North East School Division prepares for 2024 elections

Local Journalism Initiative

June 29, 2024 at 11:20 a.m.·1 min read

NORTHEAST - On Nov.13, elections for school boards in Saskatchewan will be occurring. The North East School Division is preparing for new online and electronic voting.

At the last board meeting, the NESD approved Tanya Biesenthal as Returning Officer for the 2024 general election

The City of Melfort will be running their municipal elections at the same time for municipal government and will administer the voting for the school division election for the electors in the city.

The city uses electronic vote counting equipment and offers mail-in ballots and homebound voting. The NESD requires the board to approve motions for electronic voting equipment, mail-in ballots and homebound voting.

The board approved to pay election officials at the same rate as the municipality when working with a municipality and when coordination does not occur, then the default rate is the Election Saskatchewan rate for 2024. Anyone looking to run for a school board will be required to provide a Criminal Record Check along with their nomination form as permitted by Section 87(1)(aa.2) of The Education Act, 1995.

The board also approved the use of homebound and mail-in voting for the 2024 general election of the school board for the North East School Division No. 200 in the City of Melfort, as administered by the City of Melfort.

Lair said the first call for nomination is Sept. 24. The Nomination Day is Oct. 9 with a 4 p.m. deadline. The notices are posted as per the elections act and information packages will be shared on the NESD website, however they are not posted until September, said Lair.

Nicole Goldsworthy, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SASKTODAY.ca

The Canadian Press
Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have broad immunity, dimming chance of a pre-election Trump trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, extending the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss and all but ending prospects the former president could be tried before the November election.
HuffPost
Trump Throws Middle-Of-The-Night Fit After Nancy Pelosi Called Him Out On Live TV
The former president attacked the former House speaker as a “sick puppy.”
The Daily Beast
Justice Thomas Goes Rogue on Trump Immunity Case, Pushes to Ditch Special Prosecutors
Justice Clarence Thomas used the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity on Monday to again request that the constitutionality of special prosecutors, like Jack Smith, be called into question. In his opinion, Thomas asked the lower courts to render a ruling on Smith and the legality of the special prosecutor’s office before they proceed with Donald Trump’s pair of federal criminal cases that Smith’s team is prosecuting. No other justice signed onto Thomas’ opinion. “If this unprecedented
The Daily Beast
Sotomayor Offers Terrifying List of Things Trump Could Do as President After Immunity Ruling
Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a withering dissent to the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling on Monday, writing that U.S. presidents will now be able to assassinate political rivals and accept bribes with impunity while they’re in office.That’s a dangerous precedent to set, Sotomayor wrote, especially as the increasingly unpredictable Donald Trump seeks a return to the White House. “The president of the United States is the most powerful person in the country, and possibly the world,”
Reuters
Trump immunity ruling hands big decisions to Judge Tanya Chutkan
The U.S. Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling on Monday sends the federal case accusing Donald Trump of attempting to overturn his 2020 defeat back to Judge Tanya Chutkan for critical decisions that will shape the future of the historic prosecution. Chutkan, a judge on the U.S. District Court in Washington, will have to decide whether a pair of Supreme Court rulings requires some of the allegations against the Republican presidential candidate be tossed out. She will also decide on the timing of the trial, which will determine whether a jury hears evidence that Trump sought to subvert the last election before his Nov. 5 election rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden.
HuffPost
Lara Trump’s Latest Donald Trump Claim Receives Easiest Fact Check Of All Time
Donald Trump's daughter-in-law confused the heck out of critics with her boast.
Rolling Stone
In Memos to Quell Doubters, the Biden Campaign Touts Alarming Poll Results
Biden’s team emailed surveys showing most voters think he isn't fit to be president, is too old, and should be replaced on the ticket
USA TODAY
Historian who predicted 9 of the last 10 election results says Democrats shouldn't drop Joe Biden
“Debate performances can be overcome,” Allan Lichtman said. “At the first sign of adversity the spineless Democrats want to throw under the bus, their own incumbent president.”
CNN
Opinion: What Trump said during the debate that has many Black Americans and Palestinians outraged
While many are focused on President Biden’s debate performance, Dean Obeidallah says it was former President Trump’s statements during the event that gave offense.
HuffPost
'Not Fit For Office': Liz Cheney Fires Back At Trump's Brazen 'Treason' Meme
The former GOP lawmaker called the former president's latest move proof he's "not a stable adult."
Canadian Press Videos
Voters kick all the Republican women out of the South Carolina Senate
The only three Republican women in the South Carolina Senate took on their party and stopped a total abortion ban from passing in their state last year. Republican primary voters have now booted all the “Sister Senators” from their party out of office. (Production: Noreen Nasir)
The Hill
Fauci rejects Bannon calling threats a metaphor: ‘That’s nonsense’
Former White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci hit back at Steve Bannon on Sunday for saying that his past comments directed at Fauci were a “metaphor.” Fauci, in a Sunday appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” was asked about Bannon’s earlier remarks. The former Trump adviser argued that his past comments suggesting that Fauci and FBI Director…
HuffPost
Lindsey Graham Makes Awkward Admission About 2016 Donald Trump-Slamming Tweet
The GOP senator warned about the party being “destroyed” in the post.
HuffPost
John Fetterman Drops S-Bomb Live On Fox News Over 'Whole Abandon Biden Thing'
The Pennsylvania senator warned fellow Democrats what their walking away from Joe Biden would actually mean in terms of the 2024 election.
The Canadian Press
In their own words: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's message on Canada Day
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has released a video message to Canadians on Canada Day. Here's what he had to say, in his own words.
HuffPost
The GOP Faces A Unique Dilemma Ahead Of Trump’s Sentencing
Officials say they’re making contingency plans in case the former president is in jail when the GOP convention starts.
CNN
A year ago, she drank battery acid to escape life under the Taliban. Today, she has a message for other Afghan girls
Arzo survived a suicide attempt but now faces a new threat that could send her family – and millions like them – back to Afghanistan and a life that has become so intolerable for women and girls that some would rather die.
Reuters
Joe Biden's disastrous debate blamed on bad preparation, exhaustion
(Reuters) -President Joe Biden's train-wreck debate with Republican opponent Donald Trump followed a series of decisions by his most senior advisers that critics now point to as wrong-headed, interviews with Democratic allies, donors and former and current aides show. Trump, 78, repeated a series of well-worn, glaring falsehoods during the 90-minute debate on Thursday, including claims that he actually won the 2020 election. Biden, 81, failed to refute them and his fumbling, halting performance has sparked calls from Democrats for him to end his quest for a second term and for "soul-searching" or resignations among top aides.
The Canadian Press
French voters propel far-right National Rally to strong lead in first-round legislative elections
PARIS (AP) — The far-right National Rally leaped into a strong lead Sunday in France's first round of legislative elections, polling agencies projected, bringing the party closer to being able to form a government in round two and dealing a major slap to centrist President Emmanuel Macron and his risky decision to call the surprise ballot.
ABC News
Several US military bases in Europe put on heightened state of alert, US officials say
Several U.S. military bases across Europe are now operating under a heightened state of alert, ABC News has confirmed. The alert level of Force Protection Condition (FPCON) "Charlie" was put in place over the weekend, according to two U.S. officials. According to the U.S. Army, Charlie is the second highest state of alert that "applies when an incident occurs or intelligence is received indicating some form of terrorist action or targeting against personnel or facilities is likely."

Latest Stories