League of Women Voters to hold voter registration drive

EDITOR'S NOTE: The date of the candidate forum in this story has been corrected.

The League of Women Voters of Southeast Missouri is holding voter registration throughout Cape Girardeau in preparation for the April 6 municipal elections. Wednesday is the deadline to register.

Contested elections in Cape Girardeau include mayor, city council members for wards 1 and 2 and the Cape Girardeau School Board. Voters will also decide the outcome of a $40 million bond issue for the Cape Girardeau School District. The bond issue would fund a new elementary school to replace Franklin Elementary School, security and building upgrades districtwide, and an event stadium and auditorium at the high school.

Registration will be from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at Central High School library. Volunteers will register voters from 11 a.m. to noon and 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Monday at Jefferson Elementary School, Tuesday at Blanchard Elementary School and Wednesday at Alma Schrader Elementary School.

Registration is also available at the Cape Girardeau Public Library during business hours, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The League of Women Voters will host a candidate forum at the Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center at 7 p.m. March 16.