Voters To Decide More Than Partisan Races
In addition to candidate selections, a number of tax issues will also be decided tonight. Residents do not need to declare affiliation with a political party to vote on these.
The Fremont School Board is asking voters to approve a two year, $2.4 million supplemental levy. It requires a simple majority approval.
Idaho Falls School District 91 hopes to win approval for a ten year, $2.4 million per year Special Plant Facility Levy. It will require a 55 percent majority.
Franklin County Library District voters will decide to make a current override levy permanent and combine current levies. This will require a two-thirds majority vote to pass.
Marsh Valley School District 21 is trying to pass a two year, $500,000 per year supplemental levy. It requires a simple majority to pass.
A two-year, $350,000 per year supplemental levy will go to voters in the Oneida School District. The levy will require a simple majority approval.
Two school issues go to voters in Power County. The Arbon Elementary school district is seeking a two year, $30,000 per year supplemental levy.
And, the Rockland School District is seeking a two year, $210,000 per year supplemental levy. Both will require simple majority approval.
The Salmon School District will bring a two year, $350,000 per year supplemental levy to voters. It will require a simple majority approval.
The Shelley-Firth Fire District is seeking approval of a $1.7 million bond issue. If the bond wins a two thirds majority, the district plans to construct a new fire station in Shelley and renovate the existing Firth fire station.
Shelley School District 60 is seeking approval of a two-year, $400,000 a year supplemental levy. A simple majority is needed for passage.
The South Fremont Fire Protection District will also need a simple majority from district voters to make its tax levy permanent.
The Sugar-Salem School Board, which includes parts of Fremont and Madison Counties, hopes to pass a $5.5 million bond issue to meet facility needs. That will require a two-thirds majority.
Teton County voters will decide a million dollar a year supplemental levy aimed at improving roads and bridges. It will require a simple majority.