SPENCER MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) -- Who's on the ballot in a tiny
North Carolina mill village? This year, no one.

The Charlotte Observer reports that no one has filed to run for
mayor or any of the three town council seats in Spencer Mountain in
Gaston County.

The incumbents say the filing deadline just sneaked up on them,
but they have a solution: They'll just show up at the polls and
write in each other's names.

Gaston County Elections Director Frances Pinion says it's not
unusual for no candidates to file in small communities like this
one.

Write-ins usually solve the problem, but Pinion says Spencer
Mountain's charter keeps incumbents in office until new officials
are elected, so the seats won't be empty.

There are 29 registered voters in Spencer Mountain.