The board race are "at large" meaning top 3 vote getters win. No assigned seats.

That opens the races for unique circumstances not found in designated seat races. When a voter goes to the polls, they have the option to vote for any three of the four candidates in the board race. Or they can just vote for two or just one.

There's an old political strategy in this style of election. It's called "single shot" voting. Some candidates have learned to ask voters to "single shot" them. That means the voter would only vote for one candidate instead of three. What this does is triple the value of that one vote in other words, that one vote really equals three. Single shot voting is not illegal and is effective in determining elections.

I'm certainly not promoting the single shot voting, I'm simply explaining what it is and how it works. Voters will have to make the decision on who and how many they want to vote for.

Many times, I've heard Lenoir City candidates tell voters, "You can vote for three but single shot me".

This will be an interesting election. Only 3 can win a seat.