Voters approve most referendums in special school elections
Voters in a series of New Jersey special school elections today approved most construction and funding proposals, though several districts rejected tax increases or capital projects, but in the state’s premier school race in Montclair, where voters were asked to approve $12.6 million to cover a budget deficit, the public question remains too close to call.
With 100% of the Election Day machine votes and most vote-by-mail ballots counted, the Yes votes in Montclair lead by an extraordinarily narrow 80-vote margin, 4,783 to 4,703. Over 300 provisional ballots remain uncounted, along some vote-by-mail ballots from drop boxes that were deposited after the last pickup – but before 8 PM – and late-arriving mail-in ballots.
The largest approvals came in Berkeley Heights and Mahwah, where voters approved major multi-school renovation plans.
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