Another potential candidate has picked up a petition to run in the Aug. 4 special election for the 6^th District seat on the Dickson County Commission and two people have started the qualifying process for constable. The Dickson County Election Office reports Luke Blair picked up a petition for the 6^th District special election to fill the two years remaining on the term of Benny Spencer, who died suddenly in November 2014 shortly after being elected to his fourth term. Becky Spicer also has picked up a petition to seek the 6^th District seat. A niece of Spencer, Spicer was elected by the commission for the interim appointment to the position until the special election. As of Monday, neither candidate had returned the petition. The county general election also will include a special election for the 12^th District seat on the county commission after Randy Hogin resigned last summer after being elected to a second term in 2014. So far, nobody has begun the process to qualify in that race. Jeff Spencer, who is the son of Benny Spencer, was elected for the interim appointment but as of Monday had not picked up a petition to be on the fall ballot for the remaining two years. All six of Dickson County’s constable positions will be on the ballot for four-year terms. Danny C. Tucker Jr. has picked up a petition to run for constable in the 3^rd Constable District, which is the county’s 2^nd and 7^th districts, where Scotty Harrell is the incumbent. After winning a 2014 special election as a write-in candidate following the death of J.B. Smith, Tim Cunningham has picked up a petition to run for a full term in the 6^th Constable District, which is the 4^th and 5^th county districts. Neither has turned in his petition as of Monday. With Dickson County Assessor of Property Gail Davis Wren deciding not to seek a sixth term, Jenny Heath Martin, a deputy clerk in the assessor’s office, has picked up papers to seek the office. The 1^st, 3^rd and 5^th school district seats on the Dickson County School Board also will be on the ballot, but as of Monday no petitions have been issued in those races. Dickson County’s two seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives will hold primaries on Aug. 4. As of Monday, incumbent Mary Littleton is the only candidate to begin qualifying in the 78^th District race as the Republican from Dickson seeks a third term. Travis Staten of Dickson picked up a petition for the Democratic Primary in the 69^th District while Michael Curcio of Dickson has turned in his petition to be on the 69^th District Republican Primary ballot after losing the 2014 general election to eight-term incumbent David Shepard by 15 votes. Shepard said on a Power Lunch program last week that he has not decided whether he will seek a ninth term. The deadline to qualify for the Aug. 4 county general election or state primaries is noon April 7. Early voting began Wednesday in Dickson and Charlotte for the Presidential Preference Primary. Today will be the first day of extended voting hours. Early voting will be 10 am-8 pm at the election office at 110A Academy St. in Charlotte and at Restoration Church on Henslee Drive in Dickson. Early voting will be 8 am-4 pm at both locations Friday and 9 am-noon Saturday in Charlotte only. Early voting continues through Feb. 23 with the primary to be held March 1.