Early voting continues for Feb. 11 special election to fill Sumter school board Area 8 seat

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A special election is required to serve the remaining two years of Jeff Zell's term as Sumter School District's Area 8 representative after he ran for and won the state Senate District 36 seat in the November general election.

The special election is set for Tuesday, Feb. 11, and only registered voters in Sumter School District Area 8 are eligible to vote.

Four candidates filed for the seat and include Foxy Rae Campbell, Phil Leventis, Tom Montgomery and Keith Schultz.

Early voting began last week and continues this week at Sumter County Voter Registration Office for the upcoming special election to fill the open Area 8 seat on Sumter School District's Board of Trustees.

Early voting will continue Monday, Feb. 3, through Friday, Feb. 7, at the location, according to Pat Jefferson, Sumter County Voter Registration and Elections director.

The office is at 129 E. Liberty St. (Magnolia Place) in downtown Sumter. The facility is also the former offices of The Item newspaper. Early voting hours each day are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sumter school board seats are nonpartisan races in Sumter County.


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