Election Day is Tuesday, April 4
If you live within Springfield’s city limits and the children in your neighborhood attend Springfield Public Schools, your April 4 ballot will have many choices. Here are some of them:
Springfield R-12 School District
Director (Board of Education) Candidates
(vote for two)
Landon McCarter
Shurita Thomas-Tate
Judy Brunner
Chad Rollins
City of Springfield
Mayor
(vote for one)
Ken McClure
Melanie Bach
Springfield City Council
Zone 1 residents only may vote:
Monica Horton
Zone 2 residents only may vote
Abe McGull
Zone 3 residents only may vote
(vote for one)
Brandon Jensen
David Nokes
General Seat C
(vote for one)
Callie Carroll
Jeremy Dean
General Seat D
(vote for one)
Derek Lee
Bruce K. Adib-Yazdi
City of Springfield Ballot Issues
Question 1 – Should Springfield’s City Charter be amended to make several wording updates and allow the City to provide a hiring preference to all honorably discharged veterans?
Question 2 — Should Springfield’s City Charter be amended to allow City Council to approve acceptance of a bid and entry into a contract with the successful bidder in the same City Council meeting?
Question 3 — Should the existing 5% tourist lodging tax be repealed and replaced with a license tax at the same 5% rate on hotels, motels, tourist courts and adding short-term rentals (i.e. Airbnbs, Vrbos)?
Springfield R-12 School District — Proposition S
On April 4, Springfield Public Schools will ask voters to consider a request to issue general obligation bonds in the amount of $220 million to fund critical school improvements prioritized by a citizen task force that will impact every school in the district. This no-tax rate increase to the debt service levy will fund multiple high-priority projects that include safety and security upgrades atall school facilities,new construction for Pipkin and Reed middle schools, renovation of Pershing School, and construction of storm shelters at Cowden, Holland, Mann, Pittman, Watkins, and Wilder elementaries.
Voters, please note: There are 39 different ballots for Greene County; yours will be based on your residence. The information here on ballot issues is generalized. For exact wording of ballot issues, view Greene County sample ballots.
For information on candidates, listen to brief interviews on KSMU 91.1 at noon March 21, 22 and 23 hosted by nonpartisan community groups including the League of Women Voters. Videos of the interviews will be posted here, on lwvswmo.org