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Time to Vote for South Orange Maplewood School District BOE

Cory Booker wins Senate Seat

Came across the post on How Did South Orange Vote Wednesday? by Patch Editor Eric Goodman where he wrote "Newark Mayor Corey Booker won election to the U.S. Senate Wednesday, defeating Steve Lonegan in the race to replace the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg. South Orange had a slightly higher voter turnout than Essex County overall, with 30.79 percent of voters turning out to the polls. The voter turnout in Essex County was 23.59 percent.  Congratulations to Cory Booker and you can read all about Cory Booker's run right here

Get out and vote for South Orange Maplewood School District BOE
But that now reminds me to remind all my neighbors it is Time to Vote for South Orange Maplewood School District BOE. This will be the first time the BOE elections will be held in November, since the BOE voted to adopt a resolution to move the elections from April to November on the date of the general election.

There are 4 candidates in the running as of this moment.  

  • Johanna Wright -  a teacher, coach in the school district for more than 30 years until her recent retirement in 2013.  Read more Johanna Wright  on Facebook
  • Stephanie Lawson-Muhammad and her husband Khalil moved to South Orange from Bloomington, Indiana in 2011 Discover more Stephanie Lawson-Muhammed
  • Beth Daugherty and her husband Paul moved to Maplewood in 1991.  More about Beth Daugherty on Facebook
  • David Giles and his wife Randi Mandelbaum moved to South Orange in 2000.  Learn More Schoolboard2013

The candidates are talking and you can listen to the first debate right here.  http://youtu.be/tHHtEyLr5bc  

More to come from Gregory Burrus of TechOSS
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