Editorial: Bay Area school officials’ shameful tax-election manipulations

Voters in two Bay Area school districts have received ballots for special May 7 elections on parcel taxes to help fund operations.

Rather than placing the measures on the primary election or general election ballot, as most school districts do, officials in the two districts timed their elections to depress voter turnout.

Each district also used tortured and deceptive ballot language that confuses voters and hides the magnitude of the proposed taxes.

For details on the measures...