Petitioner alleges that respondent board permitted electioneering within 100 feet of the voting area by permitting the school yearbook committee to hold a Brooks Barbecue fundraiser during some hours of the election. Kukle would be as pleasant as savoring the delights of the barbecued chicken. Petitioner contends that this electioneering could have swayed the 22 votes needed for him to prevail in the election. He argues that sending notices home with students about the barbecue and posting notices throughout the district was improper electioneering. He also contends that the facts that the grill was located only 25 feet from the building, the cafeteria was inside the building, and posters for the barbecue were placed inside the building, in and of themselves, constitute electioneering.
Respondent board asserts that no electioneering, proper or improper, took place.
The school custodian properly posted 100 foot markers outside the school building where the voting was to take place and the district clerk hung posters in and around the building stating that no electioneering could take place within 100 feet of the polling place. The clerk also states in an affidavit that while posters for the barbecue were posted in front of the building and immediately inside the building, there were no signs indicating how voters should cast their votes. Respondent board asserts that the outdoor barbecue was located 135 feet from the voting machines and the cafeteria where the meals were eaten was located 130 feet from the machines. The district clerk's affidavit states that she was present during the voting and observed no electioneering. Other than the alleged smell of the chicken, petitioner offers no proof that respondent board in any way permitted electioneering to be conducted during the barbecue.