Local ballot measure
Buffalo School District RE-4J School Improvement Bonds
On the November 3, 2026 ballot
Buffalo School District RE-4J ballot issue 5A
Who is asking
Buffalo School District RE-4J
On the ballot in
- Logan County ballot: 5A
The ballot question
WITHOUT IMPOSING A NEW TAX, SHALL BUFFALO SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-4J DEBT BE INCREASED $1.25 MILLION, WITH A TOTAL REPAYMENT COST OF UP TO $1.7 MILLION, AND SHALL DISTRICT TAXES AUTHORIZED IN 2007 BE EXTENDED TO PAY SUCH NEW DEBT INCURRED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING THE COSTS OF: · UPGRADING AND ENHANCING SECURITY AND SAFETY FEATURES, INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF NEW CAMERA AND KEY FOB ACCESS SYSTEMS; · CONSTRUCTING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MAIN ENTRANCES OF THE ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL BUILDINGS; AND · IMPROVING THE DISTRICT'S ELEMENTARY PLAYGROUND, INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF SAFER FLOORING AND OTHER UPGRADES; AND TO THE EXTENT OF AVAILABLE FUNDS, REFINANCING THE DISTRICT'S EXISTING CAPITAL LEASE, BY THE ISSUANCE AND PAYMENT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS WHICH SHALL BEAR INTEREST, MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED AT SUCH TIME, AT SUCH PRICE (AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR) AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS CONSISTENT WITH THIS BALLOT ISSUE, AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND SHALL AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES BE LEVIED WITHOUT LIMIT AS TO THE MILL RATE TO GENERATE AMOUNTS, NOT TO EXCEED $200,000 ANNUALLY, SUFFICIENT IN EACH YEAR TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF, PREMIUM IF ANY, AND INTEREST ON THE BONDS?
Where the question's words come from
What a vote does
- A yes vote means
- The district could issue the new bonds and extend the property taxes approved in 2007 to repay them.
- A no vote means
- The district would not receive authority for these bonds or the tax extension to repay them.
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- October 2 to October 9: county clerks mail ballots to active voters.
- October 12: drop boxes open.
- October 26: last suggested day to return a ballot by mail.
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- November 3, 2026, Election Day: ballots are due by 7:00 p.m.
Page updated September 29, 2026