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WINNESHIEK COUNTY, Iowa - On Monday, September 9, Winneshiek County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections Ben Steines released the official list of County candidates, Federal and State candidates, Judicial Retention names, Constitutional Amendment questions, and Decorah CSD Public Measure questions for elections being held on November 5. Federal and State Candidates President/Vice PresidentDonald J. Trump and JD VanceRepublicanPresident/Vice PresidentKamala D. Harris and Tim WalzDemocraticPresident/Vice PresidentChase Oliver and Mike ter MaatLibertarianPresident/Vice PresidentShiva Ayyadurai and Crystal EllisNo Party President/Vice PresidentClaudia De la Cruz and Karina GarciaParty For Socialism and LiberationPresident/Vice PresidentWilliam P. Stodden and Stephanie H. CholenskySocialist Party USAPresident/Vice PresidentRobert F. Kennedy Jr and Nicole ShanahanWe The People United States Representative District 2Ashley HinsonRepublicanUnited States Representative District 2Sarah CorkeryDemocratic United States Representative District 2Jody Madlom PuffettNo Party United States Representative District 2No CandidateLibertarian State Senator District 32Brian BrueningDemocratic State Senator District 32Mike KlimeshRepublican State Senator District 32No CandidateLibertarian State Representative District 63No CandidateDemocratic State Representative District 63Michael R. BerganRepublican State Representative District 63No CandidateLibertarian Winneshiek County Candidates County Board of Supervisors District 3Dan Hovden (R)Shirley Vermace (D) County Board of Supervisors District 4Daniel Langreck (R)Cheryl Wieseler County AuditorBenjamin D. Steines (R) County SheriffDan Marx (R) Bloomfield Township TrusteeChristopher Hackman Bluffton Township TrusteeStephanie Fromm Burr Oak Township TrusteeDawn Marlow Calmar Township TrusteeRodney Lensing Canoe Township TrusteeDaryl Bosma Decorah Township Trustee (splits 3.2 & 9.1)Kevin Barth Frankville Township TrusteeJeff Feickert Frankville Township Trustee (TFV)Loren Broszeit Fremont Township TrusteeLeland Hovey Glenwood Township TrusteeAllan J. Dahlen Hesper Township TrusteeMike Paulson Hesper Township Trustee (TFV)Ethan Wise Highland Township TrusteeArden Auna Highland Township Clerk (TFV)Sawyer Wise Jackson Township TrusteeRoss Kurash Lincoln Township TrusteeRodney Ollendieck Lincoln Township Trustee (TFV)Ted Frana Madison Township TrusteeRoger Bergan Military Township TrusteeThomas J. Bushman Orleans Township TrusteeRon Stika Orleans Township Trustee (TFV)Jason Ryan Pleasant Township TrusteeRoger A. Nelson Springfield Township TrusteeBruce Sersland Sumner Township TrusteePaul Andera Washington Township TrusteeJames Neuzil County Hospital TrusteeKaren P. McLeanClark GoltzChristopher MiculinichJan Heikes Soil & Water Conservation District CommissionerJon H. LubkeDonna RasmussenKeith Newhouse County Agricultural Extension CouncilLori L. ShatekBlake CourtneyJanice KuboushekJudy MowryCassidy Ferguson Certification of Judges Supreme Court Justice David May Court of Appeals Judge Tyler J. Buller Court of Appeals Judge Mary Elizabeth Chicchelly Court of Appeals Judge Samuel Langholz Court of Appeals Judge Mary Ellen Tabor District 5B Judge Patrick W. Greenwood Certification of Constitutional Amendment Shall the following amendment to the Constitution be adopted?Summary: Provides for only U.S. citizens aged 18 or older and meeting state and county residency requirements to vote in all elections. Further provides that 17-year-olds who will be 18 years old by the General Election are eligible to vote in the primary election, subject to the same citizenship and residency requirements. Full Text: Section 1 of Article II of the Constitution of the State of Iowa, as amended by the amendment of 1970, is repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof: Section 1. Electors. Only a citizen of the United States of the age of eighteen years, who shall have been a resident of this state for such period of time as shall be provided by law and of the county in which the citizen claims the citizen's vote for such period of time as shall be provided by law, shall be entitled to vote at all elections which are authorized by law. However, for purposes of a primary election, a United States citizen must be at least eighteen years of age as of the next general election following the primary election. The required periods of residence shall not exceed six months in this state and sixty days in the county. Shall the following amendment to the Constitution be adopted?Summary: Provides that the lieutenant governor will act as the governor if there is a temporary disability of the governor. Further provides that the lieutenant governor or lieutenant governor-elect will be the governor or governor-elect in the case of the resignation, death, or permanent disability of the governor or governor-elect thus creating a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor or lieutenant governor-elect, as appropriate. Full Text: Section 17 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of Iowa is repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof: Sec. 17. Lieutenant governor or lieutenant governor-elect to become or act as governor or governor-elect. If there is a temporary disability of the governor, the lieutenant governor shall act as governor until the disability is removed, or the governor dies, resigns, or is removed from office. In case of the death, resignation, or removal from office of the governor, the lieutenant governor shall become governor for the remainder of the term, which shall create a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor. This section shall also apply, as appropriate, to the governor-elect and the lieutenant governor-elect. PUBLIC MEASURE WDShall the Board of Directors of the Decorah Community School District in the Counties of Winneshiek and Allamakee, State of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed$38,000,000 to provide funds to build, furnish, and equip a new elementary school building, including site improvements? Never a dull moment! 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