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Regional candidates

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Voters from both counties will vote on a new state Assembly member, after District 115 Assemblyman Billy Jones, D-Chateaugay Lake, resigned his seat halfway through his term last month. He timed it so the special election will be held on the same date as the general election.

Republican Brent Davison and Democrat Michael Cashman are both running for the state-level seat. To read more about Cashman, go to tinyurl.com/4r3fkcu2. To read more about Davison, go to tinyurl.com/29d4wk6t.

Voters will also vote for two state Supreme Court justices — current Justice Kris Singh and Chris Obstarczyk, who are both running unopposed on the Republican and Conservative lines.

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Essex County offices

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In Essex County, town supervisors are also the county supervisors.

District Attorney Michael P. Langey is running unopposed on the Republican and Conservative lines.

Coroners Jay E. Heald and Kellie M. Valentine are running unopposed for reelection on the Republican line.

Sample ballots for all towns in Essex County can be found at tinyurl.com/45bmmzzr.

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Jay

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In Jay, there is a contested race for supervisor, with incumbent Matthew Stanley on the Democratic and independent “Stronger Jay” lines and newcomer Daniel Mark Deyoe on the Republican and independent “Citizens” lines.

There is a four-way race for two council seats with newcomer Robin Licari and incumbent Knut Sauer on the Democratic and independent “Vision for Jay” lines, incumbent Stephen L. Forbes on the Republican and independent “People’s Choice” lines, and newcomer Archie R. Depo on the independent “Peoples” line.

Town Clerk Carol Greenley Hackel is running unopposed for reelection on the Republican line.

Highway Superintendent Chris Sorrell is running unopposed for reelection on the Democratic line.

Tax Collector Lori Ducharme is running unopposed for reelection on the Republican line.

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Keene

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In Keene, there is a contested supervisor race between incumbent Joe Pete Wilson on the Democratic line and Roger Y. Allen on the Republican and independent “High Peaks” lines.

Councilmembers Robert Biesemeyer and Teresa Cheetham-Palen are running unopposed for reelection on the Democratic line. Biesemeyer is also on the independent “Liberty” line.

There is no one on the ballot for the vacant town clerk/tax collector position.

Newcomer Ryan Hall is running unopposed for highway superintendent on the Republican and independent “Integrity” party lines.

Town Justice Barbara Dwyer is running unopposed for reelection on the Democratic line.

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North Elba

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In North Elba, Councilman Richard Preston is running unopposed for supervisor on the Republican and Democratic lines.

Incumbent Councilman Jason Leon is running unopposed on the Democratic and independent “North Elba United” lines. Newcomer Jack Moulton is also running unopposed for the council on the Democratic and Republican lines.

There is no one on the ballot for the vacant town justice position.

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Wilmington

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In Wilmington, Supervisor Favor Smith will appear on the ballot on the Republican and independent “Honesty” lines, but he announced his retirement in August. Councilman Timothy John Follos is running for supervisor on the independent “Peoples” line.

There is a four-way race for two council seats with Karl von Entress on the Republican line, Hanna Cromie and Randy Winch on the independent “Peoples” line and Mindy Goddeau on the independent “Truth” line.

There is a four-way race for highway superintendent with incumbent Louis P. Adregna on the Republican and independent “Commitment” lines, Cameron Grady on the independent “Progress” line and Darren Lawrence on the independent “Better Roads” line.

Clerk and Tax Collector Dawn Stevens is running unopposed for reelection on the Republican and independent “Heart” lines.

There is no one on the ballot for two vacant assessor positions, one of which is an unexpired term.

Write-ins

A number of races — particularly in Essex County — have write-in candidates who will not appear on the ballot but are running in both competitive and uncontested races.

As many as nine towns in Essex County could have at least one write-in campaign — an unprecedentedly high number.

This includes campaigns for town supervisor in Willsboro, Wilmington and Ticonderoga, and candidates for town council in Chesterfield and Wilmington. Wilmington is also expected to have a write-in campaign for assessor and a retired Lake Placid lawyer has announced a write-in campaign for town justice, after both seats had no petitions filed.

There were also no petitions filed for clerk in the town of Keene and assessor in the town of Essex, so there might also be write-in campaigns for those roles.

To vote for a write-in candidate, look at the top of the ballot to find the position you want to vote for, go to the bottom of the page where a “write-in” section is clearly marked, and write a name inside the box. New York clarifies that what matters in a write-in is “voter intent,” which means it doesn’t matter if names are misspelled as long as election workers can tell who you mean.

Any markings on the ballot need to be inside the box — the machine won’t read anything outside the box.