PILOT MOUNTAIN — Two seats on the Pilot Mountain Board of Commissioners are on the ballot for the Tuesday election, but neither are facing opposition.

The positions held by long-time Commissioner Carolyn Boyles and appointed Commissioner Andrew French are up for grabs this year, but unless a write-in candidate appears, they both are guaranteed to continue holding their positions after next week’s election.

Four years ago Boyles had announced that she wouldn’t be running for re-election, but then had a change of heart during the filing period and ran successfully for the seat.

Boyles is in her 18th year on the board of commissioners. She was appointed just less than two years into a four-year term held by then-Commissioner Melvin Lambe, who was appointed to the mayor’s post. Then she was re-elected to four more four-year terms following her appointed.

French was appointed last year to fill a commissioner’s seat previously held by now-Mayor Earl Sheppard, who was elected to the mayor’s post two years into his first term on the board.

He said he sees his position as commissioner as a community service role. “It doesn’t matter what capacity I serve in as long as I serve my community,” French said earlier this year when still deciding whether he would run for office.

French said he has been pleased that the current board is working together to put aside personal preferences and let the democratic process work as it is designed to, such as in the case of the liquor-by-the-drink referendum when commissioners who didn’t necessarily support the concept wanted to leave the final decision up to the voters via the referendum.

The poll at the Charles Stone Memorial Library, which serves the town residents, will be open Tuesday from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

For more information, contact the board of elections at 401-8225.

Contact Wendy Byerly Wood at wbyerly-wood@mtairynews.com or 719-1923.