Petition Regarding Method of Election of Board of Education in Craven County, North Carolina
- Target:
- Craven County, North Carolina voters
- Region:
- United States of America
The way the Board of Education is elected in Craven County is very confusing, and is the only race on ballots handled with a split in who can vote in the primary and who can vote in the general election. Each of the other Boards (Board of Commissioners, Board of Aldermen, etc.) is elected by only people living in the district the candidate will represent voting in both the primary and general elections.
Additionally, most counties in North Carolina elect all their Boards (Including the Board of Education) by vote of only the folks living within the district to be represented voting in both primary and general elections.
Consistency would clear up the confusion.
Petition Regarding Method of Election of Board of Education
in Craven County, North Carolina
WHEREAS, the current method of electing members of the Board of Education in Craven County, North Carolina is very confusing to voters. (In the primary election, only voters living within the district may vote for that district's candidate; however, in the general election, voters county-wide may vote for a candidate in each district on the ballot.)
And WHEREAS, the notion of candidates in any race being "non-partisan" is an oxymoron and is pure fiction because, when members of a political party help someone get elected, they expect the person elected to reflect the world-view espoused by that political party's platform as they serve in the office to which they were elected, and
WHEREAS, the school system itself coupled with the Board of Education's communication system is a county-wide mechanism to communicate with voters in every district of the county who are known to have an interest in the workings of the Board of Education, and this tends to favor candidates supported by the existing Board of Education.
NOW BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the undersigned people who are registered voters in Craven County do hereby petition the General Assembly of North Carolina to change the method of electing members of the Craven County Board of Education to partisan races elected by voters in the school district of the candidate's residence only. This petition may be executed in many counterparts, and each will be considered a part of the whole.
Note to signers:
Print your full name, give your residence address, then sign. One person per line, please.
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