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3 Candidates File For 2020 West Orange School Board Election

Here are the candidates who filed to run for the West Orange Board of Education.

WEST ORANGE, NJ — A total of three candidates filed to run for the West Orange Board of Education in the Nov. 3 general election, which will be held mostly by mail due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Those who filed include:

  • Ken Alper - Leadership with Results
  • Jeremias Salinas - no slogan
  • Melinda Huerta - Homegrown In WOTown

The filing deadline for candidates in Essex County was July 27.

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As of July 2018, school board candidates have been permitted to circulate petitions jointly and be bracketed together on the ballot with one or two other candidates. Candidates can submit a short, “non-political slogan” up to three words.

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