-6M 6915 log eld an VOTE MARCH 7TH FOR DAVID E CLARENBACH COUNTY BOARD, DISTRICT 4 --- Candidate, 18, Asks More For Madison from County Dane County may elect its first 18-year-old supervisor next spring, following the announce- ment by David E. Clarenbach, 119 N. Butler St., that he will run for the county board in Dis- trict Four. Clarenbach, son of Henry and Kathryn Clarenbach, will run for the position currently held by William Evans. In announc- ing his candidacy, he said that his three main goals for Dane County would be greater citizen participation in government, David Clarenbach enbach will be running, covers roughly the same area as Madi- son's Fourth Ward. * * Clarenbach offers as his polit- ical experience his direction of a write-in campaign for Kurt Stege who ran in 1970 for a seat on the city school board. He is also chairman of the Fourth Ward James Madison park Sur- vey Committee, a citizens group dedicated to fashioning the park to meet the resident's needs. Clarenbach is a member of improved environment, and "One of my main objectives Madison Measure for Measure, gaining more benefits for the in running for the board is to a civil rights group, and the Ac- cities from outlying areas which obtain greater citizen participa-ademic Freedoms Committee of take advantage of the city's fa- tion and involvement in County the Wisconsin Civil Liberties Board activities. This can be Union. cilities. done," said Clarenbach in a prepared statement, "by mak- ing it easier and urging more citizens to appear before the County Board." In the area of environment, Clarenbach called for "effective means to preserve our remain- ing open spaces and wetlands, as well as to control the growth of urban sprawl." Calling the third major area of his concern "city priority," Clarenbach said, "The districts within the City of Madison for too long have taken a back seat in receiving county benefits. This should be reversed. Madi- son must get its fair share." District Four, in which Clar- ISSUES CITY COUNTY - - COOPERATION fair share for Madison combined park system under county management full consideration in county and regional trans- portation planning of all alternatives EQUITY - full advantage of property tax relief for elderly homeowners attack discrimination in county employment towards women and minorities exploration of employment practices in order to provide maximum jobs - EQUAL JUSTICE & OF THE PEOPLE THE то RIGHT BE SECURE - - - uphold the constitutional right "of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and siezures" careful investigation of the sheriff's department expenditures and procedures opposition to ill-defined grand jury probes IMPROVED ENVIRONMENT county-wide environmental control agency - preservation of our remaining "open spaces" and wetlands - enactment of legislation controlling visual pollution from offensive signs and advertising reprint from THE CAPITAL TIMES (177772) --- WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1972 SECTION 2, PAGE 3 Four in County Board Race Eighteen-year-old David Clar-| enbach, 119 N. Butler St. joined two incumbents and another newcomer this week in an- nouncing that they will seek seats on the Dane County Board in the April election. Clarenbach, a student at the University of Wisconsin, and 11-year resident of Madison, is the first 18-year-old to throw his hat in the political ring in the Dane County area since 18-year olds were granted the right to vote. MELLO STAPLETON HARRY EPSTEIN DAVID CLARENBACH take-over of the airport and solid waste disposal as major items facing the county in the coming year. As a former member of a joint City-County Airport Study Committee, Epstein urged county action in the take-over of the facilities. STAPLETON, who is seeking reelection to Madison's 3rd Dis- trict, is one of four county members presently serving on the special Airport Implementa- THE YOUTHFUL central an improved environment in his tem to a progressive income at the county board's lack of tion Study Committee. Madison candidate joined long-campaign for the county office. tax. support of a county-wide assess- He said he is concerned with time supervisors Harry Epstein, Clarenbach added that he is THE MIFFLAND .resident ment system and said he would three things that will affect East Dist. 14, Madison and Mello Sta- running to give "all