Mayor Wiilliam J. Aiello (left) and Amy Sherburne, who is challenging him for the Republican nomination for mayor in the June 24 primary.

OLEAN — The city’s Republican Party mayoral primary is nearing completion, but it is just a warm-up for November.

Olean Republicans are going to the polls to decide between Amy Sherburne and incumbent Mayor Bill Aiello for the party’s nomination for mayor in November. Early voting began June 14 and ends Sunday, while all six city polling stations will be open Tuesday for the primary.

No other races appear on the ballot for the party in the city, and no other parties are holding primaries for city races this year.

The owner of Eade’s Wallpaper and former owner of Union Tea Cafe, Sherburne is known as a co-organizer of the Woodland in the City project. Sherburne was appointed by Aiello to the local planning committee for the city’s 2017 Downtown Revitalization Initiative award. Sherburne appears on the first line of the ballot.

Aiello is a retired city police captain and former Cattaraugus County Legislature majority leader. He lost a Republican primary in 2007 for mayor, but he was elected to the post in 2013 and twice since. He was also recently elected president of the New York Conference of Mayors.

County elections officials reported that 102 early votes had been cast for mayor as of 3 p.m. Friday. Meanwhile, 59 absentee and early vote by mail ballots were issued for the primary.

Early voting continues Saturday and Sunday, with the sites at Olean’s Jamestown Community College campus and the former Little Valley School open from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. both days. New York primaries are only open to party members enrolled as such with the state Board of Elections.

Regardless of the outcome Tuesday, all city voters will have a chance to support either candidate in November.

Sherburne will appear on the Democratic Party line and the independent Common Sense line. Aiello will appear on the independent Lincoln Party line. Under state law, the party receiving the most votes in the last gubernatorial election receives the top line on the ballot, meaning Sherburne will appear on the top line in November. The winner of Tuesday’s primary will appear second, with the independent lines following.

The Republican petitions required at least 147 valid signatures, while non-designating petitions required at least 215 valid signatures. The filing deadline for independent petitions was May 27.

Both campaigns have compiled financial reporting under state law, with Aiello’s war chest appearing significantly larger than Sherburne’s.

Sherburne opened the 11-day pre-primary reporting period ending June 10 with $517.99 in cash on hand. The campaign received $522.97 in contributions, spent $844.17, and closed with $196.79.

The largest donation of the period was an in-kind donation by Jennifer Black to purchase stickers for $372.97. Two cash donations were received. Three expenditures to the U.S. Postal Service were made for postage, totaling $471.20.

Aiello’s 11-day pre-primary filing reported an opening balance of $5,505.58. The campaign received $400 in contributions and spent $323.37, closing at $5,582.21.

The campaign received three donations during the period, the largest being $200 from Shayne Certo. The largest expense was a $300 payment to the Olean Times Herald for advertising.

State campaign finance law allows individuals to donate up to $1,000 to a candidate for each of the primary and general elections. To date, the Aiello campaign has received $1,000 donations from Dominic Colarusso of Olean and Angelo Ingrassia, principal of Olean Town Center LLC, the firm which owns the Olean Center Mall. The Sherburne campaign’s largest donation to date was an in-kind donation of $1,000 by Paul Petruzzi of Olean for use of his building at 321 N. Union St. as Sherburne’s campaign headquarters.

The next regular financial reports are due to the state July 15.

ACROSS THE COUNTY, three towns are holding primaries on Tuesday.

Dayton Republicans will choose from among Crystal Abers, Aaron Huber and Thomas J. Chupa as their town supervisor candidate and select two of four candidates — Donald L. Bartlett Jr., Brett J. Zarczynski, Jeffrey A. Steward and Christine Rupp — to run for two open council seats on the November ballot.

Machias Republicans will also select two of four council candidates: Joy R. Burch, Robert M. Shenk, Thomas C. Reese and Joshua D. Burch.

There will be a single Democratic primary in Great Valley for a town justice position. Candidates are Marcy L. Brown and Joshua J. Harrison.

There are no countywide primaries.

County elections officials reported that 12 votes were cast early by Friday afternoon for the Dayton primary, while two were cast for the Machias primary. Officials also reported 78 absentee and early vote by mail ballots were issued for the Dayton primary, nine for the Great Valley primary, and 20 for the Machias primary.

Sample ballots for each election district are available at cattco.org. For more information, contact the county Board of Elections at (716) 938-2400 through 2403.