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2012 Long Island School Election Results

Posted on May 16, 2012 by kwilder

June 19th REVOTE results: Story at Long Island Press: here. All nine Nassau/Suffolk school districts passed budgets on the revote. Elmont School District passed a budget that was lower than the first proposed/rejected budget, but slightly higher than the budget tax cap imposed by NY State. __________________________________ Results are posted at Newsday (which is, unfortunately, […]

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A Long Island HS senior becomes one of our youngest, elected officials in NY State

Posted on May 16, 2012 by kwilder

Website of Josh Lafazan, NY’s youngest, elected official: joshlafazan.org Story with video at NBC News: here. “An 18-year-old high school senior has won a seat on his Long Island school board, becoming the youngest elected official in New York state…” [Correction: Another HS senior, younger than Joshua Lafazan, was also elected in NY State yesterday.] […]

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Republican Croci beats Dem incumbent for Supervisor: Town of Islip in Rep control

Posted on November 22, 2011 by kwilder

Story at Long Island Press: here. Recount Confirms GOP Unseats Nolan in Islip By Timothy Bolger on November 22nd, 2011 “Suffolk election officials said Republican Tom Croci beat Democratic Islip Town Supervisor Phil Nolan by 343 votes following the recount.” Plus, LI Press reports:

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2011 Suffolk County Election Results (and Nassau County links)

Posted on November 8, 2011 by kwilder

2013 Suffolk County Election Results can be found at the Suffolk County Board of Elections: here. Also, some 2013 results and news stories at Long Island Press Elections Page: here. ______________________ Update 11/22/2011: Rep Croci wins Islip Town Supervisor Race. Story at Long Island Press: here. _______________________ At the top are links to official, Long […]

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Long Island School Board Elections: Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Posted on May 16, 2011 by kwilder

2012 Update: 2012 School Board Election Results (budget pass/fail): here In 2012, HS Senior Josh Lafazan wins in Syosset School Board election. Story and links at onthewilderside: here. _________________ 2011 Update: Some budget vote/election results – You can look at your school district’s website where they may have posted results. Newsday has a chart with […]

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Long Island “village election” results: March 2011

Posted on March 16, 2011 by kwilder

Story with election results at Newsday: here. For Malverne election results, go to The Patch: here.

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Incredible development: Altschuler is actually the leader in 1st CD Altschuler/Bishop race

Posted on November 6, 2010 by kwilder

(excerpt from) Newsday Altschuler leads Bishop after voting machine re-canvass November 5, 2010 9:36 PM In the close House race on the East End, Republican Randy Altschuler moved ahead of incumbent Rep. Tim Bishop Friday after a re-canvass of voting machines. Altschuler leads Bishop, a Democrat, by about 400 votes, both campaigns said, citing data […]

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Why is it such a close call for Dem Congressman Tim Bishop? (and other Suffolk County results)

Posted on November 3, 2010 by kwilder

11/6/2010 early morning update: Recanvas of machines shows that Altschuler (not Bishop) is actually ahead by 400 votes so far… Story: here. To find a list of Suffolk County election results, go to the Board of Elections website: here. For NY statewide and NY Congress results (including for Suffolk County districts), you can go to […]

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Small snapshot of third party chances: Suffolk results coming in

Posted on November 2, 2010 by kwilder

11/3 Update on Green Party 0f NYS and ballot line: With 56,868 votes reported at The Washington Post election site, it appears that the Green Party has surpassed the mark and received 50,000 votes for Governor. That means that the Green Party of New York State has automatic ballot status (again). The Green Party will […]

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2010 Elections: Election Results for Suffolk County, Nassau County, and NYC

Posted on November 1, 2010 by kwilder

2011 (General) Election Results at Suffolk County Board of Elections: here 2011 (General) Election Results at Nassau County Board of Elections: here. ____________________________________ 2011 Primary Election Results Story and Links at LI Politics: here. 2010 Election Results: Here is a link to the Suffolk County Board of Elections 2010 Results Page. 11/9-10 update: As far […]

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A Hopeful NY Primary Result: Monserrate and Espada out of the race

Posted on September 15, 2010 by kwilder

Kimberly writes: The quote I found for the voting results is from the NY Daily News: Bronx voters send state Sen. Pedro Espada packing; Hiram Monserrate loses Assembly bid… The quote I found for background comes from NY1:

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Go early to vote in primary: New machines are totally messed up!

Posted on September 14, 2010 by kwilder

Update: Election results for the 2010 Suffolk County primary are posted at the Suffolk County Board of Elections: here. The group Election Protection has a hotline set up to help voters with questions or concerns on election day: 1-866-OUR-VOTE 1-866-687-8683 (Thanks to LoHud for the info) KW: Reports from around NYC and Long Island show […]

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Green Party Presidential Candidate in Colombia: Election Results

Posted on May 31, 2010 by kwilder

Green Party candidate Anatanas Mockus received 21.5% of the vote in the election for President of Colombia yesterday, May 30, 2010. Mockus will be in a run-off election on June 20, 2010.

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2010 LI School District Vote: Early Returns

Posted on May 18, 2010 by kwilder

Early returns for Long Island school budget votes. As of 11:36pm, Newsday reports that 10 districts have had their budgets fail so far: Westbury, Port Jefferson, W. Hempstead, Elwood, Herricks, Garden City, Levittown, E. Rockaway, West Babylon, Wyandanch.

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