The Delaware Court of Chancery on Wednesday ruled that the Red Clay Consolidated School District violated election laws in a special election that raised property taxes tied to school funding but declined to invalidate the results, citing “dysfunction” in Delaware’s system for funding public schools.
In a 186-page opinion, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster said Red Clay had violated a clause of the state constitution guaranteeing “free and equal” elections when it held 75 events on election day to bring families with children to the polls in February 2015.
