More: How to get your votes in before Election Day in South JerseyĬandidates who want their name on the ballot in November, must collect signatures on a nominating petition and submit it to their county clerk's office by a July deadline. More: Find every ballot drop box in South Jersey with this interactive map Last year, 141 seats had no candidates, indicating no one wanted to run for the school board spot, NJSBA reported. Many other races are not competitive, with candidates going unchallenged.ĭisinterest in serving on school boards is slowly climbing year after year, according to the New Jersey School Boards Association.
With so much taxpayer money at stake, residents might expect ultra-competitive school board races.īut on New Jersey's 2021 ballots, 156 board seats positions are left open, marked with "No petition filed" instead of a candidate's name. More than half of property tax bills in New Jersey fund K-12 school districts. Watch Video: WATCH: This machine sorts vote-by-ballots in New Jersey
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