Oh Yea, We Have an Election!

Dear CMNEA members,
I hope your summer is going well and you are having fun on vacation, relaxing, going to great inservices, studying hard in your classes, or just enjoying time with your family. Perhaps you are teaching summer school and are counting down the days before heading out of town for vacation or hiding out at home away from papers and lesson plans. Well, I have a small reminder:

THERE IS AN ELECTION THIS SUMMER!

Type: Special Election

When:  August 4, 2015 6:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.

Who: Residents within the City of Columbia

Deadline to Register: July 8, 2015

Absentee voting: In person- Now until Aug. 3, 2015

Application Deadline for Absentee Voting Ballot: July 29, 2015

Please click our sidebar on this website to update your address, locate your polling place or find out more information on this summer's special election.  The language of the ballot is located below:

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION 

City of Columbia, Missouri 

Notice is hereby given to the qualified voters of the City of Columbia, Missouri, that the City Council of the City has called an election to be held in the City on Tuesday, August 4, 2015, commencing at six o'clock a.m. and closing at seven o'clock p.m., on the question contained in the following sample ballot: 

PROPOSITION 1 

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SALES TAX EXTENSION 

Shall the municipality of Columbia, Missouri impose a sales tax of one-fourth of one percent, for a period of ten (10) years, for the purpose of funding capital improvements which may include the retirement of debt under previously authorized bonded indebtedness?* 

This sales tax would continue the existing capital improvements sales tax scheduled to expire on December 31, 2015. the City intends to use this sales tax to improve city streets and sidewalks; construct, maintain and equip police and fire facilities; and replace major capital assets (fire trucks and other equipment). 

*This language is required by state law. The City does not intend to use sales tax funds to retire debt under previously authorized bonded indebtedness. 

YES 

NO