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WATER VALLEY – Voters will return to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 7, for the General Election, the final chapter in one of the lightest election cycles in the county in decades. Circuit Clerk Daryl Burney reported 208 absentee ballots had been cast in the county by noon Tuesday, a likely indicator of light turnout on Nov. 7.
“We typically have 350 to 400 absentee ballots cast,” Burney said. “But we expect more absentee votes cast this week and Saturday.”
Both courthouses in the county will be open Saturday from 8 a.m. until noon, the deadline to cast an absentee ballot.
Burney also provided details about the ballot. Candidates affiliated with a party are listed in alphabetical order, with independent candidates listed last in accordance with state law. An example, in the sheriff’s race Republican candidate Roger L. Pollan is listed on the ballot before independent candidate Jerimaine Gooch.
The November General Election ballot includes a record number of independent candidates seeking office in Yalobusha County. Independent candidates who are unopposed include Burney, who is seeking another term for circuit clerk; incumbent Coroner Ronnie Stark; incumbent District 1 Supervisor Cayce Washington; incumbent District 3 Supervisor Kenneth Harmon; incumbent District Two Constable Randy Simmons; incumbent District One Justice Court Clerk Janet Ross Caulder; and incumbent District Two Justice Court Judge Trent Howell.
In contested races, both candidates running for tax assessor/collector, Michael Loyd Walton and Brad Willingham are running as independent candidates. Donald Gray is running as an independent and will face Democratic candidate Terry Rockette. Incumbent Democratic District One Constable Ralph Horton will face independent candidate J. Calab Horton along with the final contested race for sheriff with Gooch and Pollan on the ballot.
The polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. on election day. The pollworkers are listed below:
Beat One North
Lowedin Doolin (return officer), Judy Sartain, Dorris Holmes, Barron Caulfield, Martha Telford and Anita McGehee;
Beat One South
Deborah Bourne (return officer), Mary Towers, Rita Lancaster, Joe Bourne and Brenda Shaw;
Beat 2 Water Valley
Colleen Craven (return officer), Cathey Magee, Erin Abbott, Eva S. Cook, Joan Stewart and Linda Pulley;
Beat 3 Northwest
Jill Clark (return officer), Cathy Pullen, Cathy Patton, Reeda Cofer, Terry Anthony and Becky York;
Beat 3 Sylva Rena
Coulter Fussell (return officer), Ora Lee Phillips, Connie Champion, Rose Bennett and John Ferrer;
Beat Four Coffeeville
Riva Shelton (return officer), Claude Harris, Cathy Vaughn, Elizabeth Johnsey, Dorothy Hollond and Pamela Spearman;
Beat 4 Oakland
Carolyn Tinner (return officer), Lizzie Earl Bland, Freddie Winters, Pauline Smith, David Herring, Gaylon Haynes and Stephanie Patterson;
Beat Five Coffeeville
Denise Box (return officer), Sandra Rains, Avis Dean, Clara Gerrard, Jean Farmer and Elsie Harrison;
Beat Five – Scobey
Vickie Camp (return officer), Ricky Camp, Tommy Hill and Lisa K. Kelley;
Beat Five – Skuna Valley, Vann’s Mills South
Emma Coleman (return officer), Dianne Hill, James Caulder and Tressa Eubanks;
Beat Five – Skuna Valley, Vann’s Mills North
Inez Russell (return officer), Sue Russell, Amanda Moore and Dorothy Hicks;
Beat Five Tillatoba
Sherry Cook (return officer), Tim Little I, Shelly Little, Aaron Blair, Sharon Blair and Essie Gary.