people of said he would also seek a full work for the creation of such Side residents; the airport, an pleton, Dist. 3, Madison, in an- all ages a voice in county gov- county board investigation of system if reelected. east-side hospital or clinic, and EPSTEIN, of 513 S. Shore Dr., a county-wide health depart- nouncing their intentions to seek ernment. The cleavages be- the sheriff department and tween generations must be Sheriff Vernon Leslie's outside one of seven board members ment. a county board seat. Eddie Handell, 23, of 427 W. mended so that we can all work business interests. who voted against the tax in- Stapleton, 1109 Vernon Ave., Gorham St., a graduate student together to improve Madison." He said he would also work to crease 1972 budget, also said it is a community planner with He said he could see greater cut the sheriff budget and use would be one of his major cam- the State Division of Emer- in education, also is seeking a citizen participation being the money "for social prob-paign issues to vote against gency Government. He is vice- seat. Clarenbach, who is running in achieved by holding district lems." "continuing expanding property president of the Acewood Com- Madison's 4th District, directed meetings, distributing question- Epstein, who has been a taxes." munity Assn., president of the write-in campaign of Kurt naires, and making it easier county supervisor from Madi- The former Madison business-Queen of Apostles High School Stege for the Madison School and urging more citizens to ap- son's south side since 1963 is man has served on a number of Parents Group and a member seeking reelection to the board county and city committees and of the East Side Businessmen's Board which led to the estab pear before the county board. lishment of two non-voting rep- Handell, seeking to replace in the newly created Madison has chaired the County Person- Assn. resentatives on that governing Dist. 8 Supervisor Jonathan 24th district. nel Committee and City Person- During his term on the board Lepie who is not running for The long-time supervisor, who nel Board. He was also very ac- he has served as chairman of THE YOUNG West High relection, urged the joining of has served as vice chairman of tive on the Lakes and Rivers the County Building Committee graduate said he would work for the county with the city in the County Finance Committee Commission. and on the Public Protection greater citizen participation and changing the property tax sys- the past two years, lashed out Epstein also sees the county Committee. body. --- C-T 1/7172 Candidate Asks More For City from County Dane County may elect its ing his candidacy, he said that first 18-year-old supervisor next his three main goals for Dane spring, following the announce- County would be greater citizen ment by David E. Clarenbach, participation in government, 119 N. Butler St., that he will improved environment, and run for the county board in Dis- gaining more benefits for the trict Four. cities from outlying areas which Clarenbach, son of Henry and take advantage of the city's fa- Kathryn Clarenbach, will run cilities. for the position currently held "One of my main objectives by William Evans. In announc-in running for the board is to government." give "all people of all ages a voice in county and city priority. He added that he is running to greater citizen particpation, improved environment Clarenbach stressed his three main goals as Supervisors, District 4. announced his candidacy for the County Board of David E. Clarenbach, a UW student, has In 1970, Clarenbach directed the write-in UW Student Publicizes Candidacy Badger Herald the Wisconsin Civil Liberties Union. group) and the Academic Freedoms Committee of Madison Measure for Measure (a local civil rights Survey Committee and an active member of the chairman of the 4th Ward James Madison Park representatives to the Board of Education. He is impetus for the establishment of two non-voting campaign for Kurt Stege, which provided the 1/10-13/72 obtain greater citizen participa- tion and involvement in County Board activities. This can be done," said Clarenbach in a prepared statement, "by mak- ing it easier and urging more citizens to appear before the County Board." In the area of environment, X-Clarenbach called for "effective it means to preserve our remain- ring open spaces and wetlands, g as well as to control the growth of urban sprawl." 