A.F.T. Sets Aside Election Of Local President in D.C.

By Joanna Richardson

In an unusual display of authority over one of its local affiliates, the American Federation of Teachers has invalidated the election of Jimmie C. Jackson, the president of the District of Columbia teachers' union, and recommended that a new round of voting take place.

A panel formed by the A.F.T.'s executive council concluded late last month that routine voting procedures were not followed last summer, when Ms. Jackson was re-elected as head of the Washington Teachers' Union.

The A.F.T. has advised the union to hold a new election for president and other...