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 buildings and 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
Qualified electors voting in favor of said proposition shall blacken the oval opposite the words “FOR said bonds and tax” following said proposition, and qualified 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, the Dawes County Clerk and the Election Commissioner of Sheridan County on April 28, 2025 to their respective registered voters. Registered voters wishing to vote in the Special Election who will be absent from their residence between April 28, 2025 and May 13, 2025, should contact their respective Election Commissioner’s or County Clerk’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 offices of the Election Commissioner of Box Butte County, the Dawes County Clerk and the Election Commissioner of Sheridan County, as applicable.
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:
Registered Voters Residing in Box Butte County:
1. U.S. Mail: Place $.73 postage on the envelope and mail the ballot to 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: place the ballot in a 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).
Registered Voters Residing in Dawes County:
1. U.S. Mail: Place $.73 postage on the envelope and mail the ballot to the Dawes County Clerk, 451 Main Street, Chadron, NE 69337; or
2. Hand Delivery: (in person or by agent): deliver the ballot to the Dawes County Clerk, 451 Main Street, Chadron, NE 69337; or
3. Drop Box: place the ballot in the sealed ballot box located at the front of the Dawes County Courthouse, 451 Main Street, Chadron, NE 69337.
Registered Voters Residing in Sheridan County:
1. U.S. Mail: Place $.73 postage on the envelope and mail the ballot to the Election Commissioner of Sheridan County, PO Box 39, Rushville, NE 69360; or
2. Hand Delivery (in person or by agent): deliver the ballot to the Election Commissioner of Sheridan County, 301 E. 2nd Street, Rushville, NE 69360; or
3. Drop Box: place the ballot in the sealed ballot box located at the front entrance (North) of the Sheridan County Courthouse, 301 E. 2nd Street, Rushville, NE 69360.
NOTE: All ballots must be in the possession of the Election Commissioner of Box Butte County, the Dawes County Clerk and the Election Commissioner of Sheridan County, as applicable, no later than 5:00 p.m. on Election Day, May 13, 2025.
Box Butte County Election Commissioner Information
Mailing Address: 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 through Thursday, 7:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Friday
Dawes County Clerk Information
Mailing Address: Dawes County Clerk, 451 Main Street, Chadron, Nebraska 69337 Phone: 308- 432-0100
E-Mail: clerk@dawescounty.ne.gov
Regular Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
Sheridan County Election Commissioner Information
Mailing Address: Sheridan County Clerk, 301 E 2nd Street, P.O. Box 39, Rushville, Nebraska 69360 Phone: 308-327-5650
E-Mail: clerk@sheridancounty.ne.gov
Regular Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Friday and 8:00 a.m. to noon on Good Friday
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF BOX BUTTE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 0010 (HEMINGFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS) IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA.
PUBLISH – 4 Times (April 16, 23 and 30 and May 7, 2025). ZNEZ