elections
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 - 3:05 pm
We stayed up late on November 8 to cover election returns live on the internet and on the radio. The radio portion of the program was our special hour-long election edition of the Watershed Post Half-Hour News Hour, which aired from 11pm to midnight on... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 - 5:11 pm
Photo by Flickr user Michele Truex. Published under Creative Commons license.
Every election season, there are a few races that are so close that a victor can't be declared for certain until every last absentee and affidavit ballot has been counted. This... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 - 11:17 am
This week on the Watershed Post Half-Hour News Hour, we talked with freelance writer and Rosendale resident Sari Botton about a voting kerfuffle in Rosendale's hotly contested supervisor race. We also discussed some of the most interesting election... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011 - 11:51 am
About 500 ballots cast in Rosendale were missing from the Ulster County Board of Elections' unofficial tally last night, but have since been accounted for.
The new results are still unofficial, but the totals for local races are much closer to poll... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011 - 10:22 am
Update, 11:45am: The missing votes have been accounted for; new unofficial results show a Republican sweep of town supervisor and town board races.
Poll-watchers in the Ulster County town of Rosendale are reporting that the unofficial results for the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011 - 12:14 am
The polls are in: As of this post, the county Boards of Elections have posted election results on the web, with only a few scattered precincts yet to be reported.
Click the links below to find out how your town fared:
Delaware County
Greene County... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011 - 9:56 pm
Election Results, posted 9:50pm 11/8/11:
In Shandaken, Rob Stanley beats Kathy Nolan for supervisor with 681 votes to 360 votes.
Joyce Grant is Shandaken's new town clerk, with 539 votes, beating incumbent clerk Laurilyn Frasier with 433 votes. Lois... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011 - 10:35 am
First off: If you haven't voted yet, go out there and do it! You can look up your ballot (or, in Sullivan County, a list of candidates) by choosing your town from our five-county Election Guide. For many towns, we've also included links to local news... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 - 9:54 pm
Sample Ballot - New Baltimore (Greene County)
If you have links to election coverage or online resources that you think should be included in this post, please leave a comment below. For more Watershed Post election coverage, click here.
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 - 9:52 pm
Sample Ballot - Catskill (Greene County)
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