Early voting gets underway Thursday in Asheville for the city's primary election, which will take place on October 10th. Voters will pare down the number of candidates for city council from 12 to 6, and for mayor from 4 to 2. Those who advance will face off in the general election on November 7th, when voters will choose a mayor and 3 city council seats. The lone early voting site is at the Buncombe County Election Services building at 77 McDowell Avenue in Asheville. Early voting hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every weekday until October 7th. That day, which is the final one for early voting, ballots can be cast from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be no early voting on September 23rd, 24th, 30th, and October 1st.
CANDIDATES FOR ASHEVILLE MAYOR
Johnathan Austin Glover
Esther Manheimer *
Martin Ramsey
Johnanthan Wainscott
CANDIDATES FOR ASHEVILLE CITY COUNCIL
Pratik Bhakta
Cecil Bothwell *
Andrew Fletcher
Jeremy Goldstein
Vijay Kapoor
Jan (Howard) Kubiniec
Rich Lee
Kim Roney
Sheneika E. Smith
Adrian Vassallo
Dee Williams
Gwen Wisler *
(* = incumbent)
