Alva Review-Courier -

Freedom school district residents will have to wait awhile to decide officially who will sit in seat number 2. Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed an order March 7 to hold the special school election on September 12.

Following the Feb. 14 election, District Judge Justin Eilers determined that the number of ineligible voters exceeded the margin of victory. A hearing was held in the Woods County Courthouse in Alva on Feb. 22 after one of the candidates, Shane Morris, filed a protest. Unofficial election returns showed his opponent, Raul Galindo, besting him by one vote.

The governor’s proclamat...