Monday, May 14, 2012
Information about your local polling site.
Registered voters in Three Village should head to their nearest elementary school to cast their votes in Tuesday's budget vote and school election. If you're still not sure where to go, you can look yourself up on the state's Board of Elections website here. Arrowhead Elementary 62 Arrowhead Lane, East Setauket Setauket Elementary 134 Main Street, East Setauket Nassakeag Elementary 490 Pond Path, Setauket Minnesauke Elementary 21 High Gate Drive, East Setauket W.S. Mount Elementary 50 Dean Lane, Stony Brook
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Voter registration ends May 2.
If you're planning on voting in this year's school district vote, make sure you are registered to do so. According to a message posted on the website of the Three Village Central School District, voter registration ends on Wednesday. Eligible voters must be a U.S. citizen age 18 or older, and must be a resident of the school district for at least 30 days prior to the vote. If you have voted in a federal, state, county or school district election sometime during the past four years, and you registered to vote during this registration period last year, you do not need to re-register. According to the district: "All residents who meet the eligibility criteria above and have not voted in the past four years must register to vote. Residents who…
Saturday, March 31, 2012
April 24 primary is going to have much more weight than previously expected. Who are you going to support?
Back when the Republican presidential campaign started there weren't many who thought New York would have much of an effect on who gets the nomination. But with the GOP candidates trading wins in battleground states, the 95 delegates up for grabs on April 24 have become a big prize. Over the next month, Patch will be telling the local stories coming out of the Republican campaign's run through New York. And if you think you have a great idea for the coverage, email me at henry@patch.com. But to kick this off, let's get a sense of where our readers stand on the candidates. Please answer our poll and leave your comments below.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Incumbent keeps his seat, gaining 55% of the votes.
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- Lon Cohen
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
The votes are in and Steve Fiore-Rosenfeld beat Ed Munoz in the race for Brookhaven's first council district, 6,986 to 5,645. The incumbent garnered 55 percent of the votes. At his headquarters in Stony Brook, Munoz conceded the election at about 11 p.m. to a crowd of supporters. "It's been an incredible run," he said. Munoz, a retired NYC police officer, said he campaigned for a year and a half and knocked on 8,000 doors. "I'm a fighter and I'm coming back," he said to applause. Borrowing a phrase, he said "people want change." "Not that bad yet," Munoz joked. "But we'll get them." He called it a "shame" that only 25 percent of those eligible came out vote. "It should be 95 percent," he said. "We have 47,000 registered voters in district …
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Kara Hahn defeats Anthony Moncayo with more than 57 percent of the vote.
Democratic candidate Kara Hahn has defeated Republican candidate Anthony Moncayo in the race for the Suffolk County Legislature's fifth district seat with 57.51 percent of the vote, or a tally of 7,464 to 5,511. Hahn will succeed Legis. Vivian Viloria-Fisher, D-Setauket, who could not run again due to term limits. Hahn, formerly the chief of staff to current Viloria-Fisher, D-Setauket, is the immediate past president of the Civic Association of the Setaukets and Stony Brook. She currently works as aide to Presiding Officer Bill Lindsay, D-Holbrook, who was re-elected Tuesday night. Moncayo has 30 years of military service to his name, and has also served nearly 20 years in the county and state court systems, including 15 years as an …
Mark Lesko will serve a second full term as Brookhaven supervisor.
Incumbent Democratic supervisor Mark Lesko claimed victory Tuesday night after receiving 58.57 percent of the vote with 287 of 294 election districts reporting. Unofficial results yielded a tally of 38,409 votes for Lesko, and 27,151 votes for Republican challenger Cecile Forte. Lesko ran on the Democratic, Working Families, and Independence party lines. He was first elected to the post in a special March 2009 election, and won the regular election in November of that year. Newsday endorsed Lesko, a former federal prosecutor, in this race. He is a resident of East Setauket. Earlier in the day on Tuesday, Lesko said he was "pretty comfortable" with the way his campaign had taken shape. "As an incumbent the campaign is always going to be …
Democratic supervisor from Babylon will take over the top office in Suffolk County.
Democrat Steve Bellone has won the Suffolk County Executive job, beating Republican Angie Carpenter with 56 percent of the vote in Tuesday's election. Standing at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 25 in Hauppauge, Bellone touched on a theme of togetherness in his victory speech. He was joined by family, friends and future Democratic colleagues in the Suffolk Legislature. The 42-year-old Babylon supervisor said he planned to work with Suffolk county residents, with the Suffolk County Legislature and with Carpenter, the sitting Suffolk County treasurer. “I am confident we will overcome the challenges we face, and do it together. I am thrilled that the voters of Suffolk County returned [Presiding Officer] Bill Lindsey …
Incumbent town supervisor calls turnout good for democracy regardless of who wins.
Voters showed up in a steady stream at several Three Village polling sites on Tuesday morning, though some voters reported they are still adjusting to the new voting system. "It's been nice and busy, a steady flow," said Bob Ceroni, a Three Village resident who volunteered to help steer traffic to the voting room at Arrowhead. "People come in with a smile on their face. If it stays like this for the next four hours, I'll be happy." At Murphy Junior High in particular, election workers found themselves explaining the process frequently. One inspector suggested it was because of the high population of senior citizens in that neighborhood. "There are two retirement communities around here," said Sandy Mayper, an inspector who has been working…
Some say candidates should find alternate ways of reaching their demographic.
Phone calls and mailings are, for many candidates, the lynchpin of a campaign. But for some in Three Village, election season this year was akin to receiving call after call from telemarketers: a nuisance. Candidates made too many phone calls and sent too many mailings, they say. "They have to get the word out there, but they could probably think of a different way," said Cara Fideli of Stony Brook, who said she received tons of phone calls and phone messages at all hours of the day. Cathy Tiger of Setauket agreed. "There were way too many phone calls," she said. A voter at Nassakeag who declined to give his name said it seemed like more phone calls and mail came this year than in previous years, "which really irritated me a lot," he said…
A look at what to expect when you head out to vote.
Each year, the Board of Elections provides residents with sample ballots by supplying them to local libraries. Here's an up-close look at what you'll see when you head to the polls on Election Day.
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