PHOENIX - For the first time in as long as anyone can remember, Arizona's largest public school district isn't opening its schools to voters as polling sites. The reasons have been building for years, but the final straw for Mesa Public Schools officials came last November with a small, low-turnout election that became mired in misinformation and menace. "It was very chaotic," Assistant Superintendent Scott Thompson recalled. "It was overwhelming." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/05/arizona-maricopa-county-schools-elections/

Source: Washington Post August 06, 2024 10:20 UTC