NOTICE OF ELECTION SAMPLE BALLOT

NOTICE OF ELECTION

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STATE OF MISSOURI

JACKSON COUNTY

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2024

THIS NOTICE IS BEING PUBLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MISSOURI REVISED STATUTE 115.127 AND OTHER APPLICABLE STATE STATUTES.

NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION

CITY OF INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2024

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE REGISTERED QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF SAID CITY

HAS CALLED A PRIMARY ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF INDEPENDENCE FOR THE FOLLOWING DISTRICTS ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2024,

THE POLLS WILL BE OPEN FROM 6:00 A.M. AND 7:00 P.M. THE OFFICIAL BALLOT WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FOLLOWING FORM:

FOR COUNCILMEMBER – DISTRICT 1 (VOTE FOR ONE)

JOHN PERKINS

TONY SOMMER

COLLEEN HUFF

FOR COUNCILMEMBER – DISTRICT 3 (VOTE FOR ONE)

NICK HUFF

EDWARD NESBITT

KENNETH LOVE

HEATHER WILEY

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

REORGANIZED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4

OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2024

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE REGISTERED QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE REORGANIZED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4 OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI,

THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SAID SCHOOL DISTRICT CALLED A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE DISTRICT ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6,

2024. THE POLLS WILL BE OPEN FROM 6:00 A.M. AND 7:00 P.M. THE OFFICIAL BALLOT WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FOLLOWING FORM:

QUESTION

SHALL REORGANIZED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4 OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI (BLUE SPRINGS, MISSOURI), ISSUE ITS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS

IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A CAREER AND INNOVATION CENTER, CONSTRUCTING PERFORMING ARTS

FACILITIES AT EACH MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WILL ALSO SERVE AS STORM SHELTERS, CONSTRUCTING CLASSROOM ADDITIONS AT CERTAIN

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND ACQUIRING, CONSTRUCTING, IMPROVING, EXTENDING, REPAIRING, REMODELING, RENOVATING, FURNISHING AND

EQUIPPING NEW AND EXISTING SCHOOL FACILITIES AND ACQUIRING LAND THEREFOR?

IF THIS QUESTION IS APPROVED, THE DEBT SERVICE PROPERTY TAX LEVY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ESTIMATED TO REMAIN UNCHANGED AT

$1.0875 PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS OF ASSESSED VALUATION OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.

YES

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS HAS CAUSED ITS NAME TO BE HEREUNTO SIGNED AND THE

OFFICIAL SEAL AFFIXED THIS 28th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2023.

INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS

USING BLUE OR BLACK INK, COMPLETELY FILL IN THE BOX NEXT TO THE CANDIDATE OR QUESTION RESPONSE OF YOUR CHOICE LIKE THIS:

FILL IN THE BOX COMPLETELY. DO NOT MARK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. VOTE BOTH SIDES OF BALLOT, IF APPLICABLE.

JACKSON COUNTY BOARD

OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS

TAMMY L. BROWN, DIRECTOR MICHAEL K. WHITEHEAD, CHAIRMAN

SARA A. ZORICH, DIRECTOR HENRY R. CARNER, SECRETARY

ATTEST: COLLEEN M. SCOTT, MEMBER

HENRY R. CARNER, SECRETARY LYLE K. QUERRY, MEMBER

NOTICE OF ACCESSIBILITY

FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT, WHERE A REGULAR POLLING PLACE HAS LIMITED ACCESSIBILITY, A DISABLED OR ELDERLY VOTER MAY BE

PROVIDED AN ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF CASTING HIS OR HER BALLOT. SUCH MEANS MAY INCLUDE REASSIGNMENT TO AN ACCESSIBLE POLLING

PLACE, CURBSIDE VOTING, ASSISTED VOTING OR VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT. A VOTER MAY APPLY FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT IN PERSON OR

BY MAIL, OR MAY HAVE A RELATIVE OR GUARDIAN APPLY IN PERSON ON HIS OR HER BEHALF. IF AN ABSENTEE VOTER IS DISABLED OR

INCAPACITATED, THE NOTARY REQUIREMENT IS WAIVED. IN ADDITION, VOTERS REQUIRING ASSISTANCE MAY BE ASSISTED BY A PERSON OF THE

VOTER'S CHOICE.