To the Editor:

Candidates for the Princeton Board of Education will meet in a webinar hosted by the Princeton Public Library on Thursday, October 12 at 7:30 p.m. Go to https://princetonlibrary.libnet.info/event/9223094 to register for the event. Send questions for the candidates to lwvprinceton@gmail.com — subject line Princeton BOE — by October 9.  Questions will also be taken during the event.

Video of the forum will be posted on the League of Women Voters’ website lwvprinceton.org, at VOTE411.org, and on the library’s YouTube channel.

To read about the platforms of these candidates as well as others, visit VOTE411.org.  If any candidates on your ballot have not responded, please urge them to do so.

Go to VOTE411 or Vote.nj.gov to find specific information about early voting, vote-by-mail, polling and drop box locations, as well as hours and deadlines. Voter registration forms must be postmarked by October 17.  Vote-by-mail ballots arrive this week. They must be postmarked or placed in drop boxes by November 7 and cannot be returned to polling places. Voters marked “VBM” may only vote provisionally at the polls.

On Election Day, voters will now use the machines used in early voting. They will sign in, receive a printed voting authority and plastic card, and be directed to a machine. Inserting the card brings up their ballot on a touch screen. After voting on the screen and reviewing for accuracy, voters will print their completed paper ballot and deposit it in the tabulator, as in the last election.

The League of Women Voters encourages civic engagement. Board (poll) workers, including students aged 16-17, are needed for the nine days of early voting and on November 7.  Board workers are compensated: $300 on Election Day and $21.43/hour during early voting, plus $30 for attending training. Contact your county board of elections or visit Vote.nj.gov. Students should ask whether a special student application is required.

Vote early, by mail, or on Election Day — but please vote!

Chrystal Schivell
League of Women Voters of the Greater Princeton Area
Monroe Lane