On Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, voters in Scarborough and South Portland will be asked to choose among a slate of candidates for various leadership positions.

In Scarborough there are five candidates for two seats on the Town Council.

Those vying for the three-year terms include a former councilor, a current school board member and several people who’ve been active in town during the past several years.

The candidates are James Benedict, Chris Caiazzo, Robert “Will” Rowan, William “Liam” Somers and Michael Turek. Neither Council Chairwoman Jessica Holbrook nor Councilor Ed Blaise is running for re-election.

Benedict served one term on the council in recent years, Caiazzo has served as the chairman of the Finance Committee for the Board of Education and Turek is a founding member of Scarborough Maine Advocates for Reasonable Taxes.

Somers ran for a seat on the council last fall and Rowan is a political newcomer.

There is no contest for the available seats on the school board. The candidates include two incumbents and two newcomers.

Current chairwoman Donna Beeley and longtime board member Jackie Perry are both seeking re-election to a three-year term, while Kathryn Miles is seeking election for the first time.

And, newcomer Cari Lyford is the only candidate for a one-year seat that was left open by the resignation of Jane Leng, who moved out of state with her family this past summer.

There is also no contest for the two seats on the Scarborough Sanitary District Board of Trustees. Incumbents Nick Rico and Ben Viola are both unopposed for another three-year term.

In South Portland two newcomers are seeking the District 3 City Council seat left vacant by Councilor Melissa Linscott, who decided not to seek re-election.

The candidates for that three-year seat are environmental activist Eben Rose and businessman Ernie Stanhope. Neither has held political office before and both see ways that South Portland can do better.

In the District 4 City Council race Mayor Linda Cohen is facing a challenge from political newcomer Andrew Snyder, who feels the city must plan better for both short-term and long-term challenges.

There is also a contested race for the District 4 Board of Education seat, which was left vacant by the resignation of James Gilboy earlier this year.

The candidates for that three-year seat are Matthew Perkins and Libby Reynolds. Both are newcomers and both have kids in the South Portland schools.

Perkins is an advocate for later start times at the middle schools and high school and Reynolds believes the school district could benefit from a full-time grant writer.

There is no contest for the District 3 school board seat, currently held by Chairman Richard Matthews. In addition, incumbent Tappan Fitzgerald is running unopposed for the District 5 school board seat.

For the one seat available on the Portland Water District Board of Trustees there is only one candidate – Joseph Siviski of South Portland. This seat serves both South Portland and Cape Elizabeth.

Sample ballots are also available on the websites for each municipality.

See www.scarboroughmaine.org/news/tuesdaynovember32015statereferendumelectionandmunicipalelections for the Scarborough sample ballot.

See www.southportland.org/departments/city-clerk/november-3-2015-election for the South Portland sample ballot.

Absentee voting is allowed through the end of business on Thursday, Oct. 29.