COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Voters must make extra effort to write-in candidates. The Franklin County Board of Elections expects more write-in than the previous general election.
Nine people are vying for four open spots on the Columbus School Board. Three write-in candidates are running for a Full Term and three others are running for an unexpired term that ends December 31, 2011.
Current school board president Carol Perkins is distributing literature explaining the process to voters.
The Franklin County Board of Elections uses electronic ballots so voters have to click on write-in and type in the candidate of their choice.
Director Mike Stinziano says as long as the county knows the intent of the voter, misspellings and typos may still constitute a valid ballot.
Candidate Tracy Broaddus is also reminding voters to write him in, through hand-outs and his Facebook page.
Candidate Bill Buckel jokes that if voters want to vote for him, they'll have to know to write.
Technically, the only voters who will have to manually write-in will be those who cast provisional ballots, according to Ben Piscitelli, Public Information Officer with the Board of Elections.
Once the technicalities are out of the way, it's up to voters to decide who they're voting for and why.
Broaddus wants the school district to use psychologists more and bring more social sciences into the schools.
Buckel wants each school to be more accountable so parents won't take their students out of Columbus City Schools.
The other write-in candidates include Thomas Ruff, Paul Timothy Carringer and Lemuel Harrison, Jr.
Hanifah Kambon, Ramona reyes and Mike Wiles are also running, but their names will already be on the ballots.
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