The humdrum business of nominating school board members in several school districts turned into a civil dispute Monday after several challenges against potential candidates were heard in Butler County Court.

Butler County Solicitor William White noted that since at least 2005 there haven't been any court challenges to decide if candidates from schools would be allowed to run in the primary elections.

But this year there were four candidates whose legitimacy in running were challenged, and on Monday morning Judge Michael Yeager heard arguments from both sides. In all of the cases, the challengers argued that the candidates submitted their nomination paperwork a day after the March 9 deadline.

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