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A Grant Elementary School portable in Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. The portable has a leaking roof — one of the many problems the district hopes to fix with bond money.Voters in Santa Monica and Malibu should double- check their ballots for a mistake related to local school funding measures.
Los Angeles County mistakenly included both Measure QS and Measure MM when in reality, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District voters can only cast a ballot for one or the other, depending on where they live.SMMUSD is separated into two"School Facilities Improvement Districts" — one for Santa Monica, the other for Malibu. Measure QS is a school bond specific to Santa Monica. Malibu residents will vote on the bond known as Measure MM. Some voters in an unincorporated area near Topanga will also vote on Measure MM.The mistake affects about 78,000 voters that live within the boundaries of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. “We take full responsibility for this error,” said Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan in a statement. “Although we cannot modify the voting materials at this stage, we will ensure that only votes cast by eligible voters within the defined boundaries are reported and certified. The election results will not include votes from outside these specific areas.”You can only vote for the measure associated with where you live; any votes for the misprinted bond will not count.What is a bond? Why am I always being asked to vote for one?Voters in Santa Monica and Malibu should double-check their ballots for a mistake related to local school funding measures.approve funding to repair and renovate schoolsVoters will see two school funding measures— Measure QS and Measure MM— but can only vote on one or the other, depending on where they live.SMMUSD is separated into two"School Facilities Improvement Districts" — one for Santa Monica, the other for Malibu. Measure QS is a school bond specific to Santa Monica. Malibu residents will vote on the bond known as Measure MM. Some voters in an unincorporated area near Topanga will also vote on Measure MM.Residents in SFID #1 are meant to vote on Measure QS, while residents in SFID #2 are meant to vote on Measure MM.They’re school bonds, basically a loan that a school district takes out, and which property owners in that school district pay back through property taxes. School districts rely on statewide and local bonds to pay for repairs, renovations, and new construction.Here's an explainer:The mistake affects about 78,000 voters that live within the boundaries of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.in a statement . “Although we cannot modify the voting materials at this stage, we will ensure that only votes cast by eligible voters within the defined boundaries are reported and certified. The election results will not include votes from outside these specific areas.”You can only vote for the measure associated with where you live; any votes for the misprinted bond will not count.
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