Arkansans will make Presidential selections

Arkansans will have a voice this year in early consideration of candidates running for President, sharing the stage with 24 others states in holding a Presidential Preference Primary Tuesday, Feb. 5.

Early voting for the Presidential Primary will begin Tuesday, Jan. 29, and continue through Monday, Feb. 4, at both the Eastern District Courthouse in Piggott and the Western District Courthouse in Corning. Courthouse hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. There will be no voting on Saturday or Sunday.

Polls will be open the day of the Presidential Primary Election from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The Rector East Oak Bluff and West Oak Bluff townships will vote at the Rector Community Center. Johnson township will vote at the Boydsville Community Center, Knob township at the Knob Community Center and Bradshaw and Haywood townships at the Greenway City Hall.

Other polling places in Clay County are:

North St. Francis and South St. Francis, Piggott Community Center; Bennett and Lemmons, McDougal Community Center; Liddell and Chalk Bluff, St. Francis City Hall; Payne and Swain, Nimmons City Hall; Pollard, Pollard City Hall; Brown and Carpenter, Success City Hall; Cache and wilson, Knobel Community Center; Clark, Peach Orchard Community Center; Nelson, Datto City Hall; Cleveland and North Kilgore, Gleghorn and South Kilgore, M.B. Ainley Jr. Community Center, Corning.

Democratic candidates appearing on the Arkansas Presidential Primary ballot include Christopher Dodd, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich, John Edwards, Bill Richardson, Hillary Clinton and uncommitted.

Republican candidates on the ballot will be Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson and uncommitted.

Also on the ballot will be Green Party candidates cynthia McKinney, Kent Mesplay, Jared A. Ball, Kat Swift and uncommitted.

Other states holding Presidential Primaries Feb. 5 include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho (Democrat only), Illinois, Kansas (Democrat only), Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico (Democrat only), New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, Oregon, Rhode Island and West Virginia.