As the Tuesday, Nov. 3 Election Day approaches, voters in Oakdale and Riverbank will have the opportunity to choose City Council members in each community. Riverbank also has a race for the school board while three incumbents are unopposed for the school board in Oakdale.

For the Oakdale City Council, candidates on the ballot will vie for the two available four-year terms on the council. They include incumbent Kayleigh Gilbert, former councilman Fred Smith, along with Benjamin Amaral, Mary Buchanan, Christopher Chavez and Sal Hernandez.

Oakdale currently has at-large elections, meaning the top two vote getters in November will win the seats.

Incumbent Oakdale Mayor Cherilyn Bairos is unopposed in her bid for reelection and will not face a challenger for another four-year term.

In the Oakdale Joint Unified School District, incumbents Bill Duvall, Diane Gilbert and Clayton R. Schemper are all unopposed.

Riverbank residents will head to the polls with races for two council seats, with competition for the four-year posts in District 1 and District 3.

Incumbent Luis Uribe is seeking reelection to his District 1 seat and is being challenged by Nai Nicholas Sosongkham, Sherry Fenn and Jeannette Reyes.

In District 3, the candidates are Carissa Commons and Sammi Martinez, each seeking to fill the post.

Riverbank Unified School District has three seats up for election but only one contested race. Martha E. Gonzalez is running against incumbent Katie Wedge for Area 2, with incumbents Diana S. Gonzalez, Area 3 and Elizabeth Meza, Area 4, running unopposed.

Also on the ballot in Riverbank is Measure M. Voters will be asked to cast ballots on a ‘Citizen Initiative Measure’ to require voter approval of urban development on agricultural or open space lands west of the city limits.

The measure, if adopted, would then require that a “majority of city voters approve at an election any decision of the Riverbank City Council that would authorize or facilitate development of urban uses on agricultural or open space lands located west of the current city limits of the City of Riverbank.”

There are numerous state races as well, in addition to several propositions; voters can mail in their ballots, drop them off at a number of locations or go to the polls on Election Day to cast their vote.