The May 2 general election to select Roanoke City Council members for Ward 1, Ward 2 and Ward 3 was canceled at the Feb. 24 meeting since only the incumbent candidates for each seat filed to run.
A special election to fill the vacancies for the unexpired terms for Ward 1 and Ward 2 will continue as scheduled on May 2.
What happened?
Incumbent Holly Gray was declared the council member for Ward 1, incumbent Brian Darby will continue as council member of Ward 2 and incumbent David Brundage will remain council member of Ward 3, per city documents.
All three council members will serve a three-year term, according to city documents.
More details
Former Roanoke City Council members Bryan Moyers and Hogan Page stepped down from City Council earlier this year, prompting a special election to fill their seats.
John Pullen, Victor Molaschi, Donald J. Glacy and Jeff Barksdale filed for the Ward 1 seat and Jonathan Ackmann and Ernie Adams file for the Ward 2 vacancy.
Roanoke is a home-ruled city with the city divided into three wards with two council members serving each ward, according to the city charter. Only residents living in that ward may vote on the elected official for that area.
Early voting for the May 2 special election will run from April 20-28. Roanoke residents can check to see if they are registered to vote at the Denton County website.