Voter registration for the Nov. 8 general election ended at noon Saturday with Warren County rolls swelling by about 250 since the August primary, Circuit Clerk Shelly Ashley-Palmertree said.

Ashley-Palmertree’s office was open from 8 until noon Saturday to accept last-minute registrations, and she said about a dozen voters came in during those hours, adding to perhaps 50 or more who registered Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

“We were slammed with registrations this week, and we’ll have some come in the mail Monday,” Ashley-Palmertree said.

The exact number of registered voters will not be available for several days, until those last-minute and mailed registrations, which had to be postmarked by Saturday, are processed.

A report run Tuesday showed 30,771 registered voters, Ashley-Palmertree said, an increase of 179 over the 30,592 on the rolls heading into the Aug. 2 party primaries. That increase plus last week’s stragglers stand to boost Warren County rolls about .8 percent for the general election, and nearly 1.5 percent more than the 30,401 on the rolls for last year’s general election for Congress.

Local voter rolls have decreased since the 2008 presidential election and the 2007 state and county election, primarily because of routine purging during each election cycle to remove names deemed inactive, most commonly because they have either moved or died. In 2008, Warren County had 36,957 registered voters and in 2007, 35,550.

Statewide, voter registration totals about 1.8 million.

In just under a month, Warren County voters will elect all five seats on the Board of Supervisors. In addition, five of seven countywide offices are contested.

• In the race for District 1 supervisor, Republican John Arnold, 57, faces independents Reed Birdsong, 51, the county’s building permit officer, and Jerry Briggs, 34, chief of the Culkin Volunteer Fire Department. Arnold ousted three-term incumbent David McDonald in the primary runoff Aug. 23.

• District 2 Supervisor William Banks, 61, a Democrat, faces Republican Trey Smith III, 31, assistant chief of the Culkin Volunteer Fire Department, and independent De Reul, 60. Banks is seeking a second full term on the board.

• District 3 Supervisor Charles Selmon, 52, a Democrat, is challenged by Vicksburg Warren School District Trustee James Stirgus Jr., 52, an independent. Selmon is seeking a fifth term on the board.

• District 4 Supervisor Bill Lauderdale, 64, an independent, faces Democrat Casey Fisher, 45, a minister and retired postal employee. Lauderdale is seeking a sixth, nonconsecutive term on the board.

• District 5 Supervisor Richard George, 62, an independent, goes against independents J.W. Carroll, 64, a retired electrical contractor, Joe Wooley, 68, in his fourth bid for the office, and Ellis Tillotson, 56, a local farmer. George is seeking a fifth, nonconsecutive term on the board.

• The race for chancery clerk features Republican Donna Farris Hardy, 57, Democrat Walter Osborne, 52, and independents Alecia Ashley, 36, and Gene Thompson, 70.

• Incumbent Circuit Clerk Shelly Ashley-Palmertree, 41, a Democrat, is challenged by Republican David Sharp, 29, and independents Jan Hyland Daigre, 50, and Robert Terry, 55.

• Incumbent Sheriff Martin Pace, 53, an independent, faces Democrat Bubba Comans, 56.

• For tax assessor, Democrat Angela Brown, 42, faces Republican Mike Caruthers, 56, and independents Ben Luckett, 38, and Doug Tanner, 52.