Amador County – Amador County Registrar of Voters Sheldon D. Johnson last week extended the candidate filing period for the upcoming Uniform District Election Law election which will be held Nov. 8.

The filing deadline was extended five days, to Wednesday because incumbents did not file for the reelection in the districts which had 33 vacancies in 12 special districts.

The Ione Memorial District Board of Directors has three director positions up for election, and two of those will be contested, according to the Registrar of Voter’s Office election manager Debbie Smith. They were the only two to be contested.

She said there will not be a race for a 4-year term director position for non-veterans on the Ione Memorial District board. Jack Gasaway filed for that position and will be unopposed. Smith said Gasaway is a veteran, but applied for one of the positions that can be held by non-veterans.

A 4-year director term for veterans on the Ione Memorial District board will be contested in a race between Michael Finch and Richard Brown. And a short term director position for veterans will be contested by Michael Smith and Jerry McCarthy.

The director positions for which no candidates file will be up to the Amador County Board of Supervisors to fill by making appointments. Smith said that would be done when they certify the Ione Memorial District election.

Three districts were filled by candidates filing for the positions. Pine Grove Community Services District had two Directors positions open, and they were filed for by Bruce Sherwood and Robert Blair. Sunset Heights Community Services District had three Directors seats open, and three filed for them, those being Joseph Lang, Tara Farish, and Karen Crabtree. Sutter Creek Fire Protection District had two Commissioner positions open, and they were filed for by John Mottoros and Harold Gamble.

In the Drytown County Water District, Richard Kendall filed for one of two positions, leaving one vacancy. Another two vacancies were in Fiddletown Community Services District, where Margie Strauss filed for one of three open seats. The Lockwood Fire Protection District also had three Director seats open, and Jolene Mittlstadt filed for one of them. In the River Pines Public Utilities District, three people, Cathy Landgraf, Franz Nadermann and Vince Huss filed for four positions, leaving one open seat.

Four districts had no filings, including three seats each at Pine Acres, Rabb Park and Ridgewood Acres Community Service Districts. Ranch House Estates CSD had two board seats open, and nobody filed.

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