Two seats on the Town of Bel Air’s Board of Commissioners will be up for election in November. Chair Paula Etting’s and Commissioner Mary Chance’s four-year terms end in November.

Etting was chosen as the board’s chair in 2023; that position comes with the honorary title of mayor. She and Chance were elected in 2021 and are finishing their first terms of office.

The three other town commissioners — Steven T. Chizmar, Jakob D. Taylor and James B. Rutledge III — were elected in 2023; their terms expire in November 2027.

Anyone who wishes to file as a candidate for the Board of Commissioners must do so on or before Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. Filing must be done in person at Town Hall. Each candidate will be asked to complete a written certificate of candidacy and code of ethics financial disclosure statement, and pay a $25 fee, according to the Town of Bel Air’s website.

Potential candidates must have resided in the town for at least six months immediately preceding the election and should be a registered voter in Maryland, the website states.

The town’s voter registration deadline is Oct. 14 at 5 p.m. Any residents who have questions regarding registration should contact the Harford County Board of Elections on or before the registration date. Voter registration applications are available at the elections office at 133 Industry Lane in Forest Hill or online at www.harfordvotes.gov.

Absentee mail-in ballots can be requested at Bel Air’s Town Hall or online at www.belairmd.org/657/Election-2025. Mail-in ballot request forms must be submitted by Oct. 28 at 4:30 p.m. via mail, or 11:59 p.m. if the request was sent by fax or email.

After the Oct. 28 deadline, mail-in ballot request forms and ballots must be picked up in person at Town Hall.

This year’s election will be 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 4 at the Bel Air Town Hall at 39 N. Hickory Ave.

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