DEWAYNE HOLLOWAY/dewayne@mcnews.online
Montgomery County residents will get the opportunity to make their voices heard as they take to the polls Tuesday, March 3, to vote in the 2020 Presidential Primary Election.
A move from May to March in recent years allows Arkansas voters to be a part of what is known as “Super Tuesday.” Arkansas joins Alabama, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia as they cast votes on March 3. 1,357 of the 3,979 pledged delegates to be awarded to the candidates in the Democratic primaries will be allotted on Super Tuesday.
The Primary Election will be held Tuesday, March 3 from 7:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m.
Votes are cast in voting Centers which include: Mount Tabor Church, Lake Ouachita Baptist Church, Montgomery County Annex, Norman City Hall and Pencil Bluff Fire Station.
The use of voting centers allows registered voters the ease of voting anywhere in the county. While there are fewer voting centers than precincts, voters aren’t required to vote in their precinct.
Early voting for the primary election in Montgomery County Began Tuesday, February 18 and will continue through Monday, March 2, at the Montgomery County Courthouse Annex Building located at 117 Ray Drive in Mount Ida.
Early voting hours will be from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on both Saturdays. Early voting will end Monday, March 2 at 5 p.m.
Most of the contested statewide elections are judicial positions.
Judge Morgan “Chip” Welch and Barbara Womack Webb are running for State Supreme Court Associate Justice Position 4 and Prosecuting Attorney Stephanie Potter Barrett and Emily White are running for Court Of Appeals Associate Justice District 4 Position 2.
Patrick McDaniel and Prosecuting Attorney Andy Riner are running for the District 18 West Circuit Court Judge position.
There is one statewide Republican race contested with Representative Marcus Richmond facing Jim Reynolds.
The Presidential Primary elections for both the Democratic and Republican parties will also be on the ballot.
See below for a full list of candidates in each election, as wells millage issues.
Notice of Election
Preferential Primary, Nonpartisan Judicial General and Annual School Elections
March 3, 2020
The Montgomery County Election Commissioners hereby give notice that the following vote centers will be open for voting from 7:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3, 2020:
Mount Tabor Church – 58 Old Mt. Tabor Rd, Glenwood, AR
Lake Ouachita Baptist Church – 3586 Hwy 270 E, Mount Ida, AR
Montgomery County Annex – 117 Ray Drive, Mount Ida, AR
Norman City Hall – 133 Golf Course Rd, Norman, AR
Pencil Bluff Fire Station – 138 Pencil Bluff Drive, Pencil Bluff, AR
Contested Races
(Names appear in ballot order)
Democrat Ballot
U. S. Presidnet:
Mosie Boyd
Michael R Bloomberg
Julian Castro
Corey Booker
Marianne Williamson
Tom Steyer
Steve Bullock
Joe Sestak
Amy Klobuchar
Pete Buttigieg
Bernie Sanders
John K. Delaney
Joseph R. Biden
Kamala Harris
Michael Bennet
Andrew Yang
Elizabeth Warren
Tulsi Gabbard
Democrat Unopposed Candidates
Republican Ballot
U. S. President:
Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente
Donald J. Trump
Bill Weld
State Representative District 21:
Representative Marcus Richmond
Jim Reynolds
Republican Unopposed Candidates
Non Partisan Judicial
State Supreme Court Associate Justice Position 4:
Judge Morgan “Chip” Welch
Barbara Womack Webb
Court Of Appeals Associate Justice District 4 Position 2:
Prosecuting Attorney Stephanie Potter Barrett
Emily White
Circuit Judge, District 18-W, Division 01:
Patrick McDaniel
Prosecuting Attorney Andy Riner
Non Partisan Judicial Unopposed Candidates
Caddo Hills School District
Board of Directors Position 2:
Kinzie Bour
Caddo Hills School District 33.7 Mill School Tax:
To submit the question of voting to extend the bonds on a total school tax rate (state and local) of 33.7 mills on the dollar of the assessed value of taxable property located in this School District.
Mount Ida School District
Board of Directors Position 1:
Chad Summitt
Mount Ida School District 34.0 Mill School Tax:
To submit the question of voting a total school tax rate (state and local) of 34.0 mills on the dollar of the assessed value of taxable property located in this School District.
Ouachita River School District
Board of Directors Zone 6:
Lana Philpot
Ouachita River School District 31.3 Mill School Tax:
To submit the question of voting a total school tax rate (state and local) of 31.3 mills on the dollar of the assessed value of taxable property located in this School District.
Absentee ballots will be processed at the Montgomery County Courthouse on Election Day starting at 4:30 p.m.
Early voting will begin on Tuesday, February 18th at the Montgomery County Courthouse Annex Building located at 117 Ray Drive in Mount Ida. Early voting hours will be 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on both Saturdays. Early voting will end Monday, March 2nd at 5:00 p.m.
A list of appointed election officials, deputy county clerks, or additional deputies hired to conduct early voting can be found at the Montgomery County Courthouse located at 105 Hwy 270 E, Mount Ida. Objections to workers on the list may be made to Montgomery County Election Commissioners by contacting the Montgomery County Clerk’s Office at 870-867-3521. Objections must be made within 10 days of the first posting of the list of workers. First posting day is January 30, 2020.
Montgomery County Election Commissioners
R. Barry Walther
Mark Whisenhunt
Sue Black
