New Law Bans School Board’s Reminders to Vote

Parents of students may well remember the robo-calls and emails reminding them to vote in upcoming referendums, which was a simple notification of the date, time and location for voting. 

Board of Education members across the state credit the system with helping to pass budgets, however, a new state law effective July 1 will prohibit school officials from using the system, according to a report in The Day. 

Public Act 13-247 is the law in question, and it only allows community-wide notification systems available to all residents, to send out details about a vote. 

Attorney Matthew Ritter explained the law to the South Windsor Board of Education Tuesday night in the context of the elementary schools project. PACs and PTOs, as well as individuals are still free to call residents to remind them to vote. 

Click here to read the full story in The Day.