TAKE OTS LEFT
BALLOTS WENT OUT TO VOTERS
AROUND LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY
TODAY.
(TAKE VO)
COUNTY ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY
THEY MAILED OUT ABOUT 39-
THOUSAND BALLOTS.
ABOUT 18-THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THE
CITY OF HELENA AND ONE
THOUSAND IN EAST HELENA WILL
VOTE FOR CITY OFFICES.
PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY
WILL CONSIDER A
PROPOSED LEVY TO FUND OPERATIONS
AT A RENOVATED JAIL.
IF YOU DON'T GET A BALLOT IN THE
NEXT WEEK, CALL THE COUNTY TO
MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVE ONE.
VOTERS HAVE TO RETURN THEIR
BALLOTS BY NOVEMBER
SEVENTH.
THEY CAN EITHER BE MAILED IN OR
DROPPED AT THE ELECTIONS OFFICE
IN THE CITY-COUNTY BUILDING.
TAKE SOT: XX:14 OC:..50
PERCENT TURNOUT.
"WE THINK OF THE 39-THOUSAND
BALLOTS WE MAILED, WE'LL
PROBABLY SEE 15 TO 20-THOUSAND
OF THOSE COME BACK VOTED.
AND THAT'S LOOKING AT TURNOUT
FOR PAST CITY
ELECTIONS, WHERE IT'S USUALLY
MID- 40 TO ABOUT 50 PERCENT
TURNOUT."
(CONT VO)
ABOUT 52-HUNDRED VOTERS IN THE
EAST HELENA SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL
ALSO RECEIVE A SECOND BALLOT.
THE DISTRICT IS HOLDING A
SEPARATE ELECTION TO
DETERMINE IF RESIDENTS WANT TO
RESEARCH BUILDING A HIGH
SCHOOL.
THOSE BALLOTS MUST BE MAILED
BACK OR TURNED IN AT THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT OFFICE, NOT THE COUNTY
