SALEM — The Salem City Board of Education will have to nominate a new member after voters elected Barbara Chrisden — who died last month— to serve another three-year term.

Salem County Deputy Clerk Paul Reed said Wednesday Chrisden's death came after the deadlines to both withdrawal from the race, on Sept. 5, and for the preparation of the official ballot to go to printing, on Sept. 15, respectively.

Chrisden was one of three candidates running for three open seats on the school board.

She came in third behind Daffonie Moore and Katrina Tatem with 682 votes. Moore was the top vote-getter Tuesday with 811 votes, and Tatem received the second most votes with 765. There were 64 write-in votes.

A lifelong Salem resident, Chrisden served two terms on the Salem BOE. She died on Oct. 14, according to her obituary, which ran in The Times on Oct. 21. She was 64.

When she last ran in 2011, Chrisden said her main focus as a member of the board was maintaining quality education for the children of the district.

Reed said the school board will have to select someone to serve the remainder of Chrisden's current term on the board, which ends at the end of this year.

They will also select a candidate to serve Chrisden's newly elected term starting in January until Election Day 2015.

The seat will then appear on the ballot as a two-year unexpired term along with the other full-term seats up for election next year.

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