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Tuesday will be Election Day for municipal races in Missouri, but Gainesville residents and voters in the Dora and Thornfield school districts still have an opportunity to cast an absentee ballot. According to the Ozark County Times, the Ozark County Clerk’s Office will be open Monday from 8 to 5 for any looking to vote absentee. Tuesday’s polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters deciding on the Gainesville City Council race will cast their ballots in the Ozark County Courthouse. Incumbent East Ward Alderman Dana Crisp is being challenged by Debbie Miller. Shane Ledbetter did not refile for his West Ward seat, and no other candidate has filed. Residents of the ward may opt to write in a name for the seat. ....
Absentee voting is underway in Missouri for the April 6 general municipal election. The Ozark County Times reports only one of the county’s three municipalities, Gainesville, and two of its five school districts, Dora and Thornfield, will hold elections that day. Elected positions are coming open on all five Ozark County school boards and all three municipal boards, as well as Public Water District #1 in Theodosia and the Ozark County Ambulance District. (No terms are expiring on the Ozark County Health Department, the county’s other board with publicly elected members). However, state law allows entities to opt out of holding elections when the number of candidates equals the number of terms ending, which is the case for the elected boards in the other two municipalities, three school districts and two public boards. Entities are generally happy when this happens because they must pay to run their elections, which usually cost several hundred dollars. ....
Only one municipality and two school districts in Ozark County will hold elections in the April 6 General Municipal Election, according to a report in the Ozark County Times. Candidate filing for the election closed Jan. 19. Elected positions are coming open on all five Ozark County schools and all three municipal boards, as well as Public Water District #1 in Theodosia and the Ozark County Ambulance District. (No terms are expiring on the Ozark County Health Department, the county’s other public board with elected members). However, state law allows entities to opt out of holding elections when the number of candidates equals the number of terms ending, which is the case for the elected boards in the other two municipalities, three school districts and two public boards. ....