While the elections in West Marin this November might have passed without much change, a student council election at the Bolinas-Stinson school last week took a creative approach to deciding who would represent the student body.
No names appeared on the ballot; instead, students voted for the platform they liked best.
The idea came up at a staff discussion about how to avoid the perennial problem of elections devolving into popularity contests. Principal Elaine Doss…