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Showing posts with label People Harrison–Virginia. Show all posts
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Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Virginia Harrison Board of Ed appointee running as write-in By Karen Kemp

20080731 Virginia Harrison Board of Ed appointee running as write-in By Karen Kemp

Board of Ed appointee running as write-in

By Karen Kemp,
Carroll County Times Staff Writer Thursday, July 31, 2008

After being appointed to the Carroll County Board of Education in April, Virginia Harrison has decided she wants to serve on the board for another four years.

Harrison filed as a write-in candidate July 3, said Gail Carter, director of the Carroll County Board of Elections. Carter said Harrison first contacted the board about two months ago requesting information about running a write-in campaign.

Harrison was appointed at the April 9 board meeting by Gov. Martin O’Malley to fill a vacancy after member Jeff Morse resigned for using a racial slur while visiting a school construction site.

Her term expires in November, and she has attended four out of five board meetings so far.

However, Harrison said she has been involved in various school activities during the past 10 years and said she quickly absorbed the information about the processes involved in being a board member.

“I thought it was a good fit for me,” Harrison said.

While each polling place will have a list of write-in candidates posted on the wall during the election in November, Harrison’s name and those of other write-in candidates will not appear on the county’s touch-screen voting machines, according to Carter.

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Read the rest of the article here:
Board of Ed appointee running as write-in

Reach staff writer Karen Kemp at 410-857-7890 or
karen.kemp@carrollcountytimes.com.

http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2008/07/31/news/local_news/newsstory2.txt

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