In the North Carolina town of Tar Heel, residents won’t have to worry about Big Government. It’s looking like No Government.

Nobody’s on the ballot for November elections, a county elections official told CNN Monday.

“The town had two weeks to file and no one stepped up to the plate,” said Cynthia Shaw, director of the Bladen County board of elections.

How did this happen?

“The deadline for anybody filing for Tar Heel was 12 noon on Friday,” she said, “and the board chose not to extend the filing period.”

Current Mayor Rick Martin is not running for re-election. “The mayor was in the process of moving out of the city, so he wasn’t going to file,” Shaw said.

The three-member town council won’t have anybody running on the ballot as well, leaving a void in the town's governing body.

"Another woman’s health wasn’t well, another didn’t have any interest. And another will step down. That left the three council positions open,” Shaw said.

So what's next for the town with a population of about 117?

The positions will all be write-ins come November. One sticking point for the election is that all the candidates have to live inside city limits. Only 87 people do, Shaw said.