Candidates for the Board of Education in eight Pontotoc County school districts can file their Declarations of Candidacy from 8 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Monday, December 7 through Wednesday, December 9. All candidate filings will occur at the Pontotoc County Election Board office, 131 W. 13th, in Ada.

If only two candidates file for an office, they appear on the ballot at the Board of Education General Election held on April 6. If three or more candidates file for the same Board of Education office, their names appear on the ballot at a Board of Education Primary Election on Tuesday, February 9.

If a candidate receives a majority (at least one vote more than 50%) of the votes cast in February 9 th Primary Election, that candidate is elected. The General Election in April is not held for that office.

If no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast in the Primary Election, the two candidates with the highest number of votes proceed to the Board of Education General Election on April 6.

Candidates may file for the following offices:

Ada School District Office No. 1, Ward 2, Incumbent – Kiah Anderson

Allen School District Office No. 1, Incumbent – Frank Bell

Byng School District Office No. 1, Ward 1, Incumbent – Chris McGill

Latta School District Office No. 1, Incumbent – Donnie Moore

Roff School DistrictOffice No. 1, Incumbent – Karon Lawson Hedges

Pontotoc Technology Center

Office No. 3, Zone 3, Incumbent – Phillip Fuller

Stonewall School District

Office No. 1, Toby Wallace