Election season has begun in metro cities -- though voters won't always be needed.
Cities ranging from Avondale Estates, population 2,800, to Georgia's newest, Dunwoody, population 40,000, will have no contested elections.
Johns Creek, Norcross and Lilburn have no contested races, either.
Residents had until Oct. 5 to register for the Nov. 3 election.
Early voting begins Oct. 12. Advance voting runs from Oct. 26 to 30. In DeKalb County, all special voting will be held at the county's main election office on Memorial Drive. After Oct. 30, voters must show up at their assigned precincts on Election Day to be counted.
Cities with contested races include those below.
Atlanta
Atlanta Mayor: Lisa Borders, Peter Brownlowe, Kyle Keyser, Mary Norwood, Kasim Reed, Jesse Spikes
City Council President: Ceasar Mitchell, Clair Muller, Dave Walker.
Council District 3: Darrion Fletcher, Ivory Young (i)
Council District 4: LaShawn M. Hoffman, Deborah Williams, Cleta Winslow (i), Sidney Wood
Council District 6: Bahareh Azizi, Steve Brodie, Tad Christian, Liz Coyle, Miguel Gallegos, Alex Wan
Council District 8: Yolanda Adrean, Richard (Rick) Coleman Jr.
Council District 11: Ray Abram, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Johnny Dixon, A. Reginald Eaves, Morris "Mo" Finley, Silas G. Kevil, Edith Ladipo, Juanita M. Smith, Alvelyn Sanders
Council District 12: Curtis Davis Jr, Joyce Sheperd (i), Keisha LaShawn Waites
Council At Large Post 1: Michael Julian Bond, Adam Brackman, Chris Vaughn, Dwanda Farmer
Council At Large Post 2: Amir Farohki, Weslee Knapp, Aaron Watson
Council At Large Post 3: Shelitha Robertson, Henry L. Willis (i)
Board of Education District 2: Donald Walker, Virgil S. Kendrick Jr., Khaatim Sherrer El (i)
Board of Education District 3: Cecily Harsch Kinnane(i), Charles R. Stadtlander
Board of Education District 4:Nancy Meister, Mark Riley (i)
Board of Education District 5: LaChandra Butler-Burks (i), Carolyn B. Jones
Board of Education District 6: Yolanda K. Johnson (i), Akwokwo Redhead, Anne Wofford McKenzie
Board of Education District 9 (At-Large): Emmett Johnson (i), Tony M.L. McCann
Alpharetta
City Council Post 2: Mike Kennedy, Aubrey Osteen
Post 3: John R. Keim, Tom Miller, Chris Owens
Referendum: Relating to a change in homestead exemptions.
Canton
Council Ward 1: Austin Flint, Bob Rush
Council Ward 2: Bill Bryan (i), William Staub
Council Ward 5: Amy Turcotte, John Beresford
Chamblee
At-large City Council seat: Charles Rudd, Scott Taylor (I)
College Park
City Council Ward IV: Charles Phillips (I), April Wyatt
Decatur
City Commission District 1 Post A: Fred Boykin (I), James E. Radford Jr.
District 2 Post A: Patti Garrett, Kyle Williams
Doraville
City Council District 1: Stuart Anderson, John Noonan, Donna Pittman (I)
District 2: Brian Bates (I), Tom Hart
District 3: Virginia "Ginny" Calvert, Clint Howard, Karen Pachuta, Bob Spangler (I)
East Point
Mayor: Threet Brown, Joe Macon (I), Delana Morrissette, Earnestine Pittman
City Council Ward A: Greg Fann (I), Sharonda Hubbard, Craig Jeffares
Ward B: Patricia Langford (I), Eric Morrow
Ward C: Kenneth DeLeon, Marcel Reed (I)
Ward D: Staso Rusek, Jackie Slaughter-Gibbons (I)
Fayette County
Countywide referendum : Voters will decide whether to extend a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST). City elections also are being held in Peachtree City and Fayetteville.
Kennesaw
City Council Post 5: Frank Cullins, Jeff Duckett
Lawrenceville
City Council Post 3: John Merrill, Doug Nash, Katie Hart Smith
Post 4: Rodney Lee Camren, P.K. Martin IV (I)
Marietta
Mayor: William Roy Bolton III, Christopher Lee Neil, Raymond Stevens Tumlin Jr.
City Council Ward 3: Johnny Sinclair, Holly Marie Walquist (I)
City Council Ward 4: Wes Godwin, Irvan A. Pearlberg (I)
City Council Ward 5: Anthony C. Coleman (I), James Dodd, Christopher Wayne Johnson
School board Ward 1: Robert Dee Thanepohn, Logan McClure Weber
School board Ward 5: James Stuart Fleming, Douglas E. Martin
School board Ward 6: Thomas Cheater, Michelle Cooper Kelly
Ballot question: $25 million bond referendum to improve and expand city park system.
McDonough
Mayor: Billy Copeland, Roger Pruitt, Susan Lowry Raven
City Council At Large post: Rufus F. "Sugar" Amis, Mike Crawford, R.J. "Gina" Riffey (i)
Peachtree City
Mayor: Don Haddix, Cyndi Plunkett, Scott Rowland
Roswell
Mayor: Lori Henry, David Tolleson, Jere Wood (I)
City Council Post 3 (special election): Betty Price, Craig Voth
Post 4: Kent Igleheart (I), Jim Pollak
Post 5: Lee Fleck, Jerry Orlans (I)
Post 6: Nancy Diamond, Alex Fudali, James D. Hargreaves
Sandy Springs
Mayor: Donnie Bolena Jr., Bob Brown, Eva Galambos (I), Warren James Hull
City Council District 1: John Paulson, Wilson James Squire III
District 3: Willis W. Cleveland, William C. Collins
District 5: Tibby DeJulio (I), Deborah Hull
Stockbridge
Mayor: R.G. "Rudy" Kelley, Lee Stuart
City Council: Mark A. Alarcon, Harold L. Cochran, Vernon Moss, Charles Reid, Alphonso Thomas
Snellville
City Council Post 3: Robert Jenkins (I), Tom Witts
Post 4: Barbara Bender (I), Niria Dominguez Baggett
Post 5: Jackie O. Ginn, Mike Sabbagh
Sugar Hill
Mayor: Gary Pirkle (I), Andy Sudderth
City Council Post 4: Curtis Northrup, Shohn Tanner
Post 5: Scott Pasell, Mike Sullivan (I)
Suwanee
City Council Post 3: Kevin McOmber (I), Don Trawick
Post 4: Bradley Alexander, Jace Brooks (I)
Post 5: Dan Foster (I)
Stone Mountain
Voters will decide whether to approve a new city charter that changes city government from being run by a strong mayor to one headed by a city manager.
Mayor: Sharon D. Frierson, Beverly R. Jones, Patricia "Pat" Wheeler
City council (three seats): Susan S. Coletti (I), Steve Higgins (I), Paul S. Hollis, Nan Odum Nash, Robert Smith
Woodstock
City Council Ward 1: Randy Brewer (i), Warren Johnson
Staff writers Shane Blatt, Ralph Ellis and Brian O'Shea contributed to this report.
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