Candidates to File for City, School Board Elections

A Feb. 14 election will determine school board positions and two Sallisaw city offices. The filing period for both elections is Dec. 5 through 7.

In Sallisaw, two posts are up for election on Feb. 14 – the mayor and police chief, both of which are for three-year terms.

Candidates for the city posts and school boards in Sequoyah County school districts will file their Declarations of Candidacy beginning at 8 a.m. Dec. 5 and ending at 5 p.m. Dec. 7, Sequoyah County Election Board Secretary Cindy Osborn said.

Filing will be at the Sequoyah County Election Board office, 110 E. Creek Ave., Sallisaw.

If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the total votes cast in the election, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes will meet in a runoff election on April 4.

School board candidates may file for the following offices:

- C-50 Belfonte School District—Office No. 3 (3 years)

- I-46 Braggs School District—Office No. 2 (5 years)

- C-36 Brushy School District—Office No. 3 (3 years)

- I-7 Central School District—Office No. 2 (5 years)

- I-4 Gans School District—Office No. 2 (5 years)

- I-6 Gore School District—Office No. 2 (5 years)

- C-1 Liberty School District—Office No. 3 (3 years)

- C-35 Marble City School District—Office No. 2 (3 years)

- C-68 Moffett School District—Office No. 3 (3 years)

- I-3 Muldrow School District—Office No. 2 (5 years)

- I-5 Roland School District—Office No. 2 (5 years)

- I-1 Sallisaw School District—Office No. 2 (5 years)

- I-2 Vian School District—Office No. 2 (5 years)

- 4 Indian Capital Vo-Tech—Office No. 2 (5 years) 

For more information contact the Sequoyah County Election Board at (918) 775-2614.

Sally Maxwell, Senior News Director

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