Six municipal seats — three each in Villa Rica and Temple — will be decided after ballots are counted Tuesday night and at least two of those seats will be filled by non-incumbents.

In most cases, the races will likely be won according to the turnout, which is expected to be light because it is a non-presidential election year. There are also no bond referendums or other controversial issues on the Carroll County ballot, though in Douglas County there is a multi-million dollar SPLOST referendum meant to build a public safety complex.

“I’m expecting a pretty light turnout considering the low number of people we have voting absentee,” Carroll County Elections Supervisor Patti Brown-Traylor said.

Villa Rica’s Ward 3, Ward 4 and Ward 5 are up for grabs and the eventual winner in the Ward 3 race will fill the seat being vacated by longtime Councilman Perry Amidon. Rusty Dean, a former city councilman and Carroll County commissioner, is facing political newcomer Edward Hurst, who owns a local landscaping business.

The Ward 4 race for Villa Rica City Council has three candidates vying for the position currently held by Councilman Joey Kelley, who has served one full term and part of a term vacated by former Councilwoman Jean Williams. Kelley is challenged by local restaurateur Patrick Henrickson and James Scales, a dialysis instructor for kidney patients and a prison chaplain.

In Ward 5, Councilman Woody Holland is being challenged for a fourth term by former Councilman Scott Bates, who is semi-retired and spends most of his time helping the Villa Rica High School Marching Band Boosters and serving as district governor for the Lions Club.

Registered voters for Villa Rica’s Ward 3 and Ward 5 races, as well as those living on the Carroll County side of Ward 4, will cast their respective ballots at the Powell Park Arts Center. However, Douglas County voters living in Ward 4 will choose their candidate at Mirror Lake Elementary School.

Temple’s most heated race is the mayoral rematch between first-term Mayor Rick Ford and former Mayor Lester Harmon. Ford unseated Harmon four years ago after one term and more than 20 years on the City Council. After separate challenges to both candidates’ qualifications to run for office were recently dismissed by the Board of Elections due to lack of substantial evidence, Ford and Harmon are cleared to face off again on Tuesday.

Ward 1 Councilman Larry Estvanko is being challenged for his second term by longtime Temple resident Terron Bivins in a race that has been relatively quiet.

After Councilman Larry Mann decided not to seek another term in the Ward 2 post he’s held for more than 20 years, his son Jay Mann has stepped forward to face Howard Walden, owner of Kingsbrook Estates.

All Temple voters will cast their ballots at the Temple Senior Center. Though members of the Temple City Council represent specific wards, they are elected by voters throughout Temple.