School Elections Take Me To . . . School Elections Commissioner of Education David Hespe today urged voters to cast ballots in the upcoming school elections. In addition, citizens will be voting for candidates seeking seats on local school boards.
New Jersey spends more tax dollars to support the schools than they do any other public enterprise.
We need to get more people involved in the decisions that make a major impact on their children and on their property taxes. On school election day, polls must be open between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. School boards make designated additional polling hours between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. Last year, New Jersey voters approved 82.8 percent of school budgets the second highest statewide total since records were kept beginning in 1977.