Bill would require party affiliation on ballots for local, state school board candidates in Ohio

Statehouse News Bureau via WVXU

State and local school board elections in Ohio are non-partisan, like many municipal and local races. But a new bill in the Ohio Legislature would change that.

Sen. Andy Brenner (R-Delaware) said voters need to know the party affiliations of candidates for school boards.

“These local school boards are very political,” Brenner said.

Brenner’s bill would require candidates for local school boards and for the 11 elected positions on the State Board of Education list party affiliation so voters will know whether their values match the candidates’ views. Read on…