0 Calling the third major area of his concern "city priority," Clarenbach said, "The districts within the City of Madison for e too long have taken a back seat in receiving county benefits. This should be reversed. Madi- son must get its fair share." e District Four, in which Clar- enbach will be running, covers roughly the same area as Madi- son's Fourth Ward. Clarenbach offers as his polit- tical experience his direction of a write-in campaign for Kurt Stege who ran in 1970 for a seat on the city school board. He is also chairman of the Fourth Ward James Madison park Sur- vey Committee, a citizens group dedicated to fashioning the park to meet the resident's needs. Clarenbach is a member of Madison Measure for Measure, a civil rights group, and the Ac- ademic Freedoms Committee of the Wisconsin Civil Liberties Union. --- THE CAPITAL TIMES (MADISON, WIS.) 3/8/72 Candidate at 18 Has Pro's Flair By WHITNEY GOULD (Of The Capital Times Staff) David Clarenbach may be only 18. But he has the cam- paign experience of a veteran politician. Clarenbach, 119 N. Butler St., who led a field of four in Tuesday's primary election balloting for District 4 county supervisor, has been involved in election campaigns since he was 14, and working for Gene McCarthy. If he beats his opponent, 55 year-old contractor Erdman Pankow, in the April 4 gen- eral election, David will be the County Board's youngest member and the youngest person ever to serve in any city or county office a visi- ble reminder of the power of the Constitutional amendment approved last year giving 18 year-olds the vote. - He's not over-confident. But his systematic, person-to-per- son campaign style could pay off. "I felt that if I had strong qualifications, I should be able to show these in person," he said this morning, elated with his victory. "So I started out at one end of the district, knocking on every door. I hope to have hit every house by election time in April." He encountered a little hos- tility in his campaign because of his age. An anonymous phone caller complained that his use of campaign posters showed he was "immature" even though the other can- didates also had posters. And he expects to encounter some of the same condescen- sion if he makes it onto the County Board, which has more than its share of testy older folks. "Their main objection, I suppose, would be that I'm 18 and young enough to be their son," David says philosophi- cally. "But I would try to re- verse that as best I can, prov- ing to them that I am compe- and com moke indaments David Clarenbach communications arts. A member of the YMCA staff, David is also on the ac- ademic freedoms committee of the Wisconsin Civil Liber- ties Union. In 1969 he was ac- tive in Robert L. ("Toby") Reynolds' unsuccessful cam- paign for mayor against Wil- liam Dyke, and in 1971 worked for another losing Dyke opponent, Leo Cooper, as well as Tenth Ward Ald. Paul Soglin in his successful bid for re-election. He also helped engineer the effort which resulted in high school student Kurt Stege's position on the school board. Clarenbach's campaign for the County Board has stressed the need for a metropolitan approach to government, and county activism in solving en- vironmental problems par- ticularly the over-fertilization of Lake Mendota. "It may be that the County Board will have to prevent farmers from plowing land right up to the edge of the lake, or at least we may have to buy up land along the edge as a buffer zone to protect the lake," "he says. David's mother, Kathryn, is a specialist in women's educa- tion for University of Wiscon- sin Extension and a women's rights activist. His father, Henry, is in real estate. One- sister, Janet, 14, is a student at West; Sara, 23, attends law school at the University of California at Berkeley. "I was very encouraged by the results of the election al --- PAGE 4, SECTION 2 WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1972 FACSIMILE BALLOT NOTICE OF JUDICIAL AND COUNTY SUPERVISOR PRIMARY ELECTIONS MARCH 7, 1972 Office of the County Clerk To the Electors of Dane County: Notice is hereby given of a Judicial and County ON Supervisor Primary election to be held in the several manner. If the electors spoils a ballot, he shall return it The ballot should not be marked in any other 