The measure is being spearheaded by Dale Folwell, one of Forsyth's representatives in the North Carolina House. And his rationale for partisan school board elections?
...lawmaker Dale Folwell said party affiliations noted on the ballot helps voters make their decisions.Knowing what party a candidate belongs to is supposed to be vital information?Folwell said nonpartisan races attracted fewer votes in the last election in part because those races are at the bottom of the ballot and because candidates had no party affiliation to help voters choose.
"People, when they go to the ballot box, need as much info as they can get," Folwell said Friday.
sigh...
And this is one of the biggest reasons why this country is so messed up, ladies and gentlemen.
Folwell's argument is basically this: that the citizens of Forsyth County are too LAZY to gauge a candidate's worthiness of being elected, without knowing what party that candidate belongs to.
In other words: the ballot for school board has to be - I know of no other way to put it - "dumbed down" for voters to sufficiently understand enough to participate in its election.
But let's be honest: this has nothing at all to do with serving the best interests of the people of Forsyth County. And it has everything to do with giving one party an edge over another. This has always been the motive of such attempts, regardless of which party has been behind them.
I have said it many times before: the United States can not grow anywhere close to its fullest potential, until we consciously and vigorously abandon blind ideologies and begin instead to return to the arena of true ideas. That politicians want to play partisan games with the realm of education - the pursuit of enlightenment and wisdom - demonstrates that said officials have no sincere interest in education at all!
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At least you still get to elect yours. Last year Hawaii voted away it's right to vote for school board and it became appointed by governor / confirmed by Senate :(
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