ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Malik Evans, Rochester's presumptive mayor-elect, was one of the first in the city to vote on Election Day.

Evans is the only one on the ballot for Rochester mayor, but there are other big races throughout Monroe County to keep an eye on.

Out of the 29 legislative seats, 22 of them are being challenged this year. The important thing to watch is the balance of power. Will it remain a Republican majority or shift Democrat for the first time in more than 30 years?

Among the other local races to watch — Rochester City Council has five of its nine seats that are up for grabs.

The Irondequoit town supervisor race is expected to be a close one between Democratic candidate Joseph Morelle Jr. and Republican Rory Fitzpatrick.

There are five Monroe County Court judge candidates vying for three open seats.

Early voting ended Sunday with only a little more than 3% of eligible Monroe County voters casting their ballots. Tuesday is the last chance for people to either come vote in person or postmark their absentee ballot.

Elections Inspector Ed Roselene says he doesn’t expect turnout to be as big as last year’s presidential election.

“I expect the turnout to be very light," said Roselene. "It's not even an in-between presidential year. Really, it's an off-year. I think it's important for us to see one another doing our civic duty at the polls. That’s just me.”

Spectrum News 1 spoke with a first-time and long time voter who came to the polls together. They explained why they believe it's important to vote in local elections.

"To make a point that I care about my community and where I live and who's in charge," said Natalia Biehl-Narvaez of Rochester. "So I just wanted to get out here and do my part and vote for who I thought was best to run it."

"It's important to vote because I wasn't born in this country and I think America has all the freedoms and the best country in the world because I was born in Poland," said Roza Eisenman, also of Rochester. "So I think everybody should come out and vote if they have the right to vote and they should have a say in what's going on in our government."

Don't forget to check the back of the ballot for five proposals that could amend the New York State Constitution on issues like the redistricting process and the right to clean air and water.

Voter turnout across Monroe County is reflecting recent history when there has not been any major state or federal races.

So far, the numbers are bearing that out.

The Monroe County Board of Elections reported that as of 7 p.m. Tuesday, only 24% of registered voters had cast a ballot in the general election.

The BOE says that the last time there was a local election year was 2017, and there was only total of a little more than 38% of registered voters that made an effort to cast a ballot.

Spectrum News 1 will have special election coverage with the Capital Tonight team starting at 9 p.m. on Tuesday.