Elizabeth Crump, David Pierce and David Toomey are uncontested in their bids for three board seats.
Onondaga, NY – The names of the three candidates running today in uncontested elections for school board in the Onondaga Central School District are missing from the ballot.
Elizabeth Crump, David Pierce and David Toomey are the only candidates seeking the three, three-year terms on the board to be filled this year.
The polls are open until 9 p.m. today at the Junior-Senior High School and Rockwell School.
To correct the oversight, voters are being given a paper ballot to vote for school board candidates.
Voters who cast ballots before the omission was discovered are being contacted and asked to return to the polls to cast a paper ballot in the school board election.
School officials were unavailable for comment.
In addition to filling school board seats, voters are casting ballots on the proposed $18,371,638 school budget for 2010-11.
The proposed budget is up 2.56 percent from the current budget. If the budget is approved, the tax rate would go up an estimated 1.95 percent to $28.49 per $1,000.
Voters are also deciding whether to spend $242,500 to buy two school buses. The state will reimburse the district for much of the cost of the buses.
John Stith can be reached at jstith@syracuse.com or at 251-5718.