LITTLE MOUNTAIN, S.C. (WIS) - Two open council seats are on the ballot in the small Newberry County town of Little Mountain, but no one has filed to run for either position.

Election officials say this is an unusual, but not unheard-of, situation in rural South Carolina. The vote will proceed as planned, and the winners may be determined by write-in votes.

Little Mountain is a quiet spot in Newberry County with fewer than 400 residents and only a caution light.

“We have a village atmosphere, and we’re trying very hard to keep that,” Little Mountain mayor Jana Jayroe, who has served for more than a decade, said. “Family units, churches, medical clinics, the antique mall, mom and pop businesses, all here within walking distance within our town limits. You can walk to school, you can walk

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