NOTICE OF ELECTION

BENNINGTON

PUBLIC SCHOOLS ELECTION

MARCH 11, 2025

Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, the 11th day of March, 2025 in the Bennington Public School District, Douglas and Washington Counties, Nebraska, a special election will be held. The election will be by mail; therefore, no polling places will be open for voting. Said election will be held for the registered voters of Douglas and Washington Counties who reside within the Bennington Public School District who will approve or reject the following proposition:

PROPOSITION

“Shall Douglas County School District 0059 (Bennington Public Schools), in the State of Nebraska, issue the bonds of said District in the principal amount of not to exceed One Hundred Twelve Million Dollars ($112,000,000) for the purpose of paying the costs of constructing, acquiring and improving District facilities, which shall include a new high school building and related facilities, providing for necessary furniture, technology, and apparatus for such building, facilities, and additions; said bonds to be issued from time to time as may be determined by the Board of Education, to bear interest at a rate or rates to be determined by the Board of Education and to become due at such time or times as may be fixed by the Board of Education; and

“Shall the District cause to be levied and collected annually a special levy of taxes against all the taxable property in said District sufficient in rate and amount to pay the interest and principal of said bonds as the same become due?”

     FOR said bonds and tax

     AGAINST said bonds and tax

By-Mail Election

This election will be an election by mail. All registered voters currently residing within the Bennington Public School District will receive their ballot by mail, and therefore, no polling places will be open for voting. Ballots will be mailed by the Douglas County Election Commission and Washington County Clerk between Tuesday, February 18 and Friday, February 28, 2025.

Voter Registration Deadlines

•   Residents within the district and Douglas County must register with the Douglas County Election Commission.

•   Residents within the district and Washington County must register with the Washington County Clerk.

•   The deadline to register to vote online, at an agency, with a deputy registrar, or by mail is Friday, February 21, 2025.

•   The deadline for in-person registration at the respective election office is Friday, February 28, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.

Ballot Return Deadline

•   All voted ballots must be received by the respective election office no later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.

•   Ballots voted by Douglas County voters must be delivered or mailed to the Douglas County Election Commission at 12220 W Center Road, Omaha, Nebraska 68144 or placed in a Douglas County Election Commission official ballot drop box. Drop box locations available for this election are as follows:

o   City/County Building: 1819 Farnam Street, Omaha

o   South Omaha Library: 2808 Q Street, Omaha

o   Charles B. Washington Branch Library: 2868 Ames Avenue, Omaha

o   Clarkson College Parking Lot 8: 42nd and Farnam Street, Omaha

o   Goodwill: 4805 N 72nd Street, Omaha

o   Ralston Police Department: 7400 Main Street, Ralston

o   Asian Market: 321 N 76th Street, Omaha

o   Milton R. Abrahams Branch Library: 5111 N 90th Street, Omaha

o   Douglas County Election Commission: 12220 W Center Road, Omaha

o   Douglas County Engineer’s Office: 15505 W Maple Road, Omaha

o   Millard Public Schools Foundation: 5231 S 159th Avenue, Omaha

o   Spring Ridge Shopping Center: 178th and Pacific Street, Omaha

o   Bess Johnson Elkhorn Branch Library: 2100 Reading Plaza, Elkhorn

•   Ballots voted by Washington County voters must be delivered or mailed to the Washington County Clerk at 1555 Colfax St, Blair, Nebraska 68008 or placed in the Washington County official ballot drop box.

Douglas County Election Commission

Address: 12220 W Center Road,

Omaha, NE 68144

Location: Northwest corner of 120th and Center Streets in Bel Air Plaza

Phone: (402) 444-VOTE (8683)

Fax: (402) 444-4181

Website: www.votedouglascounty-ne.gov

Email: early.voting@douglascounty-ne.gov

Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,

Monday through Friday,

excluding federal holidays

Washington County Election Commission

Physical Address: 1555 Colfax Street,

Blair, NE 68008

Mailing Address: PO Box 466, Blair, NE 68008

Phone: (402) 426-6822

Fax: (402) 426-6825

Website: www.washingtoncountyne.gov/clerk

Email: clerk@washingtoncountyne.gov

Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday,

excluding federal holidays

2/10, 2/17, 2/24, 3/3      ZNEZ

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