<p>  Special elections will be held in five Ringgold county communities Tuesday, Aug. 3.</p> <p>An election to name a member of the Mount Ayr city council will be held in Mount Ayr along with franchise elections  for sewer systems in Benton, Delphos, Redding and Maloy.</p> <p>The sample ballots for the election are included in today’s Mount Ayr Record-News.</p> <p>Two names will be on the ballot for the Mount Ayr city council seat. They include Raymond Hensley and Wes Mathany. Hensley is serving as the temporary replacement until the election.</p> <p>The election is being held to name a replacement for Kirk Greenman to the council. Greenman resigned from the council earlier.</p> <p>In the franchise elections, the Southern Iowa Rural Water Association is seeking a nonexclusive franchise to construct a sewer utility in each of the communities for a 40-year period.</p> <p>Absentee voting in the elections is now open.</p> <p>Elections will be held in each of the five communities on August 3, with polls open from 12 noon to 8 p.m.</p>