Plan your vote
Election Day:
Tuesday, March 10th 3-8 pm
Question 1: Vote YES
Pay off $12.6M debt with a one-time tax payment, and avoid a state monitor.
Question 2: Vote YES
Raise $5M by resetting your baseline property tax to close $5M budget gap and avoid a state monitor.
What’s on the ballot?
Q1: How should we pay off the $12.6M debt?
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Vote YES for a one-time tax payment to pay off the debt.
Cleans the slate and redirects energy on the budget moving forward.
See how much it costs you here.
Avoids a state monitor and places Superintendent Turner in charge of balancing our budget.
Prevents loss of $1.26M per year in state aid for the next 10 years (the repayment plan in the event of a NO vote).
Vote NO to receive a $12.6M advance on state aid to pay off the debt.
Uses future revenues to pay off a past debt.
$1.26M is deducted from annual state aid the District would otherwise receive for the next 10 years.
A state monitor is assigned to the district for the next 10 years. The monitor has complete control of district financial decisions and will determine how to balance the budget given the annual deduction reduction in state aid.
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Make a plan for how you’ll vote!
Check registration
If you’re eligible to vote, register at voter.svrs.nj.gov/register
Not sure you’re registered? Visit voter.svrs.nj.gov/registration-check
Vote in person
Voting in person between 3 pm - 8 pm on Tue., March 10.
The polls are open for 5 hours. If you can’t make it, please mail your ballot in advance: every vote counts!
Mail your ballot*
You must apply for a mail-in ballot either by mail before March 3 or in person before 3 pm on March 9.
*Full steps on how to vote by mail
• STEP 1: Request a Vote by Mail Ballot
1) Print this request form.
2) In Section 1, you have 2 options:
• Select “ALL FUTURE ELECTIONS” since voting by mail is easy!
• If you’re just interested in voting by mail for this election, fill out the line that says SPECIAL or OTHER with “MONTCLAIR SCHOOL BOARD”
3) Return the form. You have 2 options:
• Mail the form in your local mailbox postmarked by March 3, or
• Drop it at the County Clerk’s office by March 9 at 3 pm.
Keep in mind:
• If you print the form at home, you can mail your application in a regular envelope but need to address it and add postage.
• If you vote by mail in every election, you automatically receive a ballot in the mail.
• STEP 2: Ballot Sent, Check Your Mail!
• STEP 3: Complete the Ballot
● Check envelop to confirm you received:
o The ballot
o Inner envelope with attached certificate
o A mailing envelope
● Completely fill in the oval next to each of your selections in blue or black ink.
● Fill in and sign the certificate, keeping it attached to the inner envelope.
● Place ballot into certificate envelope.
● Then, place the certificate envelope into the mailing envelope.
• STEP 4: Mail It! There’s Two Options
• Drop it in a normal post office box ASAP as it must be postmarked by March 10.
• Or bring it to the Ballot Drop Box at 205 Claremont Ave. by 7:59 pm on March 10.
• STEP 5: Track your Ballot!
• You can track your mail-in ballot here: NJ Voter Information Portal - Track My Ballot