Saturday, March 3, 2012

PROBLEMATIC TO HOLD SCHOOL VOTE ON ELECTION DAY.(MAIN)

Byline: LONNIE PALMER Superintendent of Schools SCOTT WEXLER President Board of Education Albany -

Recently, a letter writer suggested that the Albany city school district should hold a vote on its proposed building project in November on Election Day. We have seriously investigated this idea and have found it would present numerous legal problems.

For example, an individual can be legally registered to vote in school district elections but not be registered for city elections. Thus, the city would have to place the school building project on a separate ballot in a separate voting machine at each polling site to prevent any illegal voting.

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