8V precincts in the county of Dane on the 7th day of to an election official who shall issue another in its March, 1972, at which the officers named below shall be place, but not more than 3 ballots shall be issued to any chosen. The names of the candidates for each office to one elector. Not more than 5 minutes' time shall be be voted for, whose nominations have been certified to allowed to mark the ballot. Unofficial ballots or or filed in this office, are given under the title of the memorandum to assist the elector in marking his ballot 's office and under the appropriate party or other may be taken into the booth and copied. The sample- ese designation, each in its proper column, together with ballot shall not be shown to anyone so as to reveal how 'the questions submitted to a vote, in the sample ballot the ballot is marked. below. W INFORMATION TO ELECTORS a After the official ballot is marked, it shall be folded so the inside marks do not show but so the printed Voting instructions shall be given substantially as do show. After folding the ballot, the elector shall leave endorsements and ballot clerks' initials on the outside follows: Upon entering the polling place, an elector shall give the ballot box, hand him the ballot to be placed in the his name and address before receiving the ballot from ballot box, and leave the polling place promptly. the booth, give his name to the inspector in charge of the ballot clerk. The initials of 2 ballot clerks must appear on the ballot. Upon receiving the ballot, the elector shall retire alone to a voting booth and mark his different political parties in marking the ballot if he An elector may be assisted by 2 election officials of ballot. A ballot clerk may inform the elector of the declares to the presiding official that he is unable to proper manner for marking a ballot, but he shall not in read or that due to physical disability he is unable to any manner advise or indicate for whom to vote. mark his ballot. If an elector declares that he is At a nonpartisan election, the elector shall place a in marking his ballot or operating a voting machine. cross or other mark in the square at the right of the The presiding official may administer an oath as to a visually handicapped, he may have anyone assist him person's disability. candidate's name for each office for whom he intends to vote, or insert or write in the name of his choice for a candidate. Community Building Blue Mounds-Mt. Horeb Fire Station Bristol-Town Hall Burke-Town Hall Christiana Town Hall Cottage Grove-Town Hall Cross Plains-Town Hall Dane-Town Hall se ua Deerfield-Town Garage Dunkirk Town Hall Dunn-Town Hall The following is a facsimile of the official ballot 5th Ward, 2nd Pct. *10th Ward, 1st Pct. *10th Ward, 3rd Pct. Peter Anderson David E. Clarenbach Erdman H. Pankow Timothy I. Slater William J. Caine Raymond J. Dague Roney L. Sorensen 9:00 9:00 9:00 9:00 4. Znd ward, Ist rct. *4th Ward, 1st Pct. *4th Ward, 2nd Pct. *8th Ward, 1st Pct. 9:00 5. *5th Ward, 1st Pct. 9:00 9:00 9:00 9:00 9:00 Fitchburg-Town Hall 7:00 Madison-Town Hall 8:00 Mazomanie-Town Hall 9:00 6. *4th Ward, 1st Pct. 6th Ward, 1st Pct. 6th Ward, 2nd Pct. Medina-Town Garage 9:00 *16th Ward, 1st Pct. Middleton-Town Garage, Mineral Pt. Road 9:00 Montrose-Town Garage John S. Preston Lester A. Radke 9:00 Oregon-Town Hall and Garage 9:00 Perry-Town Hall 7. *7th Ward, 1st Pct. 9:00 Pleasant Springs-Town Hall 9:00 Primrose-Town Hall 9:00 Roxbury-Town Hall 9:00 *7th Ward, 2nd Pct. *12th Ward, 1st Pet. *12th Ward, 2nd Pct. Russell E. Meyer George H. Reger Robert H. Sachtjen William C. Stinson George H. Elder Steven M. Entine Rutland Town Hall --- WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1972 SECTION 1, PAGE 15 Beaver Dam 18-Year-Old Loses, but Other Young Candidates Win Associated Press Beaver Dam's 18-year-old candidate for mayor, Terry Bilke, lost his bid for high office in Tuesday's election, but other youthful candidates were suc- cessful in balloting across the state. Bilke wound up third in a three-man contest as Mayor Alvin Beers, 72, easily won an eighth term as as mayor of the Dodge County community. The| final tally gave Beers 2,260 votes to 1,640 for John R. Gam- ble and 956 for Bilke. TERRY BILKE idsaver lost to incumbent Paul Soglin, 2,316-287. David Claren- bach beat Erdman Pankow, 1,469-692 for the county position. TUESDAY'S local elections were the first time candidates as young as 18 were allowed to run. UW-Whitewater had four can- didates under 21 seeking office but only one won. Joseph Poka- sek Jr., 19, took a seat on the Whitewater City Council. Another UW-Oshkosh student Crusius, 21, was elected to the lost. Stephen Miller, 20, was de- City Council. Unofficial returns feated by Joan Kaeding, 515-214, showed him second in the battle in a race for the 38th district ELSEWHERE, young candi- for three aldermanic seats with supervisory seat in Winnebago County. dates were more successful. 