The local primary election is just two weeks from tomorrow, on September 12. The one citywide primary race in Hudson is for Common Council president. Registered Democrats can vote for one of two candidates--Tom DePietro (below right) or Steve Dunn (below left). Registered Independents (members of the Independence Party) have an "opportunity to ballot" in the primary and can write in the name of the candidate of their choice. To prepare for making a choice for Common Council president, the two candidates--DePietro and Dunn--will have a debate this Wednesday, August 30, at 6 p.m., at John L. Edwards Elementary School.
If you can't make it to JLE to witness the debate, don't worry. It will be broadcast live on WGXC on Wednesday night, and it will be archived, so you can listen at your leisure. WGXC is heard at 90.7 FM or online at wgxc.org.
Sample ballots for all the primary races are now available online at the Board of Elections website. Click on the appropriate party and ward to view.
Democrats
Independents (i.e. members of the Independence Party)
If you are uncertain which ward you are in, here's the map.
COPYRIGHT 2017 CAROLE OSTERINK
Thank you, Carole! All voters (except those who just registered with us this year) received a yellow “mail check” card earlier this month. This indicates which party the voter is enrolled in, if any. The “registered Independents” that Carole speaks of are really people who are enrolled in the Independence Party. They’re not really “Independents.” People who call themselves “independents” are probably thinking they’re not enrolled in any party at all. Yes, it’s all very confusing, and that was probably the idea of the Independence Party from the get-go. At any rate: check your yellow card. If it says “You are enrolled in the Independence Party” or “You are enrolled in the Democratic Party,” and if you live in and are registered in Hudson, then you can vote on September 12th.
ReplyDeleteThat yellow card will also tell you which ward you’re in and which poll site you vote at.
Carole
ReplyDeleteTantalizing but the sample ballots are not readable and printing them does not yield the full image.
Don
Hmm. I find them legible, and I just printed one out and got the full image, but those are concerns that you should probably share with the Board of Elections not me.
DeleteI can read them -- and they are much easier to access than the ones on the Board of Elections site.... Thanks, Carole. --peter
DeleteDon, this is the first that I have heard this. I don’t understand. Have you tried downloading one?
DeletePeter, I believe Carole has simply linked to the samples on the BOE site, so I don’t see what the difference is. Carole?
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly what I did, Virginia. I think Peter may have meant that the presentation of the links is clearer and more straightforward, which really was my intention.
DeleteAnd I will not disagree with that, Carole. Thank you.
DeleteThe BOE page with sample ballots has been revised, and hopefully the names now posted are more user-friendly.
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