WYNNE —Early voting will begin next Tuesday, March 26, for two runoff races in Cross County.
One is for the Zone 3 seat on the Wynne School Board. Incumbent Stacie Schlenker will face Emily Watts in the runoff election, which will be held on Tuesday, April 2. Schlenker had 49% of the vote during the March 5 school board race to 30% for Watts.
The other runoff will be for the Parkin area. That’s a Democratic runoff for the State Representative District 35 seat between Demetris Johnson, Jr. and Raymond Whiteside. The winner of the runoff will face Republican Robert Thorne, Jr. in the general election in November.
Early voting will be held during the normal office hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Cross County Clerk’s office at the Cross County Courthouse. There will be no Saturday early voting.
The clerk’s office will be open on Friday, March 29, despite the courthouse being closed for Good Friday.
Election Day voting will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Cross County Clerk’s office at the courthouse only.
