Blog note: this article references a grand jury report. The article also included comments on other issues that are not reproduced here.
Between an effort to place a ballot measure before voters in November and an ongoing lawsuit, 2020 could be the year San Diego decides once and for all whether to change the way its school board elections are carried out.
Many districts across the county and state have switched to district-only elections, but San Diego Unified has resisted such a switch despite a Grand Jury report recommending it. Currently, school board candidates run in a small subdistrict during the primary, but then must face voters across the whole district — meaning most of the entire city of San Diego — in the general election.
City Council members have indicated they’ll place a potential election reform measure on the November ballot.
“Until we see what’s on the ballot, I absolutely am worried,” City Councilman Chris Cate, who’s supported election reform, told Huntsberry.
School board trustee Richard Barrera, who supports keeping the process the way it is, said he doesn’t think allowing 16-year-olds to vote will be included in a prospective measure, but said there is another switch that could come before voters in November.
“What’s in play is whether we’re gonna have five or seven seats,” said Barrera.
February 11, 2020
Voice of San Diego
No comments:
Post a Comment