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City council, school board chair seats to be decided Feb. 9th

By Chamber Staff / Inside OKC / February 5, 2021

Residents throughout the Oklahoma City metro will have the opportunity to vote in important municipal and school board elections on Tuesday, Feb. 9. In Oklahoma City, registered voters in Wards 1, 3 and 4 will be able to vote for their City Council representative, while individuals within the Oklahoma City Public School District will be able to vote for board chairperson. This nonpartisan election along with the April 6 runoff will decide who represents those Wards and Districts for the next four years. While the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber does not endorse candidates for any seat, the Chamber asked all OKC and OKCPS candidates to complete a survey that would ascertain their stance on various issues. You can read the City Council candidate responses here, and the OKC Public School candidate responses here.

Other municipal elections in the Oklahoma City metro include those in Bethany, Del City, Edmond, Moore, Nicoma Park, Norman, Purcell and Warr Acres. In addition, the school districts of Crutcho, Edmond, Grove, Putnam City and Riverside will hold elections.

Learn more about the OKC City Council candidates on the Feb. 9 ballot

Residents in the Oklahoma Senate District 22 will also be able to vote in the primary election to fill former State Sen. Stephanie Bice’s unexpired term. Bice was elected to represent Oklahoma’s District 5 in the U.S. House of Representatives in November.

Learn more about OKC Public School Board Chair and District candidates

Early voting is 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 4-5 at your local county election board:

• Oklahoma County Election Board, 4201 N Lincoln Blvd., (405) 713-1515
• Cleveland County Election Board, 641 E Robinson Street (Suite 200) in Norman, (405) 366-0210
• Canadian County Election Board, 200 S Bickford Ave. in El Reno, (405) 422-2422
• Pottawatomie County Election Board, 14101 Acme Road in Shawnee, (405) 273-8376.

Regular voting is 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Feb. 9 at your usual polling location. Find your polling location on your voter ID card, or using the voter portal at oklahoma.gov/elections/ovp.

EMBARK bus and OKC Streetcar service will be free on Election Day to help get voters to the polls. Visit embarkok.com or okcstreetcar.com to plan your trip.

A version of this article originally appeared in the Feb. 2021 edition of The Point.