Carbon County Board of Elections personnel continue the laborious task of recording the names of people seeking public office in the 2017 municipal primary election to be held on May 16.

At the close of the filing period on Tuesday, hundreds of candidates were recorded as having successfully filed nominating petitions to get their names on either the Democratic or Republican ballots.The latest list of filings includes:DemocratsWendy K. Hoppel, 1455 Deer Lane, Lehighton, inspector of elections, Towamensing Township District 56; Dolores M. Sotack, 170 Sotack Lane, Weatherly, Lausanne Township inspector of elections; Joseph R. Genits, 232 W. Front St., Lansford, council; Barbara J. Cunnius, 210 Sixth St., Weatherly, judge of elections, District 58.Cindi J. Cunnius, 210 Sixth St., Weatherly, inspector of elections, District 58; Barbara B. Eastland, 503 Hamilton St., Bowmanstown, council; Marian C. Lockwood, 21 E. Oak St., Tresckow, Banks Township tax collector; Irene A, Genther, 60 Oak Court, Nesquehoning, Panther Valley school director.Mary Soberick, 109 W. Abbott St., Lansford, council; Brenda E. Leiby, 210 Bridge St., Weissport, council; David Schwartz, 860 Lafayette Ave., Palmerton, Palmerton school director.David F. Bradley Sr., 330 Airport Road, Lehighton, Franklin Township supervisor; David F. Bradley Sr., 330 Airport Road, Lehighton, Lehighton school director; Debra Ranck, 43 E. Ludlow St., Summit Hill, council; Sara E. Solt, 816 North St., Jim Thorpe, inspector of elections, District 16.Deborah J. Gigliotti, 83 Polar Court, Summit Hill, Carbon County Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans' Court; Rebecca Worthy, 37 Canal St., Lehighton, Lehighton school director; Gail Maholick, 576 Main Road, Lehighton, Lehighton school director.Gerald Strubinger, 555 W. 10th St., Jim Thorpe, Jim Thorpe school director; Katherine J. Baumgardt, 3160 Fireline Road, Palmerton, Palmerton school director; Lamont G. Sherer, 190 Main St., Parryville, judge of elections; David Bodnar Sr., 49 E. Market St., Tresckow, Banks Township judge of elections; Douglas J. Nothstein, 162 S. Fourth St., Lehighton, mayor.Raniero Marciante, 23 Leisure Lane, Jim Thorpe, Jim Thorpe school director; Sharon K. Hinkle, 424 N. Fireline Road, Palmerton, Parryville council; Rose Mary Cannon, 242 W. Ridge St., Lansford, council; Bernard Berlow, 338 Columbia Ave., Palmerton, inspector of elections, District 48; Sarina Berlow, 338 Columbia Ave., Palmerton, judge of elections, District 48; Natalie Kleintop, 1845 Summer Mountain Road, Palmerton, judge of elections, Towamensing Township District 57-2; Rebecca Worthy, 37 Canal St., Lehighton, Lehighton school director; James Gilmore, 50 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe, judge of elections, District 17.RepublicansLisa M. Nemeth, 821 First St., Palmerton, tax collector; David Schwartz, 860 Lafayette Ave., Palmerton, Palmerton school director; Gerald Strubinger, 555 W. 10th St., Jim Thorpe, Jim Thorpe school director; Katherine J. Baumgardt, 3160 Fireline Road, Palmerton, Palmerton school director; Raniero Marciante, 23 Leisure Lane, Jim Thorpe, Jim Thorpe school director; Rebecca Worthy, 37 Canal St., Lehighton, Lehighton school director.Kamara Wentz, 640 Cypress St., Lehighton, judge of elections, District 29; Howard R. Boehringer Jr., 145 Tatra Drive, Lehighton, Franklin Township auditor; Jason Frey, 125 Cedar St., Lehighton, Franklin Township supervisor; Irene Genther, 60 Oak Court, Nesquehoning, Panther Valley school director.Sharlene Strauss, 116 Buck Mountain Road, Weatherly, Lehigh Township inspector of elections; Robert Slaw, 772 Fredericks Grove Road, Lehighton, Mahoning Township supervisor.Martin S. Ditsky, 330½ E. Abbott St., Lansford, council; Jean Papay, 585 Maple Drive, Palmerton, Carbon County Register of Wills and Clerk or Orphans' Court; David F. Bradley Sr., 330 Airport Road, Lehighton, Lehighton school director.Ellen Fink, 138 Main St., Parryville, inspector of elections; Alicia Nyer, 864 Hudson Drive, Weatherly, Packer Township judge of elections; Jeffrey Miller, 614 Third St., Weatherly, council; Sharon Roegge, 656 W. Oak Lane, White Haven, inspector of elections, Kidder Township District 20.John Tranguch, 76 Tamaqua St., Beaver Meadows, judge of elections; Judith Tranguch, 76 Tamaqua St., Beaver Meadows, inspector of elections; Michael J. Christman, 630 Lakeside Drive, Lehighton, judge of elections, Towamensing Township District 56.