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.