Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman reports ballots for the February 2nd, 2016 SPECIAL SCHOOL ELECTION for the CAM Community School District public measure are now available at the Cass County Auditor’s office. If you are a resident of the CAM Community School District and are unable to go to the voting center on February 2nd, 2016, you may vote by mail by sending a request for an absentee ballot to the Cass County Auditor’s office. Or, you may stop and vote at the County Auditor’s office during office hours: 8 a.m. thru 4:30 p.m., Monday thru Friday.

CAM School District Public Measure included on the ballot:

PUBLIC MEASURE A

” Shall the Board of Directors of the CAM Community School District in the Counties of Cass, Adair, Adams and Audubon, State of Iowa, be authorized for a period of ten (10) years, to levy annually, as determined by the Board, a voter-approved physical plant and equipment property tax not to exceed One Dollar and Thirty-four cents ($1.34) per One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) of the assessed valuation of the taxable property within the school district, to be used for the purchase and improvement of grounds; the construction of schoolhouses or buildings and opening roads to schoolhouses or buildings; the purchase, lease, or lease-purchase of a single unit of equipment or technology exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) in value per purchase, lease, or lease-purchase transaction; the payment of debts contracted for the erection or construction of schoolhouses or buildings, not including interest on bonds; procuring or acquisition of library facilities; repairing, remodeling, reconstructing, improving, or expanding the schoolhouses or buildings and additions to existing schoolhouses; expenditures for energy conservation; the rental of facilities under Chapter 28E; purchase of transportation equipment for transporting students; the purchase of buildings or lease-purchase option agreements for school buildings; equipment purchases for recreational purposes; payments to a municipality or other entity as required under section 403.19, subsection 2; demolition, cleanup, and other costs if such costs are necessitated by, and incurred within two years of a disaster as defined in section 29C.2, subsection 4 or any other purpose approved hereafter by law? ”

The CAM COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT consists of Cass, Adams, Adair and Audubon counties. The polls will open at NOON Feb. 2nd and close at 8:00 P.M. The election is “AT LARGE,” meaning that all residents of the entire school district may vote for all school offices and public measures.

ELECTION DAY VOTING CENTERS:

ANITA VOTING CENTER: Voters residing in that portion of the CAM Community School District residing in Grant, Benton, Franklin or Lincoln Township in Cass County or in Adair County or Audubon County will vote at the ANITA COMMUNITY CENTER (805 Main St., Anita).

CUMBERLAND VOTING CENTER: Voters residing in that portion of the CAM Community School District residing in Union, Bear Grove, Noble or Edna Township in Cass County or in Adams County will vote at the CUMBERLAND COMMUNITY BLDG (200 W 2nd, Cumberland).

MASSENA VOTING CENTER: Voters residing in that portion of the CAM Community School District residing in Massena or Victoria Township in Cass County or in Adams County will vote at the MASSENA PUBLIC LIBRARY in Massena (122 Main St., Massena).

And, the ABSENTEE Voting Center is the Cass County Auditor’s Office at the Cass County Courthouse, in Atlantic.