SB1441

THE CONTEXT: For governing board elections, a county school superintendent may cause separate ballots to be prepared, or the names of the governing board candidates may be included as part of the regular ballot. Regardless, the ballot must contain the names of all individuals whose petitions have been filed, along with the title of the office being sought.

WHAT THE BILL DID: The final vetoed version would require each governing board candidate's partisan designation to appear on the ballot, provide that a governing board candidate's partisan designation is the political party of which the candidate is a qualified elector 150 days before the primary election for the election cycle in which the person is a candidate, and apply the governing board candidate partisan designation requirement to governing board elections held beginning January 1,.

WHY IT MATTERED: The practical reason for this bill was to turn the Legislature's standard for school districts into an enforceable rule. It would require each governing board candidate's partisan designation to appear on the ballot, and would also provide that a governing board candidate's partisan designation is the political party of which the candidate is a qualified elector 150 days before the primary election for the election cycle in which the person is a candidate, rather than leave the current rule unchanged.