Recent articles and letters to the editor in LNP | LancasterOnline about candidates running for the Elizabethtown Area school board highlight reasons for great concern among people opposed to extremism.
Stephen and Danielle Lindemuth, who are running for school board leadership positions (and in Stephen Lindemuthâs case, also for judge of elections), have boldly used social media to promote their personal agendas and beliefs. For example, they defended their support for the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Even Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell has called those present at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 âthe unhinged crowd.â
In addition to falsely claiming that the election was rigged, the Lindemuths have used social media platforms to promote their desire to eliminate lessons about race and racism. They have touted conspiracy theories, promoted anti-LGBTQ propaganda and shared false information concerning the pandemic.
The entire slate of school board candidates might be on your partyâs ballot on May 18, but donât be fooled: There are vast differences among those who are vying for party nominations this year.
Candidates running for school board, unlike many other elected offices, are allowed to file on both the Democratic and Republican tickets. Thatâs because school board director is considered a nonpartisan elected position.
But a closer look at the candidates in several races shows nonpartisanship is not always the case.
Take Elizabethtown Area, for instance. Every candidate in that race, regardless of whether they are registered Democrats or Republicans, filed as a Republican. Only the endorsed Democrats are on the Democratic ballot.
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A Mount Joy Township husband and wife who have falsely claimed the 2020 presidential election was rigged and spread misinformation about COVID-19 are seeking election to offices that could give them a direct role in managing public schools and administering elections.
Republicans Danielle Lindemuth, 45, and Stephen Lindemuth, 48, who also are outspoken critics of race-related content taught by Elizabethtown Area School District to their ninth-grade daughter, are candidates for the Elizabethtown Area school board on the Republican ballot in the May 18 primary.
In addition, Stephen Lindemuth is seeking the judge of elections post in Mount Joy Townshipâs Hershey Road district, a position responsible for running the precinctâs polling place on Election Day. If elected to both offices, Stephen Lindemuth would have to choose one, as state law prohibits a person from serving in both simultaneously.
A Mount Joy husband and wife who have falsely claimed the 2020 presidential election was rigged and spread misinformation about COVID-19 are seeking election to offices that could give them a direct role in managing public schools and administering elections.
Republicans Danielle Lindemuth, 45, and Stephen Lindemuth, 48, who also are outspoken critics of race-related content taught by Elizabethtown Area School District to their ninth-grade daughter, are candidates for the Elizabethtown Area school board on the Republican ballot in the May 18 primary.
In addition, Stephen Lindemuth is seeking the judge of elections post in Mount Joy Townshipâs Hershey Road district, a position responsible for running the precinctâs polling place on Election Day. If elected to both offices, Stephen Lindemuth would have to choose one, as state law prohibits a person from serving in both simultaneously.