MANVILLE: Deadline for school board petitions approaches

Want to run for the school board?
To get on the November ballot, you must submit a nominating petition by Monday, July 28.
The three incumbents on the Manville Board of Education who face re-election are Board President Heidi Alles, Valerie Frank and Jeanne Lombardino.
No one had filed by Tuesday morning, said officials at the county clerk’s office.
This will be only the third time Manville voters will elect school board members at the fall general election, opting to bypass the April vote. The contests appear on the fall ballot separate from partisan positions, such as Township Committee, freeholder or Congress.
Nominating petitions must be delivered by 4 p.m. Monday to the Somerset County Clerk’s Office at 20 Grove St. in Somerville — not the local school board business office.
Following a court ruling March 31, a circulator for school board nomination petitions is not required to be a registered voter or resident of the jurisdiction of the candidate, but must be eligible to vote in New Jersey.
To become a member of a local board of education, a person must be a citizen, be able to read and write, have lived for one year in the school district, be registered to vote in the district before filing the petition, not be a member of the Township Committee and have no interest in any contract with, or claim against, the board or be disqualified from membership because of the conviction of certain crimes.
Within 30 days of election or appointment to the board, a member must undergo a criminal history background investigation.