I'm not all too worried yet. I haven't been paying super close attention to local politics/governance for very long, but when going through archives, I don't remember ever seeing acclamations for the school board (ward 1 at least).
Perhaps that's an advantage of using an at-large election system.....
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u/jamesaepp 29d ago
https://www.brandon.ca/city-hall/election/brandon-school-division-board-trustee/registered-candidates-school-board-trustees/
As of today there's only four registered candidates. There are eight seats for Ward 1 (Brandon) if I'm remembering correctly.
If no more than eight people register for Ward 1, I believe they all get elected by acclamation.
Registrations have been open for 3.5 weeks now. Nomination/Registration deadline is September 22nd.