A multiple-issue ballot allows voters to vote on specific educational programs and their respective costs rather than forcing a yes/no choice for the entire program. (Author/IRT)

"How the Long Island Educational Communications Council demonstrated modern teaching methods, materials and equipment in support of school budgets and set a pattern for taxpayer enlightenment worthy of emulation across the country." (Editor)

The theory of "voter crosspressure" focuses on the idea that voters have predispositions and try to avoid information (pressure) that would cause them to vote against their predisposition. If a voter is unsuccessful in avoiding that information, he or she will vote against his or her predisposition. (Author/IRT)

This report provides tables and charts on the results of Iowa's school bond issues from 1960-1970 inclusive. Although the report does not analyze the results of the school bond issues, it does observe that the time of year, the month, and the week in which school bond elections are held seem to have a substantial effect upon election results. (JF)

Outlines the steps one school district took to identify and get out the "yes" voters. (IRT)

Cautions against school districts blaming taxpayer revolt" when school tax support campaign methods have not been changed in a decade or more. (EA)

The vote-by-mail procedure is presently being tried in Oregon. Supporters claim it is good for democracy because it increases the number of persons involved in decision making. Opponents say it encourages participation by people who know little or nothing about issues on the ballot. (MLF)

Identifies the organizational and public contact strategies used successfully by school supporters in three school funding elections in the Clayton (Missouri) School District between 1975 and 1980. Notes the types of voters contacted by block workers prior to the 1980 election and analyzes their subsequent voting behavior. (PGD)

Discusses 13 mistakes school leaders make in planning and executing campaigns for the passage of school bond and levy referenda. Suggests corrective action for each mistake. (PKP)

Highlights on the school business official, reasons for school budget defeats, nonpublic school aid, and a technique for setting a teacher-salary package. (MLF)

QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT TO A 10 PERCENT SAMPLE OF INCONSISTENT VOTERS IN TWO OREGON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO HAD NOT VOTED IN A PREVIOUS, UNSUCCESSFUL SCHOOL BUDGET ELECTION, BUT WHO HAD VOTED IN A SUBSEQUENT SUCCESSFUL ELECTION. DESPITE DEMOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE DISTRICTS IN LEVEL OF SCHOOLING COMPLETED, OCCUPATION, INCOME, PERIOD…

A brief examination of the voting patterns in seven budget elections from 1974 to 1978 in Eugene (Oregon) School District 4J reveals that there are no significant differences between the percentage of people voting Yes in precincts with community schools and the percentage of people voting Yes in other precincts. The turnout rate in precincts with…