The election for members to the Ballard Avenue Landmark District Board will be held from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on June 17 at Lagerquest & Morris, located at 5135 Ballard Ave. N.W.

Absentee voting is available through June 17 at noon at the Ballard Neighborhood Service Center, located at 5604 22nd Ave. N.W. Ballots are available there.

To vote in the election, either by absentee ballot or in person, you must be registered to vote in the district election.

Two seats on the seven-member Ballard Avenue Landmark District Board are currently up for election. Both open positions are two-year terms ending June 30, 2012.

There are two candidates for Position #1, which is reserved for district property owners:

• Richard Hiner, Hiner Architects, 5337 Ballard Ave. N.W.
• Robert Whaley, New York Fashion Academy, 5201 Ballard Ave. N.W.

There is one candidate for Position #2, which is reserved for district property owners or businesspersons:

• James Riggle, 5301 Leary Ave. N.W. (Olympic Athletic Club)

The Ballard Avenue Landmark District was established in 1976 to protect the unique architectural heritage of the street, which was downtown Ballard from 1900 into the 1930s.