Ayotte vetoes bill allowing partisan school board elections

The legislation would give local governments the option of allowing candidates for nonpartisan local school boards and committees to run on party lines. Read More

Ayotte vetoes bill that would allow for partisan school board elections in New Hampshire

Supporters of the bill argued a partisan ballot system would “provide additional information on the school district elections to the voters, which should increase voter awareness and voter turnout.” ... Read More

Bill proposes partisan school board elections - Bowling Green Daily News

The bill would also add straight-ticket voting to county school board elections, which would enable voters to pick all of a political party’s candidates with one mark on the ballot. Read More

School board elections could get more political under budget bill

The newly-passed Ohio budget bill includes a provision that would require school board candidates to list their political party on the ballot. Read More

New Indiana Bill Would Make School Board Elections Partisan

The Senate elections committee took testimony on a bill to make school board elections partisan and require candidates to declare a party affiliation. The bill requires candidates to be nominated in ... Read More

Partisan school board elections bill passes Indiana Senate

A Senate bill that would require school board candidates to declare a political party passed out of the Senate Monday. Read More

Proposed House Bill could make school board elections partisan

A new bill introduced in the 2025 Kentucky Legislature, House Bill 169, seeks to make school board elections in the state partisan. Read More

Bill aims to make Pitt County school board elections partisan

A new bill filed in the North Carolina General Assembly would have future Pitt County Board of Education elections become partisan races. Read More

Partisan school board elections bill moves closer to passage

A bill to give Indiana school board candidates the option to run as Republicans or Democrats passed a key vote in the House on Monday. Read More

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee greenlights partisan school board elections

Lawmakers originally sought to require school board elections be conducted on a partisan basis but with several Republican lawmakers speaking out against it, the bill was amended to take a softer ... Read More

Partisan school board elections bill goes to the governor

If Gov. Mike Braun affixes his signature, Indiana will join the handful of states running partisan school board elections after a squeaker of a final vote Thursday. Read More

Amendment 1: Establishing partisan school board elections

If passed, candidates would be nominated through partisan primaries. Florida is one of 41 states that participates in nonpartisan school board elections, and it has been that way for 22 years. Read More