Today is Election Day in Wareham. Voters have the opportunity to elect members of the Board of Selectmen, School Committee, the Sewer Commissioners and various other town boards. Polls are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

At the top of the ballot, Selectman Chair Alan Slavin is seeking re-election against a challenge from resident Michael Frates, who unsuccessfully sought a seat on the board last year.

Slavin, in his third year as a selectman, has previously served on a number of other boards in town and is a member of the executive committee for the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District.

Frates said he previously worked as an assistant manager of quality control at a high-speed rail company and retired in 2002. Last year he received 562 votes, finishing behind Peter Teitelbaum and Judith Whiteside, who garnered 868 and 837 respectively to win the two available seats.

For School Committee, three candidates are vying for two available three-year seats.

Three-term member Geoff Swett is seeking re-election. Michael Flaherty chose not to seek re-election, citing a desire to spend more time with his family. That left an opening for two political newcomers -- Judy Caporiccio and Julianne Cummings -- to jump into the fray.

Caporiccio said she has 36 years of experience as an educator, including work as a reading teacher, a special education teacher and a department head, in Somerset and Westwood. She moved to Swifts Beach last year after years as a summer resident and was elected president of the Swifts Beach Improvement Association last summer.

Cummings has been a resident for 20 years and has seen her children and grandchildren go through Wareham Schools. She said she has not held elected office before but belongs to a number of conservative political groups and is concerned about the state of the schools.

The newly created Board of Sewer Commissioners will be a five-member unpaid board with authority over sewer plans, policies, rates and other similar matters – taking those matters off the shoulders of Selectmen.

The board will consist of one one-year seat, one two-year seat and one three-year seat for sewer users; a three-year term for a non-sewer user, and a two-year “at large” seat, which may be filled by a user or non-user.

Finance Committee member Dominic Cammarano and resident Susan Sweeney will be facing off for the three-year sewer user position.

The other four positions on the board will be filled in uncontested fashion. Capital Planning Committee member James Giberti is running for the non-sewer user three-year seat, Finance Committee member Donna Bronk is running for the sewer user two-year seat, resident Malcolm White is running for the at-large seat and Finance Committee Marilyn Jordan is running for the sewer user one-year seat.

In addition, there will be uncontested races for a five-year term on the Housing Authority, where Bill Lockwood is seeking re-election; two three-year terms on the Board of Assessors, where Steven Curry and John Donahue are seeking re-election; and a three-year term as Deputy Moderator, where Joseph Ashley is seeking re-election.