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Senate education panel advances package to streamline school elections

Education Committee - Senate · March 6, 2019
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A set of bills to clarify procedures after moving school elections to primary/general advanced out of the Senate Education Committee Wednesday, aiming to fix polling logistics, remove duplicate notice requirements and allow qualified school employees to serve as election workers.

The Senate Education Committee advanced a package of bills to tidy up election procedures created when school elections were moved to the primary and general elections.

Senator Ballenger introduced Senate Bill 158, and Daniel Schultz, director of the State Election Commission, told the committee the measure “clarifies school elections can be placed on the ballot with any other election lawfully held on the same day” and fixes rare cases where voters had to travel to two…

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