School board candidate filing set to begin Dec. 2.

Candidates for the Board of Education in Haskell County school districts will file their Declarations of Candidacy beginning at 8 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 2, and continuing Tuesday and Wednesday, Haskell County Election Board Secretary Rhonda Hurst said.

    The official filing period ends at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 4. All candidate filings will occur at the Haskell County Election Board office, 202 E. Main St. Suite 1 (Courthouse Annex), in Stigler, Hurst said.

    The Board of Education positions at stake will be filled at the Board of Education Primary Election scheduled for Feb. 11, 2020 and the Board of Education General Election on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. If only two candidates file, the position will be filled at the General Election. If more than two candidates file, a Primary Election will be held. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the total votes cast in the Primary Election, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes will meet in the General Election.

    Candidates may file for the following offices:
Keota, Kinta, McCurtain and Stigler school districts - Office No. 5.
McCurtain and Whitefield school districts - Office No. 3.
For more information, contact the Haskell County Election Board at (918) 967-8792.

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