Posted on 09/15/2021 5:50:48 AM PDT by cotton1706
GUILFORD — A contentious Republican Board of Education election centered on how race is taught in town schools resulted Tuesday in the highest primary turnout in years, an official said.
The Republican newcomers who had received their party’s caucus endorsement solidified their positions on the November ballot Tuesday by sweeping the incumbents and two other candidates at the polls.
Running under the slate name of “5 Reasons Why,” candidates Tim Chamberlain (1,275 votes), Nick Cusano (1,273), Aly Passarelli (1,273), Bill Maisano (1,269) and Danielle Scarpellino (1,265) earned the five Republican spots on the November ballot.
Amy Sullivan (468), Joseph Golino (462), Bill Mulligan (453), Jim O’Keefe (453) and Ted Sands (432) did not earn enough votes after petitioning to force the primary. Incumbents Sullivan, Golino and Sands led the petitioning effort after being ousted at their party caucus in July when only 183 registered Republicans came out to vote.
The primary had the highest voter turnout in years, according to Republican Registrar Gloria Nemchuk. More than 47 percent turned out to the polls as of 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, or about 1,650 of the 3,511 registered Republicans.
The party registration numbers jumped by about 200 people since mid-August when the primary was announced.
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Their platform stated that "actions at the national level don’t sit well here in Guilford"
What do you think they mean by that? I think we all know what they mean.
Well, they are no more.
Check this out!
Unaffiliated Voters: Become a “Republican for a Day”
As you already know, the Board of Education is under attack by hard right extremists who are taking direction from people and organizations outside of Guilford. A national playbook is being used in Guilford without regard to Guilford’s curriculum, teachers, or staff.
A group of moderate Republicans would like to ensure the extremists who have been disrupting Board of Education and administration efforts DURING A PANDEMIC do not reach the November ballot.
We need your help.
The largest voting group in Guilford are unaffiliated, or independent, voters. Every unaffiliated voter can register to become a Republican to be eligible to vote for the primary on September 14. Please vote your conscience for your community. You can then unaffiliate after the primary if you wish. Becoming a “Republican for a Day” does NOT prevent you from voting for Democrat or independent candidates on election day in November
There are two ways to register to be a “Republican for a Day”:
Passarelli said she and other candidates have faced criticism and ridicule on social media. She claimed she was called an extremist, white supremacist, compared to Hitler and been called homophobic.
If only this could happen 10,000 times over across the United States!
That's how you do that.
When you effectively organize, you win.
183 people voted in the Republican primary. Something tells me they will be crushed in November.
Voter registration and party enrollment as of October 30, 2014
Party.... Voters Percentage
Democratic 5,294 33.05%
Republican 3,516 21.95%
Unaffiliated 7,108 44.38%
Minor Parties 99 0.62%
Total... 16,017 100%
The Guliford Board of Education has a strange rule that will work both ways.
“Since rules stipulate that a Board of Education can only have a slight majority, the largest number of Republicans who could be elected this term is four — three that would replace or retain the incumbents and one who, if elected, would overturn the democratic majority on the board.”
So a democrat who got less votes would be elected if the slate of 5 won the most votes. Or The Democrats would remain in control, but Republican candidates who received less votes could be elected.
That is nutty as all hell.
Correction, the 183 was at a party caucus, which then forced the incumbents to petition for a primary where they still loss.
I stand by my statement that the Democrats are in good place to retain control.
“That is nutty as all hell.”
Well the principle is sound. They don’t want a board to swing very much to one side.
Of course the way they get around that is to get the most liberal republicans they can elected to the board, which amounts to the same thing. Looks like that’s what happened.
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