Milford schools alert to ballot issues

Staff writer Cindy Kranz reports that Milford School District Superintendent John Frye is concerned the district's operating levy wasn't on the ballot in early voting in some Union and Miami township precincts.

Frye immediately asked the school district’s lawyer to begin researching what needs to be done to contest the election if that’s what needs to happen, said Valerie Miller, district spokeswoman.

A Milford schools parent from Union Township, voting about 8:30 a.m. at the Cincinnati Nature Center, discovered the school levy was not on the ballot and alerted election workers, Miller said. That was two hours into the voting day.

The district’s 7.9-mill operating levy has been among the most hotly contested of eight school issues on the ballot in four Greater Cincinnati counties.

“This poor community has been battling this issue for months, and now for this possibility that the outcome might not be known for months, whether there’s a recount or need for a second election. It’s a mess. It’s frustrating,” Miller said.