Voters go to Pott. County Polls today

Pottawatomie County voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide school board runoffs in Dale and Macomb, to elect trustees in McLoud, Bethel Acres and Maud, and McLoud voters also will decide a sales tax issue.
Municipal elections
In Bethel Acres, voters will choose trustees for Wards 3 and 4.
For Ward 4, T.W. Garrison faces James Thomas Smothers II. For Ward 3, an unexpired term, voters will choose between Mike Jackson and Wesley H. Bynum Jr.
Voters in Maud will elect a Ward 2 council member. The candidates in that race are Roger Cunningham and Jeff Everett.
In McLoud, voters will elect a Ward 2 council member from candidates John R. Heusdens and Ron Kenyon. McLoud voters also will see two propositions concerning taxes on their ballot. Proposition No. 1 asks voters to approve a one-penny city of McLoud sales tax.
In McLoud, the sales tax is 8.5 percent for every dollar spent. Of that, McLoud get 3 cents, while Pottawatomie County gets one cent and the state gets the remaining 4.5 percent.
With approval of the measure, the tax in McLoud would be 9.5 cents and the city of McLoud would get 4 cents. The proposition shows the sales tax would be used for improvements and additions to the city’s sewer and water facilities, for repairs and maintenance of roads and streets and other infrastructure within the city. 
Proposition 2 in McLoud asks voters to approve a 5 percent occupancy tax for hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts and other overnight accommodations.
School boards
In Macomb, voters will decide the office No. 4 school board member between Mary J. Sulivant and Barry Boydstun.
In Dale, Angela McKinney faces Keith Cook for the Office No. 4 seat.
Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Diana L. Knight, secretary of the Pottawatomie County election board, urges voters to take their Voter Identification Cards to the polls with them. 
“Your Voter Identification Card can help Precinct Officials find your name in the Precinct Registry and it may also help them resolve the problem if you are not listed in the Precinct,” she said.
Voters who want to cast absentee ballots early can do so from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday at the Election Board, located in Room 105 of the courthouse, 325 N. Broadway.
“In-person absentee voters fill out an application form when they get to the office. They are not required to give a reason for voting absentee,” Knight said. “They are required to swear that they have not voted a regular mail absentee ballot and that they will not vote at their polling places on election day.”
For more information, call the election board at 273-8376.
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Kim Morava may be reached at 214-3962.