballot, which would turn the County Commission into a singlevoting system. Currently, residents vote for any county commissioner running for each of the five districts. Under the proposed change, residents would only vote for the commissioner who lives in their district.