NOTICE OF DEADLINE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION

NOTICE OF DEADLINE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION

Voter registration for the Primary Election and combined Meade 46-1 School District Election to be held on June 2nd , 2020, will close on May 18th, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. Failure to register by this date will cause forfeiture of voting rights for this election. If you are in doubt about whether you are registered, check the Voter Information Portal at www.sdsos.gov or call the Meade County Auditor at (605) 347-2360. 

Registration may be completed during regular business hours at the county auditor's office, municipal finance office, secretary of state's office, and those locations which provide driver's licenses, SNAP, TANF, WIC, military recruitment, and assistance to the disabled as provided by the Department of Human Services. You may contact the county auditor to request a mail-in registration form or access a mail-in form at www.sdsos.gov.

Any voter who needs assistance, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may contact the county auditor for information and special assistance in voter registration. 

/s/ Lisa Schieffer              

Meade County Auditor

Published twice at the total approximate cost of ______________.  

Notice of Special Election on Rural Ambulance District - Change of Polling Place

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

RURAL AMBULANCE DISTRICT

A Special Election will be held on Monday, March 23rd, 2020, for the proposed Rural Ambulance District in Meade County. Voters are still able to vote absentee until Friday, March 20th, 2020.

The election polls will be open from seven a.m. to seven p.m. mountain time on the day of the election. 

The polling place for the Rural Ambulance District in the county is as follows: 

MEADE COUNTY ERSKINE BUILDING / 1300 SHERMAN STREET STE 126

Any voter who needs assistance, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may contact the county auditor at (605) 347-2360 before the election for information on polling place accessibility for people with disabilities. 

Burn Ban - March 7, 2020

March 7, 2020. 

Grasslands Fire Danger rating: "Very High"
Red Flag Warning - Effective 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM. 

Open Burning is prohibited today (burn piles, slash, burn barrels, fires not enclosed, no chimney or duct stack) in Meade County per Ordinance #27. 

This does not apply to grills and designated areas which fall in the boundaries of any permitted commercial, state or federal campgrounds.

Tax Certificates held by the Meade County Treasurer

Current Tax Certificate List

*Total dollars owed does not include interest and costs

For more information about the current Tax Certificate list, please call the Meade County Treasurer’s Office at: 605.347.5871

SDCL 10-23-2.   Publication or posting of notice of sale of tax certificate--Reconciliation of published list to tax list. The treasurer shall give notice of the sale of the tax certificate by publication of the sale once during the week before the sale in the official newspapers of the county. If there is no newspaper published in the county, the treasurer shall give notice by written or printed notice posted at the door of the courthouse for two weeks before the sale. The county auditor shall reconcile the published list of unpaid taxes to the unpaid taxes in the tax list.

SDCL 10-23-28.   Sale of tax certificate by county--Price--Tax receipt issued--Rights acquired by purchaser. If any person intends to purchase the interest of the county in the tax certificate acquired by the treasurer for the county, the person may pay to the treasurer the amount of the taxes, penalty, interest, and costs of sale and transfer and all unpaid or subsequent taxes as specified in § 10-23-27. The treasurer shall issue a tax receipt for the taxes, penalty, interest, and costs. The treasurer shall assign and deliver to the purchaser the tax certificate of purchase held by the county for the real property, which assignment and transfer shall convey unto the purchaser all the rights of the county in the tax certificate as much as if the person was the original purchaser at the tax certificate sale.

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION - RURAL AMBULANCE DISTRICT

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

RURAL AMBULANCE DISTRICT

A Special Election will be held on Monday, March 23rd, 2020, in all the voting precincts of the proposed Rural Ambulance District in Meade County.

The election polls will be open from seven a.m. to seven p.m. mountain time on the day of the election. 

The polling place for the Rural Ambulance District in the county is as follows: 

STURGIS COMMUNITY CENTER – THEATRE LOBBY

Any voter who needs assistance, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may contact the county auditor at (605) 347-2360 before the election for information on polling place accessibility for people with disabilities. 

/s/ Lisa Schieffer__________________________________ 

Meade County Auditor 

Published twice at a total approximate cost of ___________.  

PROPOSED CREATION OF RURAL AMBULANCE DISTRICT

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE VOTERS 

VOTING RIGHTS Any voter who can't mark a ballot because the voter has a physical disability or can't read, may ask any person he or she chooses to help the voter vote. Any voter may ask for instruction in the proper procedure for voting. Any voter at the polling place prior to 7:00 p.m. is allowed to cast a ballot. If your voting rights have been violated, you may call the person in charge of the election at (605) 347-2360, the Secretary of State at 888-703-5328, or your state's attorney at (605) 347-4491. Any person who is convicted of a felony on or after July 1, 2012, loses the right to vote. However, any such person may register to vote following the completion of the person's felony sentence. Any person who is convicted of a felony on or before June 30, 2012, and who receives a sentence of imprisonment to the adult penitentiary system, including a suspended execution of sentence, loses the right to vote. Any such person so sentenced may register to vote following completion of the person's sentence. Further information is available at www.sdsos.gov. 

ELECTION CRIMES Anyone who makes a false statement when voting, tries to vote knowing he or she is not a qualified voter, or tries to vote more than once has committed an election crime.

TITLE:  PROPOSED CREATION OF RURAL AMBULANCE DISTRICT

STATE’S ATTORNEY’S EXPLANATION:  The Meade County Board of County Commissioner’s received sufficient petitions for the formation of the Rural Ambulance District in order to improve services by allowing the area to contract for ambulance response from an ambulance service of their choice.   The following area, all within the Black Hills Meridian, Meade County, SD, is proposed to be the boundaries of the ambulance district, excluding the municipalities of Sturgis and Buffalo Chip:  

Township 7N Range 5E-Sections 1 through 36; Township 7N Range 6E-Sections 1 through 36;

Township 7N Range 7E-Sections 1 through 36; Township 7N Range 8E-Sections 1 through 36;

Township 7N Range 9E-Sections 3 through 10, Sections 15 through 22, Sections 27 through 34; Township 6N Range 5E-Sections 1 through 36; Township 6N Range 6E-Sections 1 through 36;

Township 6N Range 7E-Sections 1 through 36; Township 6N Range 8E-Sections 1 through 36;

Township 6N Range 9E-Sections 3 through 10, Sections 15 through 22, Sections 27 through 34; Township 5N Range 5E-Sections 1 through 36 except the City of Sturgis;

Township 5N Range 6E-Sections 1 through 36 except the City of Sturgis and Town of Buffalo Chip;

Township 5N Range 7E-Sections 1 through 36; Township 5N Range 8E-Sections 1 through 36;

Township 5N Range 9E-Sections 3 through 11, Sections 13 through 36;

Township 4N Range 5E-Sections 1 through 21 and Sections 28 through 33;

Township 4N Range 6E-Sections 1 through 18; Township 4N Range 7E-Sections 1 through 18;

Township 4N Range 8E-Sections 1 through 18; Township 4N Range 9E-Sections 1 through 18.

If approved, the territory within the proposed area shall be subject to levy for the rural ambulance district.  If approved, there shall be a separate election for a board of directors.  

  Yes.  A vote “Yes” to create the rural ambulance district.

  No.  A vote “No” to not create the rural ambulance district.

Lisa Schieffer

Meade County Auditor

Published once at a total approximate cost of ____________.