This is an election year for voters in the Bluffton school district.

On the Nov. 5 ballot will be candidates for Bluffton mayor, two Bluffton council seats, two Bluffton school board seats, one Richland Township trustee seat and one Monroe Township trustee seat. Beaverdam voters will select a mayor and two council  members.

In addition, the Bluffton school board will place two renewal levies. Those levies will be on the May 7 primary ballot.

In partisan races, a primary run-off takes place only when more than one person files petitions with a political party designation for the office. Persons filing as independents are not on the primary ballot. Filing deadlines for various offices follow:
• Bluffton mayor –
Feb. 6 for candidates registered with a political party
May 6 for candidates filing as independents

• Bluffton council
Feb. 6 for candidates registered with a political party
May 6 for candidates filing as independents

•  Bluffton school board, Beaverdam mayor,
   Beaverdam council, township trustees
Aug. 7 for candidates

Persons holding the seats expiring Dec. 31 that will be on the ballot follow:

Mayor
Richard Johnson, 216 Beaver St. (Republican) (appointed)

Bluffton council
Joe Sehlhorst, 335 Cherry St. (Independent)
Ben Stahl, 414 S. Main St. (Democrat) (appointed)

Bluffton school board – non-partisan
Jeremy Scoles, 205 Hillcrest
Renee Smith, 554 Hunters Run

Richland Township trustees – non-partisan
Donald Brauen, 7140 Tom Fett Road

Monroe Township trustees – non-partisan
Jon E. Basinger, 4080 E. Hook-Waltz Road, Elida

Beaverdam – non-partisan positions

Mayor
Pamela Lepine, 209 S. Lima St., (appointed)

Council
Teresa Cameron, 213 Prospect St.
Franklin Gillette, 215 W. Pearl St.