Tri County: African School Board Seat Election Saturday

There will be a vote this weekend to decide the African Nova Scotian seat on the Tri-County Regional School Board. The special election is necessary after a judge voided the results of the October 2012 election. Candidates Darlene Lawrence and Michael Alden Fells are seeking the seat. Lawrence won the seat by nearly 250 votes in the vote 15 months ago, but her victory was challenged because of electronic voting irregularities.The vote in 2012 was conducted largely online and by telephone.  Polls will open Saturday at 8am and close at 7 p.m. Paper ballots will be used in the election on Saturday.