Registered voters in Seminole County will take to the polls Tuesday, April 7 in several school board and special elections.

All voters will face a proposed extension of a countywide quarter-cent sales tax to fund emergency services. The propositions as they appear on the ballot are at the end of this article.

Several school board seats are also up for grabs Tuesday. Stephen Choate and Tyler Geohagan are vying for Seat #1 on the Seminole School Board. Candidates for the Strother School Board include Stacy Dunn and Ashley Fowler. John Henson and Jessica Shaw-Hinton will face off for a seat on the New Lima School Board.

Voters in the Maud Public School District will choose between Kurtis Dustman and Jaclyn Porterfield for Office #1 on the school board. They will also decide the fate of a $500,000 bond proposal.

A special election will also take place Tuesday in the Town of Lima for the renewal of the town’s franchise agreement with OG&E.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. Tuesday. To find your polling place, refer to your voter ID card or log onto the voter portal, which can be accessed from the Oklahoma State Election Board website.

PROPOSITION 1 Shall Seminole County, Oklahoma be authorized to extend the current levy and assessment of a county sales tax of 40% of the ¼ cent of one percent (40% to be equally divided to each of the eight fire departments: Bowlegs, Cromwell, Konawa, Maud, Sasakwa, Seminole, Strother and Wewoka) provided that the revenues from such tax be allocated and used for general operations, maintenance, repairs, purchase of equipment and training. Provided further that this tax shall become effective January 1, 2027 and be limited in duration to five (5) years, termination date on December 31, 2031?

PROPOSITION 2 Shall Seminole County, Oklahoma be authorized to extend the current levy and assessment of a county sales tax of 30% of the ¼ cent of one percent (30% to be equally divided to each of the three Ambulance Services: Konawa Ambulance, Seminole Ambulance and Wewoka Ambulance) provided that the revenues from such tax be allocated and used for the Seminole County Ambulance Service purposes, general operations, maintenance, repairs, purchase of equipment and training. Provided further that this tax shall become effective January 1, 2027 and be limited in duration to five (5) years, termination date on December 31, 2031?

PROPOSITION 3 Shall Seminole County, Oklahoma be authorized to extend the current levy and assessment of a county sales tax of 30% of the ¼ cent of one percent provided that the revenues from such tax be allocated and used for County Wide 911 purposes, general operations, maintenance, repairs, purchase of equipment and training. Provided further that this tax shall become effective January 1, 2027 and be limited in duration to five (5) years, termination date on December 31, 2031?