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113 early votes were cast on Tuesday,  111 more were cast on Wednesday, with 104 Year more added on Thursday. Early voting ended Friday with 160 votes cast

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Early voting Began Tuesday,  with a total of 81 votes being cast.

Wednesday, there were 63 more ballots cast, then 95 more on Thursday,  with 105 added Friday.   146  were cast on Monday.

Here is the breakdown by ward.
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Who is Ronny Carr? That is a question many people have asked since he announced his intent to run for Mayor of Monticello.

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With all 19 boxes reporting in Drew County, these are the final, unofficial election results.

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Friday afternoon, County Clerk Lyna Gulledge met with poll workers from the individual Drew County precincts, to explain details of this years election, including how to keep “court ordered” races from being publicly counted. Here’s how they will be handled. (more…)

Drew County circuit court held a hearing, Tuesday, with Jim Hall’s 2nd special appointed judge, after he threatened to sue Judge David Laser, the last special appointed judge, last week.

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The Arkansas Democratic Party has submitted documents to the Drew County circuit court clerk, in an attempt to disqualify state representative candidate for District 9, Jim Hall from being eligible for election in November.

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Hall, a candidate for state representative district 9, covering Drew and Ashley counties, lost his State Appeals Court case, in an attempt to overturn his 2013 conviction, for harassment and/or harassing communications.

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The Ashley County Democratic Party elected these party members to serve as their delegates to select the Democratic Party’s candidate for State representative District 9, replacing the late Sheilla Lampkin on the ballot for the 2017-2018 term – Summer Robertson (alternate), Emily Wisener, Jimmy Jeffress, Candace Jeffress, C T Foster, Johnie Bolin, Doris Smith (alternate)

The 2 county convention will be held next Thursday at 6 pm at UAM’s Spencer Gallery.

 The local Democratic Party held a rally, Tuesday, at the VFW Hut.

Speakers included Dorothy Hall, candidate for State Rep. District 10, Sheriff Mark Gover, and Democratic nominee for US Senator, Conner Eldridge.

District 9 State Representative Sheilla Lampkin announced Tuesday she plans to withdraw from her current bid for re-election to the 2017-2018 term, citing health issues as the reason for her departure from the race.

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The process for filing for school board seat candidates has been completed.
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These are printouts of the final, unofficial Drew County election results for all races, from Tuesday night.

With all precincts reporting,
Here are the current, unofficial voting results are….
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During Tuesday nights local election results, early/absent votes were printed and posted first.

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Today, February 1st is the Voter Registration Deadline for March 1st Primary Election

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Tommy Newman Announces Candidacy for City Council Alderman, Ward 2, Position 1 in the upcoming 2016 Democratic Primary Election that will take place on March 1st.
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Drew County Circuit Clerk Beverly Burks of Wilmar has announced her candidacy for re-election in the 2016 general election. Burks, a Democrat, is currently serving her first year in office.

Prior to taking office in January, Burks worked two years as a deputy clerk in the Drew County Clerk’s office and served as editor of the Advance-Monticellonian for 14 years.

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