Only 15 of Lauderdale County’s 42 voting precincts will be involved with the Nov. 7 special election for District 2 Constable and Justice Court Judge.

The district lines for these two offices are not the same as the District 2 supervisor lines, so voters should refer to their registration cards to determine eligibility. 

“The district will follow a lot like northeast school district lines — the northeast part of the city and county,” said Election Commission Chairman Jeff Tate. “Just look at your card and see if you’re in JCJ and CON [District 2] precincts, and if you are you go to vote like normal.”

Ten of the 15 precincts will be “split districts,” which means not everyone registered to vote in that particular precinct can vote in this special election, according to a news release from Circuit Clerk Donna Jill Johnson said. The other [five] precincts, everyone is eligible.

The 10 split precincts are Meridian Little Theatre, Poplar Springs Drive United Methodist Church, Central Fire Station, First Baptist Church of Lauderdale, Lauderdale Baptist Association building, El Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, Frank Cochran Center, First Baptist Church of Meridian, Alamucha/Greenhill Missionary Baptist Church and Mt. Gilled Baptist Church.

The other five include Velma Young Community Center, Raymond P. Davis Annex, Springhill Baptist Church, Russell Community Center and Toomsuba Fire Station.

The candidates in the special election are Ondray M. Harris Sr., and Jesse Hill Jr., for Justice Court Judge and Ondray M. Harris Jr., and Christopher McFarland for Constable.

For more information, call the Circuit Clerk’s office at 601-482-9731 or Tate at 601-527-4124

Clarke County

Citizens in Clarke County on Nov. 7 will have the opportunity to vote on two separate issues involving countywide alcohol sales.

The board of supervisors on Sept. 8 OK’d two separate items for the November ballot — one for the sale of beer and wine and another for the sale of liquor.

Two petitions for each item received the required number of signatures for board consideration by the Sept. 8 deadline, said Circuit Clerk Beth D. Jordan.

The petition for liquor sales required 1,500 signatures and received 1,696. The beer and wine petition required 2,553 signatures — or 20 percent of registered voters — and received 2,600.

“We made it — easily,” Jordan said. “So now the next thing is getting people out to vote.”