Election reminders

SPECIAL ELECTION

A special election will be held Nov. 14 on a fiveeighths-cent sales tax for Go Forward Pine Bluff projects and a three-eighths-cent sales tax for public safety.

Only residents of Pine Bluff can vote on these issues. Early voting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 7-13 at the Jefferson County Courthouse for the election.

Election day, Nov. 14, voters will vote at the polls. Also Nov. 14 is the annual school election day in the Watson Chapel School District. There is one ballot item pertaining to Watson Chapel, an annual referendum on the rate of 39.8 mills as approved in August 2022.

The Jefferson County Clerk’s Office recently announced information for the special election as well as the March 5, 2024, primary election.

ABSENTEE BALLOTS

The county clerk’s office has absentee ballot applications available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. for residents who want to vote by mail.

People may also visit the website at www.jeffersoncountyar.gov/elections-voter-registration to download an application. The completed form should be hand delivered, mailed, faxed, or emailed to the county clerk’s office.

Act 736 prohibits the county clerk from sending unsolicited absentee applications to voters who have not requested a new ballot application.

ELECTION RELATED DATES

For the Nov. 14 election, designated bearers may pick up absentee ballots at the county clerk’s office until Nov. 7. That’s the last day to receive applications for absentee voting by mail, fax, or email.

Nov. 4 — Sample Ballots will be available on the Arkansas Secretary of State’s Voter View Website at https://www.voterview.ar-nova.org/VoterView.

Nov. 6 — Party Filing Period Begins at noon for the March 5 Preferential Primary Election.

Nov. 7 — First day of early voting for the Nov. 14 special election (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.)

Nov. 10 — Last day to receive county-to-county transfers.

Nov. 13 — Last day for early voting (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.)

Nov. 14 — Party Filing Ends at noon for the March Preferential Primary Election.

Nov. 14 — Special election day (7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.) at polling sites.

Nov. 14 — Deadline to receive absentee ballots by mail/bearer/administrator/agent (by 7:30 p.m.)

Details: Jefferson County Clerk’s Office, (870) 5415322.