The filing period for candidates seeking election to Tyrrell County offices ends at noon Dec. 20.

Three at-large seats on the board of commissioners will be decided in the Mar. 3 primary and Nov. 3 general election. The terms of Tommy Everett, Lawrence Swain, and Carl Willis end in 2020. Other commissioners, whose terms expire in 2022, are Jordan Davis and Nina Griswell.

Register of deeds Gene Boger’s term ends in 2020 too.

Board of education members Lee Scripture and Janie Spencer are nearing the end of their terms. The school board election will be held Mar. 3 and winners will take office in July. Other members, whose terms end in 2022, are Carlos Armstrong, Karen Clough, and Robin Dunbar.

The Tyrrell elections office in the courthouse in Columbia is open normally from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Candidates must file papers and pay the fee there.

A candidate must be a registered voter in Tyrrell County in order to file for a local office.

2020 is a presidential election year as well.

Candidates for the following offices must file their Notice of Candidacy – and pay their filing fee – with the State Board of Elections in Raleigh:

U.S. Senate.

Governor, lieutenant governor and other Council of State seats.

State Supreme Court justice and Court of Appeals judge.

District and Superior Court judge.

District attorney.

Because of ongoing litigation over the drawing of North Carolina’s 13 congressional districts, filing for candidates for U.S. House has been postponed, the State Board has announced.

Candidates for N.C. House, N.C. Senate and local offices file with their respective county board of elections.

For more information about filing, visit the “Candidate Filing” page on the State Board website.

During the filing period, a statewide candidate list will be posted to the State Board website. The list will be updated regularly.

Beginning in 2020, North Carolina voters will be asked to provide photo identification when voting in-person or absentee-by-mail, with some exceptions.

Voters may provide any type of acceptable photo identification. More than 130 types of ID will be accepted. For a list of acceptable IDs, see https://www.ncsbe.gov/voter-ID.