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Why do some legislators want to keep school board election financing secret?

HB 1257 and HB 1116 treats school board candidates the same as all candidate in disclosing campaign finances, the House Political Subdivisions does not think that is needed. Why?

I’ve run for a few offices over the years. In 2009 and 2011, I ran for Mandan School Board, and in 2018 I ran for Bismarck School Board. All three of these times I was amazed that school board candidates do not have to file campaign disclosure like all other state and local candidates. It is an exemption that is ripe for abuse because when there is n…

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