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Here’s what’s on the ballot for Tuesday’s election

Riverhead Town Justice

Longtime Riverhead Town Judge Allen Smith is running unopposed for another four-year term. He has the backing of the Democratic, Republican, Conservative, Independence and Reform parties.

Mr. Smith, 73, has been a town justice since 2000 when he was appointed and later elected to the fill the vacancy left by the late Henry Saxtein.

Mr. Smith is a designated Drug Court Judge and serves in the East End Regional Intervention Court.

Before becoming a judge, Mr. Smith was an assistant district attorney in the five East End towns, an attorney in private practice and a Riverhead Town Attorney, and he was elected Riverhead Town Supervisor in 1975, serving until 1980.

He is also a longtime member of the Riverhead Fire Department.

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