Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 9, for the McCurtain County Annual School Election, and Lue Davis, McCurtain County Election Board Secretary, offered voters some tips on how to make their votes count.
Davis said that a valid marking---a filled-in arrow---is shown on posters at the polling place and inside the voting booths. If voters make mistakes marking their ballots, Davis said they should not try to correct those errors. Instead, voters should return the spoiled ballots to the precinct officials, who will destroy them and issue a new ballot to the voter.
Davis also urged voters to take their voter identification cards with them to the polls. "Your voter identification card can help precinct officials find your name in the precinct registry, and it may also help them resolve the problem if you are not listed in the precinct registry."
Voters whose names are not found in the precinct registry, or a voter who disagrees with the information shown in the registry, may need to cast a provisional ballot. A provisional ballot is sealed in a special envelope and counted after election day if the voter's information can be verified by the County Election Board.
Davis said that voters who want to get through the line quickly should vote at mid-morning or mid-afternoon, because those usually are the two slowest periods for voting during the day.
"Anyone who is eligible and in line at the polling place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday will be entitled to vote," added Davis.
Following is a list of the precinct polling places open in the McCurtain County Annual School Election:
(POLLING PLACE LOCATIONS with Precinct Numbers)
#2-----------FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH - 5 NW 7TH ST. – IDABEL #4---------------------------------------IDABEL PUBLIC LIBRARY #5------------------------BOOKER T WASHINGTON COMM. CTR-IDABEL #6----------------------OLD CITY HALL – 207 S. CENTRAL, IDABEL #8--------------------------------------TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH #9-----------------------------BY-PASS CHURCH OF CHRIST—IDABEL #11-----------PLEASANT HILL METHODIST CHURCH- FELLOWSHIP BLDG. #12-------------------------------------------TOM CIVIC CENTER #13-----------------------------HAWORTH SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER #14---------------------------------REDLAND COMMUNITY BUILDING #15-------------------------------GOODWATER COMMUNITY BUILDING #17-----------------------FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH- BROKEN BOW, OK
(FOR THE ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION ONLY) #18------------------FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH- BROKEN BOW #19----CHURCH OF CHRIST BUILDING - 508 N. COSTILOW, BROKEN BOW #20----------------------CHAPEL OF THE PINES CHURCH- HOCHATOWN #22-----------------------OAK GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH –BROKEN BOW #23-----------------------------EAGLETOWN HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING #24----------------------------------BETHEL COMMUNITY BUILDING #28--------------------------PICKENS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT #29----------------------------------GOLDEN COMMUNITY BUILDING #31------------------------------HOLLYCREEK COMMUNITY BUILDING #32-------------------------------FOREST GROVE SCHOOL BUILDING #33-------MCCURTAIN COUNTY RURAL WATER - DISTRICT #7 IN GARVIN #34-------------------------------MILLERTON COMMUNITY BUILDING #35-----------------------------FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH –VALLIANT #36---------------------FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH-VALLIANT #37------------------------------------RUFE COMMUNITY BUILDING #38-----------------------------WRIGHT CITY COMMUNITY BUILDING