Voters will report to the polls Tuesday for primaries to whittle the fields of candidates for city councils and schools boards in several area counties.

Or at least Lucy Patterson hopes so.

“I don’t think there’s going to be a very big turnout,” said Patterson, election clerk in Jefferson County. “We haven’t had any advance voting.”

Polls will be open for the primaries from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Advance voting for primaries closes at noon Monday.

Primaries are designed to cut the number of candidates on ballots for the general election, which will be April 1.

A rundown of the candidates facing off in area primaries:

Leavenworth County

Leavenworth City Commission. Seven candidates are vying for three seats. The top six finishers among seven candidates will move on to the April election: Ella M. Tayrien, Phil Urban, Lisa Weakley, Brian D. Grittmann, Vicky A. Kaaz, Phil Martin and Wayne Stalnaker.

Easton school board. Two of the four candidates will face off in April for the board’s Position 1 seat; all are Easton residents: Damian Haddock, Jim Heintzelman, Sharon S. Wagner and Anthony Waterman.

Basehor City Council. The top six finishers among 11 candidates will vie for three available council seats in April: John E. Bonee, David K. Breuer, Steven C. Cole, Iris Dysart, Robert F. Harrison, William W. Hooker, Joe Hotujac, David Kalebaugh, Gerald L. Manford, Joseph Odle and Charles David Povilonis.

Tonganoxie mayor. Two candidates will emerge from a field of three: Ronald L. Kampfer II, Herb Robbins and David Taylor.

Tonganoxie City Council. The top four finishers among seven candidates will seek two available seats in April: Tammy Bartels, Jonathan C. Boone, Ron Cranor, Velda Roberts, Lois Seelbinder, James Truesdell and Mike Weston.

Tonganoxie school board. Two among three candidates will seek the board’s Position 1 seat in April: W. Brian Daily, Rick Lamb and Joel Stinson.

Jefferson County

Oskaloosa school district. Two candidates will emerge from a field of three for an at-large seat: John Metzger, Diane Pruitt and Gary Willits. All are Oskaloosa residents.

Valley Falls school district. The top two finishers among a field of three will vie for the Position 1 seat: John K. Coleman, Denison; and Beryl Darrah and Brent Littleton, both Valley Falls.

Franklin County

Wellsville mayor. The top two finishers among three candidates: Dorsey Edwards, John L. Wilhite and Jeanine Berrier.

Williamsburg City Council. Four candidates will emerge from a field of five: Ray Gooding, Dennis C. Landwehr Jr., Kenneth W. Messick, David Staley and Sam Tipton.

Appanoose-Pomona-Williamsburg school district. Two of five candidates will be included on the general election ballot for an at-large seat: Rick Erixson, Ottawa; Sandy Griffin, Pomona; Kenneth Kost, Pomona; Mary Ann Parkin, Williamsburg; and Kevin Reece, Overbrook.

Central Heights school district. Two of three candidates will make the general ballot: Don Hobbs, Princeton; Elizabeth “Betty” A. Raby, Richmond; and Scott Lane Turley, Lane.

“We’ll probably be lucky if we get 10 percent turnout,” said Shari Perry, Franklin County clerk. “But I hope they surprise me.”