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Remote
Voting It is possible for a board member to participate in a
meeting and vote remotely, for example by speaker phone, provided adequate
steps are taken to ensure that the public can hear the remote member
participate in the meeting and he or she can hear the other board members of
the public. A board that wishes to allow remote voting should
first adopt a policy to set forth the conditions and procedures under which it
would be permitted. For example,
it would not be appropriate for a majority of the members participating in a
meeting to do so remotely. This is
another topic where it is appropriate to consult with board counsel before
acting.
The
Lodi BOE had no policy in place when it caught some members off guard with
phone wires set up at our September meeting.
What took place in September is just another example of
wrong advice by legal counsel. Another example
of putting politics above school law, advisory opinions, and the recommendations
of the New Jersey School Boards Association.
