Remember to vote: City elections Tuesday

Elections for the city of Bonners Ferry and Moyie Springs take place from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Bonners Ferry city residents voting according to precinct: Valley View precinct at Valley View Elementary, Kootenai, Bonners Ferry and North Bonners Ferry voters casting their ballots in Memorial Hall at Boundary County Fairgrounds..

As all of Moyie Springs lies within the Moyie Springs precinct, eligible voters there will cast their ballots at Moyie Springs City Hall.

Mayor Dave Anderson will face Stephen Galbraith who will run against him for mayor of Bonners Ferry.

Two city council seats will be challenged in Bonners Ferry and two in Moyie Springs.

In Bonners Ferry two at large council positions currently held by Connie Wells and Chris Clark are to be decided. Candidates in the running are incumbents Connie Wells and Chris Clark, former council member Dave Gray and chief of police Rick Alonzo.

Clark’s name is on the ballot, but he recently purchased a home and will be moving out of the city limits.  Should Clark be elected he will only be able to serve until his house in the city limits sells and he moves in to the county.

In Moyie Springs there council member will Geoff Hollenbeck will not run and incumbent Terry Johnson is up against Roseanne Smith, Bart Klaus and Doug Reoch.

In city elections the candidate getting the most votes wins and when there are two positions available the top two candidates win.

As there were no challenged positions on fire boards those incumbents will retain their positions and no election will be held.

Boundary County will be overseeing the election counting votes and results will be posted as they become available on the county web site, www.boundarycountyid.org.