>> STATEWIDE THERE WILL ALSO BE
AN A AND B BALLOT FOR THE
APRIL 7 ELECTION.
FOR VOTERS WHO REQUEST AN
ABSENTEE BALLOT BEFORE MID-MARCH
THERE WILL BE ONE FOR THE
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY AND ONE FOR
ALL RACES.
THE BEST GUIDANCE IS TO VOTE IN
THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ON BOTH
BALLOTS AND SEND THEM BACK TO
YOUR CLERK, WHO WILL SORT OUT
THE RIGHT ONE TO BE COUNTED.
MORE THAN 130,000 ABSENTEE
BALLOTS WERE ISSUED BY MAIL IN
THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY.
GOVERNOR TONY EVERS LATE THIS
WEEK CALLED A SPECIAL SESSION TO
ADVOCATE FOR MORE STATE FUNDING
FOR K-12 EDUCATION.
HE SAID THE GOAL OF THE SESSION
SHOULD BE TO RETURN STATE
CONTRIBUTION TO TWO-THIRDS OF
LOCAL DISTRICTS' COSTS.
HE SAID THE BOOST SHOULD COME
FROM THE STATE'S SURPLUS.
THE STATE WILL TAKE IN AN EXTRA
NEARLY $452 MILLION IN TAX
REVENUE THAN PROJECTED.