OKTIBBEHA COUNTY – Changes are coming to Oktibbeha County voting precincts, District 3 Election Commissioner Dennis Daniels told The Dispatch.
Daniels said two precincts are changing locations. County voting precincts are only used for county, state and federal elections.
The north Starkville precinct located at Trinity Presbyterian Church on Hospital Road will move to New Covenant Church at 200 Garrard Road, Daniels said.
“We found out that that precinct was actually in violation of election law because it was just outside of the district,” he said. “State law requires the precinct to physically lie within the district. … The address of the building showed it on the district line, but the building itself was actually outside the district. So we had to move that to get in compliance with the state election laws.”
The second precinct, located at the Mississippi State University RecPlex on Buckner Lane, will move back to its original location on East Gillespie Street at the Needmore Community Center.
“That precinct, years ago, was moved on to Mississippi State’s campus because they wanted a voting precinct that students could access easily,” Daniels said. “… However, (District 5) Supervisor Joe Williams wanted to move it back to the Needmore Community Center, and he made that motion to the board of supervisors, and they approved that move.”
While the change is effective immediately, the precincts won’t be used until federal elections next year. Daniels said the election commission will be letting voters in Districts 3 and 5 know about the changes in the meantime.
“Every registered active voter in those two precincts will get a letter explaining the change, and it will include a map to where the new precincts are, along with a new voter registration card showing the precinct locations,” he said.
McRae is a general assignment and education reporter for The Dispatch.
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