VIDALIA — Early voting for Concordia Parish and Louisiana state fall elections begins Saturday.

Early voting will be 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily at the Concordia Parish Registrar of Voters’ office in the parish courthouse from Oct. 10 to Oct. 17, with the exception of Sunday.

Early voting does not require an excuse.

On the ballot are races for sheriff and police jury. Candidates for clerk of court, coroner, tax assessor and two police jurors do not have opposition. The area’s three state legislators — District 32 Sen. Neil Riser, District 34 Sen. Francis Thompson and District 21 Rep. Andy Anders — will likewise be elected without opposition.

Those on the local ballot include:

-Sheriff — Kenneth Hedrick and Payne Scott, both independents.

-Police Juror, District 1A — Carey Cook and Johnnie “Rip” Woodruff, both Democrats.

-Police Juror, District 2, Willie Dunbar, Fred Marsalis, Rodney “Fred” Washington and Dax Winston, all Democrats.

-Police Juror, District 3A — Adam Probst, Republican, and Tim Welch, independent.

-Police Juror, District 3B — Ronnie Harris and Cornell Lewis, both independent, and Whest Shirley, Republican.

-Police Juror, District 4A — Jerry Beatty and Rodney Matthews, both Democrats, and Cade Craft, Republican.

-Police Juror, District 4B — Ray Cater, Democrat, Daryle Price and Jimmy Wilkinson, both independent.

-Police Juror, District 5A — Suson Hauer, independent, and Jimmy Jernigan, Democrat.

The statewide ballot also includes races for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, agriculture commissioner, insurance commissioner, treasurer, attorney general and Board of Elementary and Secondary Education District 5.