NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOND ELECTION SCHOOL BOND ELECTION BOX BUTTE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 0010 (HEMINGFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS) IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA

TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2025
Public notice is hereby given to the qualified electors of Box Butte County School District 0010 (Hemingford Public Schools) in the State of Nebraska (the “District”) that at a special election to be held in said District on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, there shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the District the following proposition:
“Shall Box Butte County School District 0010 (Hemingford Public Schools) in the State of Nebraska issue its bonds in a total principal amount not to exceed $17,975,000 for the purposes of financing the costs of (a) constructing one or more additions to the District’s existing facilities, including (i) an addition to its existing elementary school building, including a library, a kitchen, a cafeteria/multipurpose room and other support spaces, (ii) an addition to its existing gymnasium, including a new weight room, a new entrance and a connector to the existing elementary school building, and (iii) an addition to its career and technical education classroom building, (b) purchasing equipment, furniture and apparatus for such additions, and (c) certain site improvements and the demolition of the central administration building to make room for such additions; said bonds to be issued from time to time, to be sold at such prices, to bear interest at such rates, to become due at such times, and to have such other terms and provisions, all as may be fixed and determined by the Board of Education of the District; and
Shall the District cause to be levied and collected annually a special levy of taxes against all the taxable property in the District sufficient in rate and amount to pay the principal of, the premium, if any, and the interest on said bonds as the same become due?”
FOR said bonds and tax
AGAINST said bonds and tax
Electors voting in favor of said proposition shall blacken the oval opposite the words “FOR said bonds and tax” following said proposition, and electors voting against said proposition shall blacken the oval opposite the words “AGAINST said bonds and tax” following said proposition.
By Mail Election: This election will be an election by mail. Each registered voter residing within the District will receive a ballot by mail at his/her address as it appears on the voter registration register; and therefore, no polling places will be open for voting. Ballots will be mailed by the Election Commissioner of Box Butte County on April 28, 2025. Registered voters wishing to vote in the Special Election who will be absent from their residence between April 28, 2025, and May 13, 2025, may contact the Box Butte County Election Commissioner’s Office.
Voter Registration Deadlines:
1. April 25, 2025 – is the last day for mail-in registrations, registrar registrations, delivered registrations and agency registrations.
2. May 2, 2025 – at 6:00 p.m. is the last day for in-person voter registration in the office of the Election Commissioner of Box Butte County.
Any voter who changes information on a current registration or registers to vote after the ballots have been mailed but before the in-person registration deadline of May 2, 2025, by 6:00 p.m., will be given a ballot at the time of registration or change.
Ballot Return Deadline:
Voted ballots that are sealed in the “Return Identification Envelope” may be returned by one of the following means:
1. U.S. Mail: place $0.73 postage on the envelope and mail the ballot to the Election Commissioner of Box Butte County, PO Box 678, Alliance, NE 69301; or
2. Hand Delivery (in person or by agent): deliver the ballot to the Election Commissioner of Box Butte County in the Box Butte County Courthouse, 515 Box Butte Ave Ste 203, Alliance, NE 69301; or
3. Drop Box: the ballot can also be placed in sealed ballot box located at the Box Butte County Courthouse, 515 Box Butte Ave, Alliance, NE 69301 (exterior: located on the south side of the property in the middle of the block; or interior: located on the first floor of the courthouse).
NOTE: All ballots must be in the possession of the Election Commissioner of Box Butte County no later than 5:00 p.m. on Election Day, May 13, 2025.
Box Butte County Clerk/Election Commissioner Information
Mailing Address and Location: Box Butte County Clerk, 515 Box Butte Ave Ste 203/P.O. Box 678, Alliance, Nebraska 69301
Phone: 308-762-6565
E-Mail: clerk@boxbuttecountyne.gov
Regular Office Hours: 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 7:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Friday, excluding holidays.
(Seal) Martie Burke – Box Butte County Clerk
Published in the Alliance Times-Herald April 16, 2025
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