Special election scheduled today for Jasper school board

A special election today will decide the winners of all nine seats for the Jasper County Board of Education.

Seventeen people are vying to become school board members following a federal judge's decision in April to draw new voting districts.

Seven seats are contested. Two of the school board seats, Districts 5 and 6, are currently vacant.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

To view a map of the new voting districts, visit http://www.jcsd.net and click on Departments, Public Information, Documents and Approved School Board Redistricting.

The following candidates filed to run for school board:

District 1

Bennie Hazel, incumbent

Margaret J. Mouzon

District 2

Debora W. Butler, incumbent

District 3

Berty Riley, incumbent

Roy L. Pryor Jr.

District 4

Randy Horton, incumbent

Thaddeus D. Smith

District 5

Rodney C. Brown

Daisy L. Mitchell

Jannette Z. Scott

District 6

Kevin Karg

Louise Rawlings

District 7

Priscilla Jones Fraser, incumbent

Jerold L. Murray

District 8

Tedd Moyd, incumbent

District 9

Leroy Bentley, incumbent

Priscilla Green

For specific information about polling locations and precincts, call the Jasper County Voter Registration Office at 843-726-7709.

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This story was originally published September 21, 2015 at 2:15 PM with the headline "Special election scheduled today for Jasper school board."