Monday was a hectic day for the Carbon County Bureau of Elections as candidates aspiring to elective office in the May 18 primary election took the time to file nominating petitions to get their names placed on the respective ballots, one day ahead of the filing period deadline (4 p.m. today).

The latest list of people filing petitions Monday includes:

Democrats

Ben Price, borough council, Bowmanstown Borough; Thomas Highland, borough council, Jim Thorpe Borough; Randolph Gursky, borough council, Palmerton Borough; Alyson Nicole Krawchuk, borough council, Palmerton Borough; Joseph Butrie, mayor, Lansford Borough; Glenn F. Confer Sr., director, Jim Thorpe Area School District; Joy Renee Beers, director, Lehighton Area School District; Barbara A. Bowles, director, Lehighton Area School District; Jennifer Laible, director, Lehighton Area School District; Gail Maholick, director, Lehighton Area School District; Kerry L. Sittler, director, Lehighton Area School District; Dache Zelrick, director, Lehighton Area School District; Walter Zlomsowitch, director, Lehighton Area School District; Danielle Paules, director, Palmerton Area School District; Earl J. Paules, director, Palmerton Area School District; Erin Snyder, director, Palmerton Area School District; Renee DeMelfi, director, Panther Valley School District; Keith A. Krapf, director, Panther Valley School District; Carol A. Tulay, tax collector, Lausanne Township; Wendy K. Hoppel, inspector of elections, District 56, Towamensing Township; James Gilmore, judge of elections, District 17, Jim Thorpe Borough.

Republicans

Joseph J. Foster, borough council, two-year term, Weissport Borough; Gwyneth Brimmer, borough council, Lansford Borough; Autumn Abelovsky, borough council, Lehighton Borough; Jeffery Miller, borough council, Weatherly; Joy Renee Beers, director, Lehighton Area School District; Barbara A. Bowles, director, Lehighton Area School District; Jennifer Laible, director, Lehighton Area School District; Gail Maholick, director, Lehighton Area School District; Kerry L. Sittler, director, Lehighton Area School District; Robert Zellner, director, Lehighton Area School District; Dache Zelrick, director, Lehighton Area School District; Walter Zlomsowitch, director, Lehighton Area School District; Danielle Paules, director, Palmerton Area School District; Earl J. Paules, director, Palmerton Area School District; Erin Snyder, director, Palmerton Area School District; Renee DeMelfi, director, Panther Valley School District; Keith A. Krapf, director, Panther Valley School District; Bruce Berger, supervisor, Kidder Township; Wilson D. Klotzman Jr., supervisor, Kidder Township; Keith L. House, supervisor, East Penn Township; Terry Kuehner, supervisor, Lower Towamensing Township; Deborah K. McGowan, supervisor, Mahoning Township; Ronald B. Reeser, supervisor, Mahoning Township; Sue Ann Gerhard, supervisor, Packer Township; Judith M. Knappenberger, supervisor, Penn Forest Township; Josiah Behrens III, tax collector, Penn Forest Township; Zachary Snyder, mayor, Bowmanstown Borough; Clark A. Ritter, mayor, Lehighton Borough; Thomas Jeremy Kattner, mayor, Nesquehoning Borough; Kevin Zelienka, treasurer, Carbon County; Jean Papay, register of wills and clerk of orphans’ court, Carbon County; Shirley A. Kessell, inspector of elections, Beaver Meadows Borough; Doren S. Perdie, inspector of elections, District 17, Jim Thorpe Borough; Steven Perdie, inspector of elections, District 17, Jim Thorpe Borough; Delores C. Cosgrove, inspector of elections, District 51-04, Penn Forest Township; Mary Anne Shafer, inspector of elections, District 57-2, Towamensing Township; Candy Everett, judge of elections, District 7, East Penn Township; and Kay Becker, judge of elections, District 8, East Penn Township.