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Shit to November Leaves School Elections with Little Cash, Less Attention
JOHN MOONEY | DECEMBER 12, 2013
No longer requiring public OK of budgets also cited as factor in declining interest, drop in campaign spending
With most them now moved from April to November, New Jersey’s school elections have not only become the quiet cousins in statewide elections, but they continue to see less and less political cash as well.
According to data from the state’s Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC), only $550,000 was spent statewide on local school-board races in April and November, continuing a drop from previous years. More than $1 million was raised, but that, too, was a drop from the peak of more than $1.5 million in 2011.