Three names will be on the Primary Election ballot for the Director 1 position on the Bainbridge Island School Board, but one of those in the race is now urging voters to pick one of the other candidates.

Tatiana Epanchin-Troyan has given up her candidacy for the board seat, but her withdrawal from the race came after the deadline for candidates  to exit.

Kitsap County Elections Manager Kyle Joyce said Epanchin-Troyan missed the May 18 deadline for candidates to withdraw, and her name will still be listed on the ballot for the Aug. 4 Primary.

The two other candidates are Lynn Smith and Duncan C. Macfarlane.

Joyce said the deadline is set by state law and the county could not legally take Epanchin-Troyan’s name off the ballot.

“There’s no flexibility there for us,” Joyce said.

Epanchin-Troyan explained her reason for stepping out of Bainbridge Island’s only contested seat in the upcoming primary via the statement she supplied for the county’s voters guide.

“Due to health circumstances and the unforeseen effects of treatment, I am unable to serve on the school board at this time. Please vote for one of the other candidates,” she wrote. “Thank you for your understanding.”

Epanchin-Troyan did not respond to a request for comment this week from the Review.

Under the state’s top two primary system, the two candidates with the most votes will advance to the November General Election.

Smith, 49, is an instructional designer and training consultant for SAP (Systems, Applications & Products) implementation. She is a longtime volunteer in local schools.

Macfarlane, 50, is an attorney who started the firm of Macfarlane Law in 2007. He was previously a prosecutor in California, and is a producer, engineer and who founded Race Horse Studios in 1995.

The Director 1 position on the Bainbridge Island School Board carries a four-year term. Patty Fielding, the current board member in District 1 who was first elected in 2007, decided not to seek another term.