Ballston Spa to run non-partisan village election | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS BALLSTON SPA — Village leaders are hoping to take some of the nastiness out of the March village elections by taking political parties out of the process. Ballston Spa Mayor Larry Woolbright said the local Republican and Democratic parties have agreed to let the March 16 village election be a non-partisan contest, with neither party endorsing candidates. That means neither party will need to hold a caucus in January to select candidates for two village trustee seats and a village judgeship — but Woolbright said he wanted to change the village election system since before concerns about spreading COVID-19 made activities like party caucuses problematic.