School Board Candidate Filings Begin Dec. 1

Candidates for the board of education in 12 Sequoyah County school districts will file their Declarations of Candidacy over three days beginning at 8 a.m. on Dec. 1, and continuing through Dec. 3, Cindy Osborn, Sequoyah County Election Board Secretary, said.

Osborn said the official filing period ends at 5 p.m. Dec. 3. Candidates must file at the Sequoyah County Election Board office at 110 E Creek in Sallisaw, Osborn said.

The board of education positions at stake will be filled at the annual school election on Feb. 10. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the total votes cast in this election, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes will meet in a runoff election on April 7.

Offices for which declarations of candidacy will be accepted at the county election board office include the following:

*Belfonte C-50 School District-Office No. 1 and Office No. 3 for an unexpired term;

*Brushy C-36 School District-Office No. 1;

*Central I-7 School District-Office No. 5;

*Gans I-4 School District-Office No. 5;

*Gore I-6 School District-Office No. 5 and Office No. 4 for an unexpired term;

*Liberty C-1 School District-Office No. 1;

*Marble City C-35 School District-Office No. 1 and Office No. 2  for an unexpired term;

*Moffett C-68 School District-Office No. 1;

*Muldrow I-3 School District-Office No. 5;

*Roland I-5 School District-Office No. 5;

*Sallisaw I-1 School District-Office No. 5; and 

*Vian I-2 School District-Office No. 5.

For more information contact the election board at 918-775-2614.

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