Candidates for School Boards to File Dec. 4-6

Candidates for the boards of education in Sequoyah County school districts will file their declarations of candidacy beginning at 8 a.m. on Dec. 4, and continuing Dec. 5 and 6, Sequoyah County Election Board Secretary Cindy Osborn said.

Osborn said the official filing period ends at 5 p.m. on Dec. 6. All candidate filings will occur at the Sequoyah County Election Board office, 110 E. Creek Ave. in Sallisaw, Osborn said.

The school board posts at stake will be filled at the annual school election on Feb. 13. 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 3.

Candidates may file for the following offices:

-C-50 Belfonte School District---Office No. 1 (three years)

-I-46 Braggs School District---Office No. 3 (five years) 

-C-36 Brushy School District---Office No. 1 (three years)

-I-7 Central School District---Office No. 3 (five years) 

-I-4 Gans School District---Office No. 3 (five years)

-I-6 Gore School District---Office No. 3 (five years) and Office No. 5 (two years) 

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

-C-35 Marble City School District---Office No.1 (three years)

-C-68 Moffett School District---Office No. 1 (three years) 

-I-3 Muldrow School District---Office No. 3 (five years)

-I-5 Roland School District---Office No. 3 (five years)

-I-1 Sallisaw School District---Office No. 3 (five years)

-I-2 Vian School District---Office No. 3 (five years)

-4 Indian Capital Vo-Tech---Office No. 3 (five years) 

The City of Sallisaw annual filing of candidacy will be held at the same time, and the election will also be held Feb.13. Posts to be filled are:

-Mayor, two-year unexpired term

-City Commission, Ward 2 (three years)

-City Commission, Ward 4 (three years)

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

Sally Maxwell, Senior News Director

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