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Committee advances technical bill to set uniform ballot order for school board contests
Summary
Senate Bill 25, a technical measure to standardize the grouping and alphabetical order of school board candidates on ballots following the adoption of optional partisan school boards, was recommended by the Senate Elections Committee by an 8-0 vote after testimony from election officials.
Chair Gaskell described a clerks' concern about inconsistent ballot presentation after last year's adoption of optional partisan school boards and asked Senator Byrne to present Senate Bill 25. Senator Byrne said the bill does not change who may run or how candidates qualify; rather, it groups candidates by designation and lists them in alphabetical order by surname within each group to remove ambiguity and…
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