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Voters will see new ballot, new machines today |
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Written by DEBORA GILBERT
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Tuesday, 02 November 2010 08:34 |
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LIVINGSTON -- Across the county new voting machines that were used for the first time during the primary will be used by seven times as many voters in today's general election. The situation has prompted Columbia County's two election commissioners, Virginia Martin (D) and Jason Nastke (R) to mount an intensive educational effort to insure that voters will be able to use them properly come Election Day.
The machines were purchased in 2008 for every polling location in Columbia County in order to bring the county into compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act, which requires both a ballot marking device for disabled voters and a system that produces a paper record of each vote.
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Contest in Copake goes on the roads this year |
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Written by DIANE VALDEN
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Monday, 01 November 2010 08:26 |
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COPAKE -- The only political race at the town level is the one for highway superintendent this November.
Unexpectedly last November, then highway superintendent Larry Proper, a Republican, resigned and recommended that the Town Board appoint his deputy, William H. Gregory, Jr., also a Republican, to fill the department's top spot. The board agreed.
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Last Updated on Monday, 01 November 2010 08:31 |
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Rematch slated for 108th Assembly seat |
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Written by EMILIA TEASDALE
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Saturday, 30 October 2010 09:43 |
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HILLSDALE-- The 108th Assembly District includes the towns of Chatham, Kinderhook, New Lebanon and Stuyvesant in Columbia County and the towns of Schodack, Nassau and Stephentown in Rensselaer County among municipalities there. The district also includes towns in Albany and Greene counties. This year, two men are seeking the seat in the state's lower house, Tim Gordon, an Independence Party member who also has the Democratic and Working Family Party lines, and Steve McLaughlin, a Republican endorsed also by the Conservative Party.
Registration in the district shows that GOP registrants have a very small lead over registered Democrats followed closely by the third largest bloc, voters who have no party affiliation.
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Clerk hopefuls spar over tech issues |
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Written by PARRY TEASDALE
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Sunday, 31 October 2010 09:06 |
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HUDSON -- Technology or, more specifically, the access the public has through computers to county records, has emerged as a central theme in the campaigns of both the candidates seeking a four-year term as the next county clerk.
Incumbent Holly Tanner, a Republican also running on the Conservative and Independence party lines, is seeking a third term. Her challenger is Peter Donahoe, who has the Democratic and Working Family lines.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 31 October 2010 09:10 |
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Two vie for state Senate seat |
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Written by DIANE VALDEN
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Friday, 29 October 2010 08:52 |
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HILLSDALE -- In the race for the State Senate seat in the 41st District, 20-year-incumbent Republican Senator Stephen Saland faces off against Democrat Didi Barrett, a longtime leader of not-for-profit organizations and community activist.
The 41st District is 100 miles long from the top of Columbia County in the north to the Dutchess/Putnam County line in the south. It encompasses western Dutchess County, including the cities of Poughkeepsie and Beacon, and all of Columbia County. The state senate seat is a two-year term.
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