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To:
boardmembers@lodi.k12.nj.us Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2023 3:57 PM Subject:
Suppressing Voter Turnout is Undemocratic and Very Backwards
Board Members Cardone, Salvacion,
Cima, Anderson, Jimenez, and Cannizzaro,
This week, you voted to move Annual
School Elections from November to April and stated in your Resolution that it
was for the purpose of "achieving greater efficiency and voter
turnout". Northjersey.com clearly laid out this week that voter turnout in
Lodi greatly increased when Elections were moved from April to November. That
has been the case throughout the State. You had to have been aware of that
before your vote and before a Record reporter had to explain it to you. Laura
Cima was on the Lodi council in 2012 when a group of residents provided her and
the council with all data showing that November Elections increased turnout and
saved money.
Questions for each of the six Board
Members:
Why did you purposely lie in your
Resolution?
Why didn't you include this Resolution
on your agenda?
Why didn't you seek any public input
prior to the vote?
Who initiated this Resolution and
when?
Why are so few school districts in New
Jersey holding their annual Elections in April if it's a better option than
November?
Why would you want less people
participating in School Elections?
Why would you spend tens of thousands
of Lodi tax dollars each year on an additional Election to ensure that less
people vote?
You owe these answers to the residents
of Lodi.
Purposely suppressing voter turnout
and then lying about is unacceptable behavior.
Ryan Curioni
