Polling Places consolidate
Four to happen in 2010, more to come in 2011
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Anna and Wayne Emanuel of Sulphur Springs attended Friday’s meeting of the Benton County Election Commission with one thing on their minds.
The couple hoped their presence, along with 42 names they had collected on a petition, would be enough to keep the Sulphur Springs polling place at the city’s community center open.
“We feel like we have enough of a community out there to keep our polling place,” Anna Emanuel said.
After discussion, commissioners decided the Sulphur Springs polling place, along with those in Cherokee City, Maysville and Gateway, will not open election day.
Residents of Sulphur Springs and Maysville will vote in Gravette. Cherokee City residents will vote in Decatur. People who call Gateway home will ...
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