The last day for voters in Buchanan County to register to vote in the November Special Election is Wednesday.

According to the Buchanan County Clerk’s Office, voters need to be registered by October 11. The Clerk’s office will be open Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. according to the county’s website. Anyone needing information regarding their voter registration can contact the Clerk’s office at (816) 271-1412.

The only item up for consideration on the Nov. 7 ballot is the St. Joseph School District Levy proposal. The proposition reads as follows:

“In order to replace and offset State funding reductions; meet
the operating expenses of the District; continue existing
programs; address instructional diverse student needs; retain
and attract qualified staff; reduce class sizes; maintain its
facilities; increase student safety; increase early childhood
education opportunities; fund a 1:1 technology initiative; and
continue installing and renovating heating, ventilation and air
conditioning (HVAC) systems at the three High School
gymnasiums and auditoriums and two remaining Middle
Schools, shall the Board of Education of the St. Joseph
School District, Missouri, be authorized to increase the
operating tax levy ceiling to $4.2562 per one hundred dollars
of assessed valuation and to eliminate fully the Proposition C
Sales Tax Rollback in its operating levy under Section
164.013 R.S.Mo.?
(If approved, this proposition would fully eliminate the
Proposition C Sales Tax Rollback and is estimated to increase
the District’s adjusted operating levy from $3.0636, currently,
to $4.2562 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation in
the 2018 Tax Year and to be applied to the assessed
valuation for each year thereafter.)”

CLICK HERE for the Buchanan County Clerk’s website.