Early voting begins today for school board candidates who are unopposed in seeking election Sept. 19 to seats in the North Little Rock and Jacksonville/North Pulaski school districts.
The Pulaski County Regional Building, 501 W. Markham St., will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Friday and again Monday for early voting.
Because there are no contested school board elections this year and no proposed changes in the current property tax rate for schools, the election in the North Little Rock and Jacksonville districts will be held by early voting and absentee voting only. No polling places will be open on the date of the election, Sept. 19, in the two districts, although the votes will be counted and announced at 7:30 p.m. that day.
Incumbent Sandra Campbell is running unopposed for the Zone 6 seat in North Little Rock. Only voters who live in her zone are eligible to vote on her candidacy.
All North Little Rock voters can vote on the district's 48.3 mill tax rate. The district is proposing no change in the rate but is required by the state constitution to put the millage rate to a vote of the public annually.
Jim Moore is running for the Zone 3 position, and LaConda Watson is running for the Zone 4 seat on the Jacksonville/North Pulaski board. Both are incumbents. Voters living in the candidates' zones are eligible to vote on the candidates.
All Jacksonville/North Pulaski district voters can vote on the district's 48.3 mill property tax rate, but the district is not seeking a change in the tax rate and is putting the rate on the ballot to fulfill its annual legal obligation.
There are no school board elections or tax rate questions this month in the Little Rock and Pulaski County Special school districts.
The Little Rock School District is operating under state control and has no elected school board. The district had an election in May on a proposal to extend the tax rate for additional years. That fulfilled the district's legal obligation to put the district's millage rate of 46.4 mills on the ballot for this year.
Voters in the Pulaski County Special elected seven new board members in November 2016 after that district operated under state control for five years. No members of the board will be up for election before 2018.
The Pulaski Special district held a special tax election in June on continuing its tax rate for additional years. That election fulfilled the district's obligation have an annual vote on its property tax rate, which is 40.7 mills.
Metro on 09/12/2017