8,731. In Ripon, a 21-year-old Ripon At Madison, a 19-year-old At Montreal, Stanley Kopacz, College student, Mark Conrad, lost in the aldermanic race but 20, beat Richard Hornick, 74-50, won his contest for mayor. an 18-year-old took a Dane for alderman. A UW-Oshkosh student, David County Board seat., Dennis Dav- AN OCONOMOWOC teenagers Philip Mengel, lost the alder- --- CAPTAL TIMES, Wednesday, April 5, 1972 Dane Voters Clarenbach Wins, 7 Incumben but With 1,000 Fewer Ballots 4/6/72 The first 18-year-old elected to the Dane County Board won a smashing victory Tuesday, but it wasn't quite as smashing as it seemed on first report. When the City Clerk's office audited election returns Wednesday morning, it was dis- covered that David Clarenbach, 119 Butler St., the victor in Dist. 4, had been credited with 1,000 too many votes in the Sec- ond Precinct of Madison's Fourth Ward. So instead of beating Erdman Pankow, 55, of 522 N. Pinckney St., 2,469 to 692, Clarenbach won by a margin of 1,469 to 692. City Clerk Eldon Hoel said a Wednesday night that the error apparently happened when vote totals were relayed or recorded in his office. Hoel said that no other dis- crepancies in election returns had turned up at the Wednesday morning audit. Newcomers By MIKE MILLER (Of The Capital Times Staff) A total of 18 newcomers won election to the Dane County Board Tuesday while seven in- cumbents went down to defeat. More interest was shown in this year's board race than in any previous year, and it would appear that environmentalists and property tax reformers were the big winners. Indications are that the Board will take a more liberal ap- hrane Departmbles ampo favored a metropolitan type governmen. The final vote was: HUTCHISON STAPLETON David Clarenbach NASHOLD 898 WE In another battle of newcom- 1,281 ers, Robert B. Smith, 51, of 206 823 Laynnhaven Rd., beat Anthony H Dist rece David Clarenbach, 18, be- J. Testolin, 42, of 710 Acewood came the youngest person ever Blvd., in District 15. The final to win a County Board election vote was: by defeating Erdman Pankow SMITH in District 4. The race was one TESTOLIN of the most clear cut in the In (C 1,144 848 AS Incumbent Frank Balthazor, county with the opponents dis-30, of 254 Marquette St., easily a agreeing on most every issue. retained his County Board seate The final vote was: PANKOW CLARENBACH with a victory over William A. 692 Saxby, 34, of 131 S. Marquette 2,269 St., in District 16. The final vote ) A race billed as a "Radical was: vs. Reformer" contest in Dis- BALTHAZOR Itrict 5, saw radical Rodney SAXBY 1,328 720 SL. Sorensen, 23, of 317 N. Brooks Stanley Prideaux, former 17th St., emerge as the victor of Ward alderman, managed to William J. Caine, 24, of 1402 edge out Democratic Caucus Regent St. Caine had served staff director William E. Sulli- about eight months on the van in District 17. The final vote Board after being named to that was: position when Supervisor David PRIDEAUX Stodolsky moved out of town. The final vote was: CAINE SORENSEN SULLIVAN 865 785 In District 18, John Hicks, run- 423 ning unopposed, garnered 931 813 votes. 0 In District 6, incumbent Dane County Board Chairman George Elder managed to beat Richard Pire easily won re-elec- back challenger Lester Radke tion in District 19, defeating to retain his seat. Areas of disa- Gerald M. Kasselow, 20, of 207 greement in that campaign in- S. Whitney Way. The final vote cluded the proposed county ex- tecutive, which Radke sup- ported. The final vote was: ELDER f RADKE e was: PIRE KASSALOW 1,491 949 1,398 1,061 University of Wisconsin Ex- tension Prof. Richard Ginnold, 34, beat another University em- Former Madison Alderman George H. Reger. 60. of 530 Al- ploye, Merlin L. Redfern, 37, an ---