Legislation introduced last year by state Rep. Jason Woolford, R-Howell, would do away with nonpartisan school board elections and require candidates to declare a party affiliation. School board races in Michigan — as well as those in most cities (depending on their charter), and all villages — have always been nonpartisan; the reasoning is that these local units of government provide services for which party affiliation makes no difference. The…
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