Despite the pocketbook issues on the ballot Tuesday, low voter turnout is expected at polling places throughout Northwest Missouri.

Voters in St Joseph will decide whether to implement a use tax on out-of-state purchases equal to the current local sales tax rate of 2.875%.   Supporters say the ballot measure seeks to close a loophole that allows businesses that buy out of state to avoid paying sales taxes.

Buchanan County Clerk Mary Baack-Garvey predicts only about 10-to-12 percent of voters to cast ballots in St Joe.

Country Club Village voters will whether to add another half-cent to their sales tax in a measure brought on by a recent audit.   The audit prompted the Board of Trustees to return fuel tax funds and revenues from the existing half-cent sales tax back into the road-repair fund.  The board hopes to fix the shortfall in their general fund with the new tax, which would raise in about $52,000 per year.

In the Mid-Buchanan School District, voters are being asked for a fourth time, to pass a school bond issue. The funds would pay for school improvements including a utility gym, and a safe-room shelter already partially funded by a grant from FEMA.

Voters in the Tri-County Ambulance District are being asked to okay a half-cent sales tax to help pay for increasing medical costs, new equipment and pay raises for paramedics.

Voters in southern Holt County are being asked to approve bonds to finance construction and maintenance of a new swimming pool.  The Southern Holt Pool is 50 years old and will be closed after this summer.