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District communications staff credit outreach as levy passes; postmark issues likely cost ballots
Summary
Communications director Evan Conwell said the district's outreach and website work coincided with approval of the safety and infrastructure levy; he also warned that postal postmarking delays led to hundreds of ballots being marked too late this election, affecting turnout statistics.
The San Joaquino School Board heard a report March 3 from Director of Communications Evan Conwell on the district's outreach efforts and the recent safety and infrastructure levy results.
Conwell said the levy passed and reported a figure shown in district materials as "52.63" for the levy rate in summary materials. He highlighted low turnout in some precincts and said postmarking problems at the county level likely caused many ballots to be…
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