MONTICELLO – A second candidate qualified Friday for the vacantoffice of District Two election commissioner, officials said.

Marie McWilliams of Sontag turned in her qualifying papers lateFriday to challenge Lolly Schultz of West Monticello for theoffice, Circuit Clerk Cindy Stokes said.

The office was left vacant when incumbent Marilyn Daughdrillchose not to seek re-election for personal reasons.

In other election commissioner districts, every incumbent hasqualified with no challengers. Incumbents are Martha Tynes,District One; Lorraine Smith, District Three; June Grubbs, DistrictFour; and Luejean Harvey, District Five.

The qualifying deadline for all county offices is Sept. 3 forthe Nov. 2 general election.

Some races still remain wide open.

“No one has qualified for any of the open school board positionsyet,” Stokes said.

Districts One, Two and Three are on the November ballot.Incumbents for District One and Two are Allen Thurman and MaxieBoutwell, respectively.

District Three is a special election. It was added to the ballotlate last year when incumbent Sherry Thames won election as taxassessor/collector during party primaries in August, leaving theschool board post vacant.

Her husband, Tony Thames, was appointed to fill the vacancy andintends to run for the office.

Lawrence County also has a special election for the constablePost Two office left vacant when Claude Davis succumbed to alengthy illness earlier this year. He won the Post Two electionduring the primary in August 2003.

His son, Brad Davis, was appointed to replace him and is amongfive candidates for the office. Edward C. May, Steve Reid, DavidTullos and Claude H. Wallace also have qualified to run.