Moved School Elections Saved Nearly $1M in NJ

Cost to promote school budgets not necessary, dropping campaign spending, ELEC says.

For the first time in New Jersey’s history, many municipalities had school board candidates on the General Election ballot this November after Gov. Chris Christie signed legislation in January allowing school boards to move their voting times. The move, it seems, has paid off big time locally, according to an analysis by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC). ELEC’s analysis shows spending by candidates was down nearly $1 million from 2011 to 2012 in New Jersey, from $1,532,896 to $597,664. The law gave school districts an incentive to move elections by not having to post their budgets for public vote as long as it fell within the 2-percent annual tax cap. More than 86-percent of the state’s districts moved their …

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School Vote 2011

Meet Board of Ed Candidate Jill Weber

Weber is running for one of two available three-year seats representing Chatham Borough.

Jill Weber is running for one of two available seats on the Board of Education representing Chatham Borough. Weber is a mother of three boys, all of whom are students in the Chatham schools. She works in finance for Meryl Lynch and has been on the PTO of Washington Avenue School and was on the Executive Board at Washington Avenue School for six years. She has been a borough resident for 19 years. Weber will compete for votes against incumbent Richard Connors, Jeff Truppo and Albert Bozzo for one of two open seats. Jonathan Chatinover, who currently serves on the board as a representative from Chatham Borough, will not run again. In the township, incumbent Alan Routh is running against Kim Cronin for a three-year term on the board. …

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