Twelve Democratic and 16 Republican petitions have been filed to date in the Carbon County Elections Bureau on behalf of people seeking elective office in the May 19 primary election.

The petition-filing period began runs through the end of the day on Tuesday.Those filing petitions to date include:DemocratsMax Matyascik, 410 W. White St., Summit Hill, constable; George J. Bozar III, 312 Pole Road, Weatherly, constable, Packer Township; Joseph Butrie, 443 E. Ridge St., Lansford, council, four-year term; Grant R. Hunsicker, 400 N. Fourth St., Lehighton, council, four-year term; David A. Wargo, 236 E. Hazard St., Summit Hill, council, four-year term; Arland Moyer, 306 White St., Weissport, council, four-year term; Michael J. Huber, 1492 Mauch Chunk Lane, Jim Thorpe, Jim Thorpe Area School Board.Also, Robert Schaninger, 67 Lehigh St., Jim Thorpe, Jim Thorpe Area School Board; Charles J. Schalles, 3 E. Maple St., Tresckow, supervisor, Banks Township; David Bryfogle, 2515 Church Hill Road, Lehighton, supervisor, East Penn Township; Jesse Mendez, 445 Drift Road, Palmerton, supervisor, Lower Towamensing Township; and Gary Porembo, 4 11th Ave., Nesquehoning, Panther Valley School Board.RepublicansSalvatore Lizzio, 196 Ore St., Bowmanstown, constable; Curtis A. Ashner, 188 N. Lake Drive, Lake Harmony, constable, Kidder Township; Anton Leppler, 31 Orange St., Albrightsville, constable, Penn Forest Township; Norman Engle Jr., 515 White St., Bowmanstown, council, four-year term; Pamela J. Leiby, 322 Ore St., Bowmanstown, council, four-year term; John M. Turcmanovich, 332 E. Snyder Ave., Lansford, council, four-year term; Bruce Markovich, 403 E. Patterson St., Lansford, council, four-year term; Darryl W. Arner, 410 S. Eighth St., Lehighton, council, four-year term; Terry L. Costenbader, 645 Columbia Ave., Palmerton, council, four-year term; Norman B. Richie, 627 E. Second St., Weatherly, mayor.Also, Robert Schaninger,67 Lehigh St., Jim Thorpe, Jim Thorpe Area School Board; Michael J. Huber, 1492 Mauch Chunk Lane, Jim Thorpe, Jim Thorpe Area School Board; Gary Porembo, 4 11th Ave., Nesquehoning, Panther Valley School Board; Larry Polansky, 6 Azalea Lane, Lake Harmony, supervisor, Kidder Township; Barbara Smith Franzosa, 748 Route 534, Albrightsville, supervisor, Kidder Township; and Thomas F. Newman, 65 Johnson Lane, Lehighton, supervisor, Towamensing Township.