What's on the ballot in West Bend Township, Palo Alto County

Shall the following amendment to the Constitution be adopted? Provides that any bill to increase the individual income tax rate or the corporate income tax rate, or the rate of any other type of tax based upon income or legal and special reserves, shall require the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the legislature for passage. Further, the two-thirds majority vote requirement applies to the passage of a bill to establish a new tax on any type of income or legal and special reserves imposed by the state. The requirement excludes taxes imposed at the option of a local government. A lawsuit challenging the proper enactment of a bill under this section must be filed no later than one year following the enactment. The Constitution of the State of Iowa is amended by adding the following new section to new Article XIII: Passage of a bill that increases the individual income tax rate or the corporate income tax rate, or the rate of any other type of tax based upon income or legal and special reserves, shall require the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the general assembly. This requirement does not apply to taxes imposed at the option of a local government. Passage of a bill that establishes a new tax on any type of income or legal and special reserves imposed by the state shall require the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the general assembly. A lawsuit challenging the proper enactment of a bill under this section must be filed no later than one year following the enactment. If such a lawsuit is not filed within the one-year limit, the bill shall be considered properly enacted under this section. Each bill to which this section applies must include a separate provision describing the requirements for enactment prescribed by this section. The general assembly shall enact laws to implement this section.

Shall the Board of Directors of the Emmetsburg Community School District in the County of Palo Alto, State of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000, to provide funds to build, furnish, and equip a new elementary school, including site acquisition and site improvements, and for partial demolition of the existing elementary school, and to repair and improve the remaining portion of the existing elementary building, including site improvements?

Should the Palo Alto County Board of Supervisors fill the offices of Trustee and Clerk of Fairfield Township by appointment as the terms of the office of the incumbent township officers expires?

Should the Palo Alto County Board of Supervisors fill the offices of Trustee and Clerk of Silver Lake Township by appointment as the terms of the office of the incumbent township officers expires?

Should the Palo Alto County Board of Supervisors fill the offices of Trustee and Clerk of West Bend Township by appointment as the terms of the office of the incumbent township officers expires?

Shall the Board of Directors of the North Union Community School District in the Counties of Emmet, Kossuth and Palo Alto, State of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $12,000,000 to provide funds to build, furnish, and equip additions to the school building, including a gymnasium, multipurpose room, and related spaces, and to improve the site?

Shall the Board of Directors of the Pocahontas Area Community School District in the Counties of Pocahontas, Calhoun and Palo Alto, State of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 to provide funds to remodel, repair, improve, and equip the middle/high school and elementary school, including career and technical education and classroom spaces; to build, furnish, and equip additions to the middle/high school and elementary school, including site improvements; for playground improvements at the elementary school; and to build, furnish, and equip a central office and regional learning center building and a transportation facility, including site improvements?