The Clerk and Recorder’s Office will be running five elections: four School Districts and the Fort Peck Rural County Water District. These five elections are all mail-ballot elections.
The ballots will be mailed to voters on Friday, April 19, and voted ballots must be received back in the election office by Tuesday, May 7, at 5 p.m. Ballots postmarked May 7 but not received until after will not be counted.
The Glasgow School Board has voted to put on the ballot a Building Reserve Safety Levy.
There were two Trustee positions available this year and the two candidates who have filed the necessary paperwork are Chrissa Nelson and Derek Beadle. Due to the fact Beadle and Nelson were the only candidates to file for the Trustee positions, both candidates will be considered elected and will be sworn in as Trustees during the May school board meeting. Beadle is a newcomer and will replace Ryan Fast while Nelson is an incumbent school board member.
Hinsdale School District ballot will have two General Fund Levy propositions, one for additional funding for the Elementary School and one additional funding for the High School.
Lustre Elementary School District has an additional General Fund Levy proposition.
Nashua School District will not have a levy election, but has four candidates running for the two open seats on the School Board. The candidates are Sharon Merideth (incumbent), Tim Bellon (incumbent), Mark Bengochea, and Kayla Thievin.
Fort Peck Rural County Water District, Inc. has four individuals running for two vacant seats on that board. The candidates are Josh Kittleson (incumbent), Samuel Morehouse (incumbent), Mary Kaercher and Debra Steffani.
Frazer School is running their own election. They do not have a levy proposition, but they have six candidates running for the two open positions on their School Board. The candidates are Dori Talks Different, Jewel Fourstar, Mary Sue Jackson, Landon Olfert, Darryl Quilty and Michael Redstone. The Frazer School election is a polling place election; the polling place is the red annex building behind the Frazer School. Polling place hours are 12 noon to 8 p.m.
Opheim School has neither a levy nor a trustee election this year.
Ballots must be returned to the Valley County Election Administrator by 8 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, May 7.
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