Several Special Elections Today

Today is the special election for several area ballot measures. North Shelby School District voters will decide on Proposition Raiders, which would increase the operating levy from $3.9019 to $5.3519 per hundred dollars of assessed valuation for staff salaries, facility maintenance, and operating expenses. Lewis County School District voters have a similar ballot measure, increasing the levy by another 39 cents to $4.7219. Keytesville voters have a three percent local marijuana sales tax measure on the ballot. Voters in the Linn County Consolidated Public Water Supply District 1 will vote on a two million dollar bond issue. Polls close at 7 tonight.