Lynchburg elects three at-large council members on one ballot. You may mark as many as three names. Only the three candidates with the most votes take the seats.
 

Mark Martin J. Misjuns and Veronica T. Bratton.

 

Leave the third oval blank.
 

A third mark is not a “bonus” for the conservative side. It is a vote for whoever you fill in — and that person is running for the same three seats. If that candidate’s total climbs past Misjuns or Bratton, they take the seat and one of ours does not. Voting for two prevents that third vote from going to someone who can beat us.
 

Leaving the third oval empty does not weaken Misjuns or Bratton. Each still receives your vote. You are only withholding a vote from a rival.

That matters in this field. Democrats are running a three-person slate and will use all three marks. Several other names on the ballot are competing for the same conservative and Republican-leaning voters. Spreading a third mark across that field is how a conservative majority is lost: the vote is split, a rival edges into the top three, and Misjuns or Bratton falls just short.
 

Two marks. Misjuns and Bratton. That is how you elect a conservative majority — without giving the third seat to someone who can beat us.