No contests, write-ins on tap in Pelham town election GAZETTE FILE PHOTO GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Published: 5/5/2021 6:07:38 AM PELHAM — Several vacancies in elected positions in town government could be filled by write-in candidates at Tuesday’s town election, which, like last year, features no contested elections and only incumbents running for reelection. Voters can vote in person from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Ramsdell Room at the Pelham Library, 2 South Valley Road. A ballot without contests and featuring write-ins is not unusual in Pelham, even before the COVID-19 pandemic that made collecting signatures for nomination forms last June difficult. A January 2020 special election for a vacant seat on the Select Board, for instance, yielded only write-in candidates, and the top vote-getter at the time declined the opportunity to serve.