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East Ramapo School Board uses ward-based voting system for 1st time to fill 9 open seats
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Feb 10, 2021, 9:00pm EST
Wednesday
was the first time the East Ramapo School Board used a ward-based system to
fill all nine open seats.
During
a meeting Wednesday, the community met some of the new board members who ran
unopposed.
Last
spring, a federal judge ordered the district to get rid of its at-large voting
method, which violated the Voting Rights Act – making it harder for
minority candidates to get elected.
For a
decade, white, Orthodox Jewish men have controlled the board seats, which have ....

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