Ayotte vetoes bill allowing partisan school board elections

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(The Center Square) — New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte has vetoed a Republican-backed bill that would have allowed cities and towns to hold partisan elections for governing school boards.

The legislation, approved by the state Legislature in a largely party line vote, would give local governments the option of allowing candidates for nonpartisan local school boards and committees to run on party lines. 

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