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Trustees debate expanding voting days and hours after complaints of low turnout
Summary
Trustees asked administration to explore expanding early voting hours/days or moving elections to larger election cycles to boost turnout for single‑member district school board races; staff warned logistics and multi‑jurisdiction coordination make changes difficult for the current cycle but agreed to research options for future elections.
Trustee LaSalle pulled an item calling the general election for single‑member Districts 2 and 4 to highlight persistent low turnout in some board races and urged administration to seek options to increase voter participation. "I am asking administration, and my fellow trustees to explore the possibility of expanding our voting days as well…
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