NEWS

School board filing begins on Monday, Dec. 2

Staff Writer
Pawhuska Journal-Capital

Candidates for the Board of Education in Osage County school districts will file their Declarations of Candidacy beginning at 8 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, and continuing Tuesday and Wednesday, Osage County Election Board Secretary Kelly Chouteau said.

Chouteau said the official filing period ends at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. All candidate filings will occur at the Osage County Election Board office, 630 Kihekah Ave., in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, Chouteau said.

The Board of Education positions at stake will be filled at the Board of Education Primary Election scheduled February 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:

Anderson C-52 School District - Position No. 3, 3 year term & Position No. 2, 2 year unexpired term

Avant C-35 School District – Position No. 2, 3 year term

Barnsdall I-29 School District – Position No. 5, 5 year term

Bowring C-7 School District – Position No. 1, 3 year term & Position No. 3, 2 year term

Hominy I-38 School District – Position No. 5, 5 year term

McCord C-77 School District – Position No. 3, 3 year term

Osage Hills C-3 School District – Position No. 3, 3 year term

Pawhuska I-2 School District - Position No. 5, 5 year term

Prue I-50 School District – Position No. 5, 5 year term

Shidler I-11 School District – Position No. 5, 5 year term

Woodland I-90 School District – Position No. 5, 5 year term

Wynona I-30 School District – Position No. 5, 5 year term

For more election-related information, call the Osage County Election Board at (918) 287-3036, e-mail at OsageCounty@elections.ok.gov or visit www.elections.ok.gov or www.osage.okcounties.org

MUNICIPAL CANDIDATE FILING SET TO BEGIN MONDAY, DEC. 2

Candidates for municipal offices in the City of Pawhuska will file Declarations of Candidacy beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 2, 2019.

Kelly Chouteau, secretary of the County Election Board, said the filing period ends at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019.

Declarations of Candidacy will be accepted at the County Election Board office for the indicated offices for each of the following offices:

Councilman at Large, 3 year term

The municipal offices at stake in the City of Pawhuska will be filled if needed in the nonpartisan Primary Election scheduled February 11, 2020 and the General Election if needed is scheduled for April 7, 2020.

For more election-related information, call the Osage County Election Board at (918) 287-3036, e-mail at OsageCounty@elections.ok.gov or visit www.elections.ok.gov or www.osage.okcounties.org