How to vote in Tuesday s school board elections Natalia Alamdari, Delaware News Journal
Headlines May 7, 2021
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Delaware school board elections are Tuesday, with seats up for grabs in every district but Indian River.
Historically, school board elections see low turnout, reaching only 1% to 2% of eligible voters. Last year, 11,086 people voted across the state.
Here s everything you need to know to vote Tuesday:
Who can vote?
Unlike other elections, you don t need to be a registered voter to cast a vote for school board. You don t need to be a homeowner, either.
The only requirements are that you live in that school district, are a citizen of the United States and Delaware, and are at least 18.
Delaware News Journal
On the steps of Legislative Hall on a March afternoon, five school board candidates stood before a crowd calling for a complete reopening of Delaware public schools.
“We have a lot of radicals that are controlling our school boards,” said Lisa McCulley, a lead organizer of Stand Up Delaware. Since the start of the pandemic, the grassroots group had held rally after rally calling Gov. John Carney’s COVID-19 restrictions an infringement on individual liberties.
She pointed to Appoquinimink School District as an example, a school board with “one awesome conservative” overruled by “three women who control the whole board.”