To the Editor:

Candidates for the Princeton Board of Education will meet in a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters and Princeton Community TV on Wednesday, October 2 at 7 p.m. Monument Main, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton. Questions will be taken from the audience. Video of the forum will be broadcast on Princeton TV and posted at the League’s website www.lwvprinceton.org and on VOTE411.org.

The League is also planning forums for candidates for Princeton Council and the 16th Legislative District. Final arrangements will be made as candidates work out their schedules. Stay tuned: keep an eye on the League website and Princeton TV! You may send questions for the candidates to lwvprinceton@gmail.com.

Recent legislation requires that voters who received a Vote-by-Mail ballot in 2017 and 2018 but who no longer wish to vote by mail must opt out in writing — and soon.  The deadlines are not posted. If you wish to opt out, the League advises that you check your mail for an opt-out form or call your county clerk immediately. If you receive a Vote-by-Mail ballot, whether you want it or not, the League advises that you use it and mail it. It must be postmarked no later than Election Day and received by the County Board of Elections no later than 48 hours after the time of the closing of the polls for the election. Voters who are on the Vote-by-Mail list are not permitted to vote in the voting booth at the polls but may vote by provisional ballot. Provisional ballots are counted once it has been ascertained that the voter did not vote by mail.

The League hopes voters will attend the October 2 Board of Education forum, visit VOTE411.org for information about all their candidates and links to videos, and, most importantly, vote on November 5.

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