Julia Levine School Committee vice chair Caroline Hunter.
A reelection bid by School Committee vice chair Caroline Hunter can continue, Cambridge’s Election Commission decided Tuesday in 3-0 vote after a hearing.
The hearing decided an objection by Cambridge Public Schools parent Missy Page that Hunter’s primary home isn’t in Cambridge – state law mandates that school board members have residency and voter registration in the city they serve in – but in Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard.
Residency is defined not only by the number of days per year an individual lives in a town, but on the individual’s places of employment, religious, social and political affiliations and other attachments to the community.
Hunter has been a registered voter in Cambridge since 2022, the year she joined the