Photo caption: 2020 Osage Candidate Campsite map. Courtesy Photo/Wahzhazhe Elections Office
Candidates seeking Osage Nation Congressional office in the 2020 General Election will be greeting voters at their Election Day campsites on June 1 at the government campus park in Pawhuska.
The Wahzhazhe Elections Office hosted a May 15 campsite drawing for the candidates by videoconference. The park is located across the campus service road west of the Chambers Building and ON Museum.
At the park, there will be 12 total campsites among the 15 candidates with some sharing their campsite space with other fellow candidates.
Election Day voting will be held from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the ON Civic Center located at 1449 W. Main St. in Pawhuska. The Election Board and staff is holding both May 29-30 early voting and Election Day voting at the Civic Center to keep distancing measures in place for in-person voters due to COVID-19.
In the videoconference campsite drawing, Election Supervisor Alexis Rencountre used a rotating hopper to mix up the candidate names listed on pieces of paper to determine the order of campsite picking. Candidates attending the electronic meeting – or who were contacted by phone – picked out their campsites once Rencountre drew their names.
Each campsite is 20 feet by 20 feet and the candidates are responsible for cleanup and following rules to hold the Election Day spaces. There are three permanent arbors at the park and the remaining campsites are in the open. Candidates holding the open sites will be responsible for their own tents/ shelters, tables and seating.
Candidate Pam Shaw picked the park’s main arbor after Rencountre drew her name first. Shannon Edwards picked the north arbor after her name was drawn second. Michael Bristow picked the south arbor after being the third candidate name drawn.
Candidates Billy Keene, Jodie Revard and Colt Herren will share a campsite to the north of the main arbor. Michael Kidder and Mary Jo Pratt will share a campsite on the southeast side of the park.
To see where your favorite candidate is hosting a campsite, view the map at: http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.osagenews.org/cms_page_media/43/2020-0522_Elections_Campsite-Results-Map.pdf
By
Benny Polacca
Original Publish Date: 2020-05-28 00:00:00