School districts and cities starting calling elections last week for May 8 balloting.

Filing dates for the elections are Feb. 6-March 8.

In all, voters across Freestone county will elect a total of 19 members to city and school governing bodies.

School board trustees serve 3-year terms and city officials serve for two years.

Fairfield residents must choose a mayor and three members to the council, which includes filling the remaining year of an unexpired term.

Currently serving full terms which expire in May are Mayor Roy Hill and councilmen Joe Lee Kirgan, Jr., in place one and Luke Ward, Jr., in place two.

The unexpired term is for the seat occupied by Lane Stripling, who died in December.

The Fairfield council will vote on Feb. 9 to call the election, but candidates can pick up election packets prior to that.

Voters in Fairfield Independent School District will fill posts currently held by Teresa Vandiver, Steve Schauwecker and LaCharles Bass. FISD trustees are elected atlarge.

The FISD board voted last week to call the election.

Teague ISD trustees will meet Jan. 28 to call the spring election to fill seats currently held by Scott Hamilton in place two and Jeff Gonzales in place four.

Because of a couple of vacancies, Teague city voters must almost entirely refill aldermen posts in May.

Only three aldermen of five aldermen and the mayor remain and, because of the shortage in numbers, the Teague council cannot presently hold any special meetings.

Up for election, and still serving, are Mayor Jacquelyn Utsey and aldermen James Monks in place one and Dickie Moore in place three.

Voters also must fill the remaining year of unexpired terms for places four and five on the council.

The Teague election was called Monday evening.

Wortham ISD has two seats, place three held by Brent Jones and place four held by Scott Spencer, up for election this year. The election will be called at the February trustees meeting.

Up for a vote in the City of Wortham are at-large council posts currently held by Albert Hall, Cliff Nesmith and Frank A. McLellan.

Fairfield Hospital District, which usually holds its election in May, is seeking approval from the U.S. Department of Justice to move the vote to November to coincide with the general election conducted by Freestone county.

Dew ISD made the move from May to April a couple of years ago.

The last day to register to vote in the May elections is April 8.

Early voting will be conducted April 26-May 4.