Residents of the Lakes Region will join the nation in voting Tuesday, Nov. 8 on their preferred presidential candidate, bringing to close a contentious and, by many accounts, unusual election.

They will also vote for representatives to Congress and the state Legislature, and voice their opinion on five citizen-referendum questions, including one to decide whether the state will legalize recreational marijuana and another that would require background checks for private gun sales.

Bridgton residents will also vote whether to ban the sale and use of consumer fireworks in town, and whether to allow the Bridgton Farmers Market to relocate to the green on Depot Street in May 2017.

The Bridgton Farmers Market has set up stands on the edge of the parking lot of the Bridgton Community Center for a couple years. Robert Peabody, town manager, said the Selectboard asked the market to move vendors back from the parking lot, on to the green space next to the Community Center. The market instead petitioned, and received supporting signatures, to move operations to the green strip directly off Depot Street, where it operated before the reconstruction of Depot Street roughly a year and a half ago.

Bridgton voters will also choose one of four candidates to serve a one-year term on the Town Council, to expire in June 2017. The position was previously held by Paul Hoyt, who moved from Bridgton.

In Gray, voters will decide whether to expend nearly $500,000 from undesignated surplus to support the relocation efforts of the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum. The funds would help the non-profit railroad company, based in Portland, build a new museum and lay railroad track behind the Gray Plaza on Route 100.

Standish voters will decide whether to keep term-limits for local elected officials. A charter amendment enacted in 2014 means Town Council, School Board and Budget Committee members can serve up to two consecutive three-year terms or four successive years on a single board or committee. The measures allows municipal officers to run again three years after the end of their term.

The question of whether to amend the charter to abolish term limits for the three municipal boards was put on the ballot following discussions in which the majority of council members said term limits are ineffective and do not serve the town.

Term limits were first introduced for Town Council, School Board and Budget Committee Members in November 2014, following a citizen-initiated petition that received more than 1,200 signatures.

There are no local referendum questions or contested races in Windham, where four seats on the Town Council and two seats on the Regional School Unit 14 Board of Directors are vacant. Councilors Robert Muir and Council Chairwoman Donna Chapman are running for re-election for one At-Large and one South District seat, respectively. Jarrod Maxfield is running unopposed for the North District seat, previously held by Councilor Roy Moore, who is not seeking re-election.

There are no candidates for a one-year At-Large term on the council, to fill a seat previously held by the Tommy Gleason, who died in May.

Eric Colby is running for re-election to the Regional School Unit 14 Board of Directors. Scott Mclean is running for a vacant School Board seat, previously held by Jennifer Fleck.

Casco, Naples, New Gloucester, Raymond and Sebago have no local referendum questions nor candidates.

Absentee ballots must be received by your town’s election clerk by 8 p.m. on Election Day.

A closer look

Polling locations and hours for Lakes Region towns are as follows:

Casco
Community Center, 940 Meadow Road
8 a.m.-8 p.m.

Gray
Newbegin Community Center at 22 Main St.
6 a.m.-8 p.m.

Naples
Town Office gym, 15 Village Green Lane
8 a.m.-8 p.m.

New Gloucester
Fire Station, 611 Lewiston Road
6 a.m.-8 p.m.

Raymond
Jordan Small Middle School, 423 Webbs Mill Road
7 a.m.-8 p.m.

Sebago
Town Office, 406 Bridgton Road
7 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Standish
Sebago Lake Room, Town Hall, 175 Northeast Road
6 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Windham
Main gym, Windham High School, 406 Gray Road
7 a.m.-8 p.m.