NEWS RELEASE
NOTICE OF ELECTION
VERNON COUNTY AMBULANCE DISTRICT

ELECTION OF TWO (2) DIRECTORS OF THE VERNON COUNTY AMBULANCE DISTRICT WILL BE HELD ON APRIL 6, 2021.
FILING FOR SUB-DISTRICT NO. 3 AND SUB-DISTRICT NO. 6 WILL BE OPEN DECEMBER 15, 2020 AND CLOSE ON JANUARY 19, 2021.

CANDIDATES FOR SUB-DISTRICT NO. 3 MUST RESIDE IN THE FOLLOWING TOWNSHIP PRECINCTS: WASHINGTON TWP, OSAGE TWP, METZ TWP, LAKE TWP, HENRY TWP, RICHLAND TWP, COAL TWP AND DEERFIELD TWP. DESCRIPTION: THAT PART OF VERNON COUNTY THAT LIES SOUTH OF BATES/VERNON COUNTY LINE, NORTH FROM A LINE OF APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 54 AND EAST OF KANSAS/MISSOURI STATE LINE, AND WEST OF A LINE APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 71, EXCLUDING THE CITY OF NEVADA, MO SHALL BE KNOW AS SUB-DISTRICT NO. 3. SUB-DISTRICT NO. 3 SHALL BE A THREE-YEAR TERM.

CANDIDATES FOR SUB-DISTRICT NO. 6 MUST RESIDE IN THE FOLLOWING TOWNSHIP PRECINCTS: MONTEVALLO TWP, VIRGIL TWP, CLEAR CREEK TWP, BACON TWP, BLUE MOUND TWP, WALKER TWP, BADGER TWP AND DOVER TWP. DESCRIPTION: THAT PART OF VERNON COUNTY THAT LIES SOUTH OF BATES/VERNON COUNTY LINE, AND NORTH OF BARTON/VERNON COUNTY LINE AND WEST OF ST CLAIR/CEDAR/VERNON COUNTY LINE, AND EAST OF A LINE APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 71, SHALL BE KNOWN AS SUB-DISTRICT NO. 6. SUB-DISTRICT NO. 6 SHALL BE A THREE-YEAR TERM.

A CANDIDATE FOR DIRECTOR OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE VERNON COUNTY AMBULANCE DISTRICT SHALL AT THE TIME OF FILING BE A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, A QUALIFIED VOTER OF THE ELECTION DISTRICT, A RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI FOR ONE (1) YEAR PRECEEDING THE ELECTION AND AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS OF AGE.

A CANDIDATE SHALL FILE HIS DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY WITH THE VERNON COUNTY CLERK AT THE VERNON COUNTY COURTHOUSE, NEVADA, MO. A CANDIDATE SHALL FILE A STATEMENT UNDER OATH THAT HE OR SHE POSSESSES THE REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS. NO CANDIDATE’S NAME SHALL BE PRINTED ON ANY OFFICIAL BALLOT UNLESS THE CANDIDATE HAS FILED A WRITTEN DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY BY JANUARY 19, 2021.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT VERNON COUNTY AMBULANCE DISTRICT, 515 EAST WALNUT, NEVADA, MO OR CALL 417-667-5079.

COETA SMITH
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
VERNON COUNTY AMBULANCE DISTRICT
NOVEMBER 23, 2020