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Early voting has been heavy for the school and Okmulgee city elections according to the county election board.
A total of 40 voters cast their ballots Thursday and, by noon Friday, another 19 had stopped by the election board at the Okmulgee County Court House.
According to Ashley Carnes, election board secretary, another 102 absentee ballots had been mailed out and 28 received by Friday.
The election will be held Tuesday with two bond issues set at Wilson and Dewar as well as decisions over school board members in Beggs and Morris.
Okmulgee voters will be deciding who they want as city councilman at large.
Those candidates include:
Beggs voters will be choosing between O.G. Corky Thompson and Leonard Moore, jr. Both are candidates for the Beggs school board seat 1.
Four candidates filed for the Morris school board office 1 spot. They include James Allred jr., Donna Payne, Kyle Brooks and Bobby Howell.
Okmulgee city voters have four people running for the city councilman at large position. Seeking election are: Steven R. Baldridge, James Wesley Kirby, Terry watkins and Eric L. Chapman.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. The results will be published by Thehenryettan.com as soon as they are released.