Two Democratic candidates for countywide office deemed ineligible to run in Warren County due to their voter registration status have let a hearing date pass, the local party’s presiding officer said Wednesday.

Geoffrey Greetham, one of seven who had filed for circuit clerk, and Crystal Fay Jenkins, one of six who had entered the tax assessor’s race, were not registered to vote in Warren County upon findings by the Warren County Democratic Executive Committee after the March 1 qualifying deadline. Neither had requested a hearing before the committee to challenge the findings before a deadline Tuesday, committee chair John Shorter said.

Party primaries are Aug. 2, and the general election is Nov. 8. District races for supervisor will take place under current lines, with a second election next year along new lines a near-certainty due to population shifts in the 2010 census.

State law mandates a person be a qualified elector of the county where the office is being sought. Independent filers need 50 signatures on a qualifying petition. No candidates from the Republican primary ballot have been dropped, according to the Warren County Republican Executive Committee.

Races for circuit clerk and tax assessor feature multiple challengers, as do contests for five of seven posts elected countywide.

Circuit Clerk Shelly Ashley-Palmertree, a Democrat, is opposed by Preston Balthrop on the primary ballot. Bill Jeffers and David Sharp are running as Republicans. Primary winners face independents Jan Hyland Daigre and Robert Terry in the Nov. 8 general election.

For assessor, Angela Brown and Gary Lick are in the Democratic primary while Mike Caruthers is unopposed on the Republican ballot. Winners face independents Ben Luckett and Doug Tanner in the general election. The ultimate winner succeeds four-term incumbent Richard Holland, one of two incumbent countywide officeholders retiring at year’s end.

Six candidates have filed to succeed retiring Chancery Clerk Dot McGee. Walter Osborne is the lone Democrat in the race, while Dawn Cain Barnes, Donna Farris Hardy and Doug Whittington are vying on the Republican side. Primary winners face independents Alecia Ashley and Gene Thompson.

Tax Collector Antonia Flaggs Jones, a Democrat, faces Republican Patty Mekus in the general election, as neither has a primary opponent.

All five Warren County supervisors face opposition. The District 1 primary field includes incumbent David McDonald and fellow Republicans Joe Channell and John Arnold. The winner faces independents Jerry Briggs and Reed Birdsong. In District 2, incumbent William Banks faces Tommie Rawlings in the Democratic primary and Trey Smith in the Republican primary. The winner faces independent De Reul.

Districts 3, 4 and 5 feature contested general election races. Incumbent Charles Selmon faces independent James Stirgus Jr. in the city-based District 3. District 4 Supervisor Bill Lauderdale faces Democrat Casey Fisher. District 5 Supervisor Richard George is challenged by three independents, J.W. Carroll, Ellis Tillotson and Joe Wooley.

Martin Pace, an independent, faces a challenge in the general election by retired deputy Bubba Comans, a Democrat.

County Prosecutor Richard Johnson and Coroner Doug Huskey are unopposed for their respective countywide positions. District Attorney Ricky Smith, elected from the Ninth Circuit Court District covering Warren, Sharkey and Issaquena counties, is also unopposed. The county’s three justice court judges, Eddie Woods, James Jefferson Jr. and Jeff Crevitt, and three constables, Glenn McKay, Randy Naylor and John Heggins, are also unchallenged this year.