School board filing starts Monday
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Candidates for the board of education in 12 Sequoyah County school districts may file declarations of candidacy beginning at 8 a.m. Dec. 4.

Kathy Webb, Sequoyah County Election Board secretary, said the filing period ends at 5 p.m. Dec. 6.

The board of education positions at stake will be filled at the annual school election scheduled Feb. 13. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the total votes cast in the election, the two candidates receiving thea highest number of votes will meet in a run-off election April 3.

Office number two in 12 schools is up for election, including Belfonte, Brushy, Central, Gans, Gore, Liberty, Marble City, Moffett, Muldrow, Roland, Sallisaw, and Vian.

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