Of the 195 elected offices for the August primary in Grays Harbor and Pacific counties, only a handful failed to attract any candidates during the official filing period last week. Among that handful, however, were critical school district and fire district offices.

In Grays Harbor County, fire districts with one or more unfiled for offices include districts 3, 6, 15 and 16. Both counties also have multiple park district positions available, and Grays Harbor County’s cemetery district positions 1-3 remain open.

There will be another shortened filing period in both counties to try to gain interest from candidates for the open positions. According to the Pacific County Auditor’s Office, theirs will be open for three days between May 30 and June 1. As of Monday afternoon the Grays Harbor County Auditor’s office had not set a time frame for filing for vacant offices.

The list of offices with no current candidates is below separated by county.

GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY

Oakville School District Positions 3 and 4.

Taholah School District School, Positions 2, 3, 4 and 5

Satsop School District School, Director Position 2

Oakville School District School, Director Districts 2 and 3

Fire District 3, Positions 2 and 3

Fire District 6, Position 1

Fire District 15, Positions 2 and 3

First District 16, Positions 2 and 3

Park District 1, Positions 3 and 4

Cemetery District 1, Commissioner Positions 1, 2 and 3

Water District 1, Position 2

Water District 8, Position 1

PACIFIC COUNTY

School District 301 Director District 1

Chinook Fire District 2, Commissioner Position 3

South Bend Fire District 8, Commissioner Positions 2 and 3

Fire District 15, Commissioner Districts 1, 2

Parks District, Positions 3 and 4