By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services
Does the political affiliation of a school board candidate matter?
Legislative Republicans think so. And now they want to make sure that voters know which party those candidates are registered with.
A measure awaiting House debate would mandate that, beginning next year, all ballots include each candidate’s partisan designation — defined by how that person was registered 150 days before the election.
The move came over concerns by some foes who said it needlessly injects politics into issues of education.
But Rep. Matt Gress, a Republican who previously served on the board of the Madison Elementary School District in Phoenix, said it’s too late to keep that from happening.
