Three candidates will vie for the vacant selectman’s seat in the Dec. 8 election. The special election, which comes on the heels of a rejected override leaving a budget gap that needs closing, will be held Tuesday, December 8. Voting will be held in the Draper Gymnasium, 13 Dutcher St., from noon to 7 PM. The seat, which Town Clerk Lisa Pedroli said is only open through next year’s annual town meeting in May, was vacated when former selectman Thomas Wesley moved out of town this summer and had to resign. The three candidates are residents Michael Edward Collins, Kaplan Hasanoglu and Glenda A. Hazard. In order to appear on the ballot, signatures of 29 registered Hopedale voters needed to be turned in to the Town Clerk for certification of names on or before: Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 5 PM.