Background
Morris Kramer was a 28-year-old unmarried man who lived with his parents in Atlantic Beach, New York, within Union Free School District No. 15, Town of Hempstead (now the Lawrence Union Free School District). Kramer, who was registered to vote in national and state elections, sought to register to vote in the school district's annual school board election and school budget vote.
Kramer undisputedly met the age, citizenship, and residency requirements to vote in the election. However, he was not eligible to vote in school elections under Section 2012 of the New York State Education Law, which provided that to vote in school elections, a resident must either own or lease taxable real property within the school district or be the parent or guardian of one or more children enrolled in a public school within the district.
Read more about this topic: Kramer V. Union Free School District No. 15
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