Early voting opens Friday, June 1, in the June 19 special election runoff for a City Council member in Statesboro District 5.

The candidates are Don Armel and Derek Duke, vying to fill the unexpired term through 2019 of former councilman Travis Chance, who resigned in March and is now a Bulloch County commissioner candidate in a separate runoff. The county and state runoffs do not occur until July 24, and the only early voting available now is for Statesboro council District 5.

In-person early voting will be available 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, and then Monday through Friday until June 15 in the Board of Elections and Registration area of the County Annex, 113 North Main St.

Absentee ballots are also available for mailing out June 1-15.

Election Day voting will occur at one location, Pittman Park United Methodist Church, 1102 Fair Road, the city precinct for District 5, from 7 a.m. till 7 p.m. June 19.

Because this is a runoff from the May 22 special election, the last day to register to vote was April 24 and has already passed.

Elections Supervisor Patricia Lanier Jones released this information Thursday, with a sample ballot as an ad to appear Sunday.