Polling booths and complimentary cookies are being prepared for next week’s municipal elections, set for October 3 inside the Nolan Center from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Absentee voting has already been underway, and early ballots can still be submitted inside City Hall until 5 p.m. Monday.
Most of the seats up for election have at least one candidate, with a two-year position on the Wrangell Medical Center Board attracting no interest. In the event it passes the election cycle unfilled, clerk Kim Lane explained the city will advertise for the position until an appointment is made.
Only one position is in contention, with three candidates vying for a two-year unexpired seat on the Public School Board. Incumbent Robert Rang is
seeking a new term, running against residents Caitlin Cardinell and David Wilson. A full three-year seat has one candidate running unopposed, Jessica Rooney.
Assembly member Mark Mitchell has opted not to run for another term, instead putting himself up for a
three-year term on the Port Commission. Fellow member Stephen Prysunka will be running unopposed for reelection, and resident Rolland Howell has put himself up for consideration to replace Mitchell on the council.
Two additional, four-year seats on the hospital board have two candidates running for them unopposed, Jennifer Bates and Rebecca Christensen.
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