New HSC Election Commission chairman appointed
Tuesday the election staff met during a brief Hot Spring County Election Commissioners meeting at the Election Office Building to discuss preparations for the upcoming school board elections in May and November.
During the meeting, Jim Houpt, chairman of the HSC election commissioners officially resigned as chairman and the committee accepted his resignation. Election commissioner Walt Grant appointed Jerry Craycraft as the new chairman to replace Houpt. Terry McDermott was appointed by the Republican Party to serve as a new HSC election commissioner.
Upon a vote and approval by the committee, McDermott and Craycraft both were sworn in by HSC Clerk Sandy Boyette.
Pertaining to the upcoming school board elections, Liz Pfeiffer, duty of elections, mentioned four of the five schools in the county will have one person running for a position. In May, school board elections will be held for Bismarck, Glen Rose and Malvern. Magnet Cove's school board election will take place in November. It was noted during the meeting, that there will not be a school board election for Ouachita School District.
The election staff plans to meet again in the next upcoming months prior to the first school board election in May. For any further questions, please contact county clerk Boyette or office staff at 501322-2291 or Pfeiffer at the election office. She can be reached at 501-229-1666.
Registered voters can check their voter registration status online at the website Arkansas Voter View at www.voterview.ar-nova.org. Also registered voters may call to check their status to make sure they’re still active to vote at the election office county clerk’s office.