View the Sunshine Law Meeting Notice from the County of Bergen Board of Elections, June 18, 2020.

The Annual School Election to vote for candidates for the Ridgewood Board of Education will be included in the General Election on November 5, 2024.

Two Board seats, two with a three-year term and one board seat with a one-year term will be on the ballot.

Interested residents may download the nominating petition or pick up a hard copy of the nominating petition at:

The Office of the Board Secretary at the Education Center 49 Cottage Place, Ridgewood

or

The Bergen County Clerk’s Election Division One Bergen County Plaza, Room 130, Hackensack -
Email: countyclerk@co.bergen.nj.us

Office hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: As of July 19, 2022, the Office of the Bergen County Clerk will NOT be accepting electronic petitions. The acceptance of electronic petitions was dependent upon the continuing of the Public Health Emergency as initially declared by Governor Murphy by Executive Order 103 and continued by subsequent Executive Orders. As Governor Murphy, by Executive order 244, has now terminated the Public Health Emergency declared in Executive Order 103, all Executive Orders and P. L. 2020, c. 55. Electronic petitions are no longer applicable, and their authority allowing for electronic petitions was also terminated with the termination of the previously declared Public Health Emergency.

Completed and notarized nominating petitions must be filed with the Bergen County Clerk's Elections Division - One Bergen County Plaza, Room 130 in Hackensack no later than 4:00 PM on the last Monday in July

Additional resources from NJSBA

• How to become a School Board Member and Frequently Asked Questions

• Ten things School Board Candidates Should Know

Serving on the Board of Education Information

• Fundamentals of School Board Membership

• 13 Things School Board Members Wish People Knew About Them