Absentee ballots for June 17 vote are now available

RCS district residents are registered voters and will not be able to vote in person during the June 17 vote on the bus proposition may apply to receive an absentee ballot.

Residents will head to the polls that day to vote on a $403,427 proposition to authorize the purchase of four buses that would replace vehicles that are 12 and 13 years old and less fuel efficient, said Transportation Director Janice Prior.

The purchase - which typically appears on the May ballot but did not this year - continues the district’s effort to maintain not only a safe fleet, but replace the buses on a routine basis as opposed to making a more costly one-time purchase that could result in a spike in the district’s tax levy.

To obtain an application, residents may:

§         Pick one up at the District Office, 26 Thatcher Street, in Selkirk between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays.

§         Call the Business Office at 756-5200, ext. 6000 to have one mailed to you

§         Download an application from the district’s website at: http://www.rcscsd.org/BOE/Blank_Ab_Ballott_app.htm

For more information on absentee ballots, call the business office at 756-5200, ext. 6000.