Tuesday is the last day in which people seeking elective offices in Carbon County can file petitions to get their names on the ballots in time for the May 18 primary election.

Municipal candidates are required to obtain 10 signatures from registered electors of their party in order to file the paperwork. Municipal positions open for election this year include mayors, borough council members, tax collectors, constables, judges of elections, inspectors of elections and school board members.

For county positions, candidates need 100 signatures of party members. County offices up for grabs this year include clerk of courts, register of wills and clerk of the orphans’ court and treasurer.

County voters will determine nominations within the two major parties - Democratic and Republican - in the May 18 primary election.

County residents are reminded the Carbon County Bureau of Elections’ office has been temporarily relocated due to construction work taking place on Susquehanna Street in Jim Thorpe. The temporary office is located at 410 Center Ave., Jim Thorpe, which is the site of the former Jim Thorpe Area School District Administration Building.

The latest list of candidates who have filed petitions to run for office as of the close of business on Friday includes:

Democrats

Bruce Knepper, constable, Banks Township; Maria E. Smith, tax collector, Bowmanstown Borough; Jacob Kratzer, tax collector, East Penn Township; Terrance P. McCall, tax collector, Lansford Borough; Jay O. Barthel, director, Lehighton Area School Distreict; Joseph Weber, council, two-year term and four-year term, Summit Hill Borough; Joseph D. Homanko Sr., judge, Magisterial District; Lynnette Moyer, tax collector, Weissport Borough; Stacy J. Sheckler, judge of elections, District 13, Franklin Township; Sheryl A. Radocha, judge of elections, District 52, Summit Hill Borough; Lamont G. Sherer, judge of elections, Parryville; and Robert F. Steiger, judge of elections, North/East District, Penn Forest Township.

Republicans

Candace Rodrigues, supervisor, Penn Forest Township; Ryan Saunders, council, Lehighton Borough; Jay O. Barthel, director, Lehighton Area School District; Robert Zellner, director, Lehighton Area School District; Valerie Kane, tax collector, Packer Township; Joseph D. Homanko Sr., judge, Magisterial District; Vincent A. Cuddeford II, council, Weatherly Borough; Ann Shoenberger, inspector of elections, District 12, Franklin Township; Alicia Nyer, judge of elections, Packer Township; Andrew Ramsey, inspector of elections, North/West District, Penn Forest Township; Elizabeth Ramsey, judge of elections, North/West District, Penn Forest Township; and Harmony Smith, inspector of elections, District 52, Summit Hill.