School board referendum ends today - make sure to return your ballots before 7 PM

Ballots are due at the local elections office before 7 o’clock this evening if they are to be counted in the school district referendum.

The Franklin County School District is holding the mail-in referendum so voters can decide whether to allow the school district to increase its operating budget by a half mill.

Voters first approved the issue in 2008, and again in 2012.

It has to be renewed every 4 years.

The current approval ends on June the 30^th.

If voters approve the measure today it will allow the school district to free up construction money and put it in the operating budget where it can be used for teacher and employee pay as well as other operating expenses.

The referendum is being done through the mail, and the ballots were mailed out in mid-May.

The ballots will be counted today, so they have to be at the elections office before 7 PM when the election closes.

If you did not receive a ballot in the mail you can go to the elections office today to vote; if you received a ballot but neglected to mail it back, just bring it to the elections office in Apalachicola or Carrabelle before 7 o’clock this evening.

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