Municipal elections will take place in Jefferson, West Jefferson and Lansing next month as aldermen and candidates seek seats on the boards.

The election will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 3 with voters casting their ballots at the Ashe County Arts Center in West Jefferson and the fire department stations in Jefferson and Lansing. There is no absentee or one stop early voting for these municipal elections. Polls will be open 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The deadline for town residents to register to vote is Friday, Oct. 9 at 5 p.m. To be eligible, the voter must have been a resident of the town for 30 days prior to the election (before Oct. 4). You can register at the board of elections office at Ashe County Courthouse. Sample ballots are also available there.

Each seat on the town boards up for election is a four-year term except for two unexpired seats in Lansing that are for two years. The following candidates will seek a seat in the November elections:

In West Jefferson, there are three seats up for election. Aldermen Stephen Shoemaker, Jerry McMillan and Calvin Green have filed for re-election to those seats and newcomers seeking a seat are Tod Hale, Mack Ham and Lester Mullis.

In Jefferson, the three seats up for election are currently filled by Aldermen Mark Johnston, Bluferd Eldreth and Gwen Ashley, and all three have filed for re-election.

In Lansing, Aldermen Bill Cline, Israel Church and Dennis Trainor Jr. have filed for re-election to the 4-year seats. Newcomers seeking one of those three seats are Mauvine Shepherd, Jeff Key and George Rembert III. Rembert was recently appointed (until the election) to a seat previously filled by Shane Duncan, who had been appointed to fill Dot Shupe’s unexpired term. Aldermen Brenda Reeves, who was also appointed by the board to serve an unexpired term, seeks to continue serving an unexpired term.

There are also write-in spots in each town equal to the number of seats up for election: three each in West Jefferson and Jefferson, and five in Lansing including the two two-year unexpired terms. The top three vote-getters in each town will win the four-year seats, and the fourth and fifth place vote-getters in Lansing will win the two-year seats.