[RP TownTalk] Election Results for RP area

[Vernon Archer]

The Board of Education system seems strange to many of us, and I cannot
speak on behalf of the legislature.  However, the original proposal to go
back to an elected school board had two competing positions: 1) all district
based representation; and 2) all representation elected at large.  All
members at large seemed to be the favored way, but would have likely lead to
legal challenge--large areas of the county would likely end up with no
resident on the school board. Thus, the move to a division with some board
members elected at large and others by district.

The idea that everyone in the county can vote on each district is
clearly connected to the original legislative prejudice for an all at
large board.  Having the districts simply guarantees that there will be no
large chunk of the county without a resident sitting on the board. This
explanation is not meant to be taken as complete, but gives the gist of how
the system evolved.

Best wishes,

Vern



On 11/9/06, Regina M. Kreger <regina at kreger.net> wrote:
>
> I was wondering the same thing!  This way, aren't they all at-large?
>
> Dwight Holmes wrote:
>
> Can someone explain why we were able to vote for board of education
> candidates in ALL districts, as well as for the at-large ones? My
> voter registration card says we live in education district 1, but all
> districts were on our ballot. Seems odd, to say the least.
>
>
> On 11/8/06, Rob Oppenheim <rob.oppenheim at comcast.net> <rob.oppenheim at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>  BOARD OF EDUCATION AT LARGE (4 winners)
>  Beck, Donna Hathaway     96187  19.03%
>  McCotter-Jacobs, Ver     76064  15.05%
>  Thomas, Nathaniel Be     71351  14.11%
>  Watson, Ronald L.     70853  14.02%
>  Lawlah, Gloria    57465  11.37%
>  Johnson, Kenneth E.    50638  10.02%
>  Darensbourg, Alicia    43762  8.66%
>  Stone, Howard Wilber    37826  7.48%
>
>  BOARD OF EDUCATION 001
>  Johnson, Rosalind Ad     101385  74.43%
>  Shell, Robin Barnes    34652  25.44%
>
>  BOARD OF EDUCATION 002
>  Iliff, Heather     71567  53.73%
>  Waller, Amber    61287  46.01%
>
>  BOARD OF EDUCATION 003
>  Fletcher, Pat     68606  51.60%
>  Williams, Regina L.    62271  46.83%
>
>  BOARD OF EDUCATION 004
>  Morris, Steven E.     67386  50.23%
>  Thomas, Linda Thornt    66622  49.66%
>
>  BOARD OF EDUCATION 005
>  Johnson, R Owen Jr.     89324  65.62%
>  Costello, Kathleen F    46555  34.20%
>
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-- 
Vernon Archer, Mayor
Town of Riverdale Park, Maryland
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