MidHudson Verified Voting

Letter Writing Campaign for New York!

Folks can write letters to their local newspaper and to County and State Commissioners! Look below for some sample letters. Or reference this recent New York Times editorial

Pick your favorite Topic:

Other Samples:

Urge to back optical scan voting machines

To the editor: Gazette Advertiser

I urge count residents to contact Dutchess County legislators to purchase optically scanned paper ballot voting machines.

New York State has mandated that our lever pull voting machines be replaced with new, handicapped accessible voting machines by November, 2006 - and the selection process has been passed on to each county.
As of now, the complicated, much more expensive touchscreen electronic machines, which generate no paper trail, are being considered by our legislators, despite inherent problems:

• Touchscreen machines have breakdown history;

• Manufacturers have produced only prototypes for New York State, that actual machines won’t be built until the contract is given, leading to unexpected malfunctions and breakdowns;

• Touchscreens have an estimated life of 3-5 years; optical scanners last 15-20 years. Touchscreens are heavy, delicate, electronic equipment, requiring costly, specialized movers for transport.

• Funds would be needed to hire training personnel; touchscreen operation confuses all voters, not to mention elderly and/or handicapped.

User friendly optical voting machines that generate paper ballots stored, securely, inside a lockbox, have been adopted by many states.

GOP-led Putnam and Schyler County Legislatures have passed resolutions to purchase them, and they’ve been endorsed by the League of Women Voters.

Dutchess County voters deserve the legitimacy of paper receipts, and minimal tax dollars should be spent on voting machine purchases and maintenance.

Janet Couch, Pawling

Legislature should OK optical voting machines

To the Editor (Weekly Beat):

Did you know that the G.O.P.-led Putnam and Schuyler County Legislatures both passed strong resolutions earlier this year for paper ballot optical scan voting machines? Sadly, the Republicans who control the County Legislature here won’t even allow a resolution on this to come to the agenda for a Committee Day meeting – let alone a full board meeting; see NYVV.org for more information.

Paper ballot optical scan voting machines are much more accurate, much less expensive, take up less space, have been around for more than 20 years and almost half the counties in the U.S. use them.

Help make these a reality by contacting our County Legislature at 486-2100; there’s no excuse for the current Republican majority to reject these common-sense initiatives any longer.

Finally, the record needs to be set straight about the September meeting of our County Legislature: I am nobody’s puppetmaster; I pull the strings for no one. Though I salute the undeniable courage of those who spoke out at that meeting, the fact is that I encouraged county residents to speak politely, one at a time, when called on regarding their issues during the first public comment period – and to sit down when asked; it wasn’t about “orchestrating a fiasco.” Feel free to call 876-2488 for more information on any of the issues above.

Joel Tyner, County Legislator Clinton/Rhinebeck

Paper ballots would serve county well

As right-thinking citizens, we must support the acquisition of paper ballots and optically scanned voting machines that will cost less to the taxpayer and provide legitimate paper trails.

Electronic voting machines have already proved to be unreliable, untransparent and costly to purchase, maintain and store. It's apparent the only ones to benefit from electronic machines are the manufacturers and the politicians with whom they "do business."

It's high time the voice of the voters was acknowledged, even at the cost of perks that might be granted to our leaders who sometimes prefer to opt for choices counter to the greater good. We want our votes to count. We want paper receipts. If we can't extend the lever counting machines (with which we can find no fault) to all Dutchess voting districts, at least we deserve the lesser of all evils. Paper ballots just make sense.

I know numbers of individuals who will eagerly volunteer to recount, if the final vote should be questioned. We need the legitimacy of paper receipts to do so. Not to mention the savings to our town and village budgets. Our legislators must submit the paper ballot machines for final consideration by Albany.

Janet Couch, Pawling

Optical scan voting system is best choice

The League of Women Voters of New York State has endorsed the use of paper ballot precinct-based optical scan voting systems because they best meet league criteria of security, accuracy, recountability and accessibility.

Optical scan voting systems have been used in the United States in elections for 20 years and were used in 46 percent of counties, 36 percent of precincts and by 35 percent of registered voters in the 2004 election, according to Election Data Services.

In the future, seven states will use optical scan exclusively and 37 will use it as part of mixed systems of voting to meet Help America Vote Act requirements. The technology is tested and proven, contrary to that of direct recording electronic systems, which lack transparency and are not fully equipped and certified with disabled accessibility and voter verification features.

We hope the Dutchess County Board of Elections will consider this recommendation when it makes its critical decision on replacing the lever voting machines with new voting systems as prescribed by law.

Christine Henning, President

Eleanor Charwat, Dutchess Unit League of Women Voters Mid-Hudson Region

Dutchess should pick best ballot system

I was pleased to read in the Journal that some Dutchess County legislators are supporting a paper ballot voting system with optical scanning. This method combines an automatic paper trail — essential for an accurate recount — with the ease of counting votes, all at a modest cost.

I was surprised to learn Republican Elections Commissioner David Gamache supports direct recording electronic machines instead. This would be a huge mistake.

Not only are the machines much more expensive than optical scanners to purchase and maintain, they also have a higher rate of uncounted votes and are more prone to tampering. In fact, many counties that joined the rush to "e-voting" after Florida's disastrous 2000 election are now abandoning their machines. Miami-Dade's election supervisor has recommended replacing their $24.5 million direct recording electronic system with paper ballot optical scanning after ballots were lost in six elections and election day costs tripled.

Gamache seems to think optical scans will create long lines at the polls. Not true. Surveys show lines almost never form in the dozens of states and counties where optical scanning has been in place. And unlike direct recording, paper ballot voting can continue even when machines break down.

Hopefully Dutchess can avoid "white elephants" and pick a system that offers voters a secure, transparent voting system at a reasonable cost. For more information, go to wheresthepaper.org, or contact New Yorkers for Verified Voting at contact@nyvv.org

Karen Peterson, Milan

Kingston Freeman:

Dear Editor:

Our Board of Elections, the Commissioners and office staff, have been giving citizens inaccurate information. They have told several callers concerned about our voting rights that 1) the whole state must choose the same type of Voting Machine and/or 2) that the choice of which machine will replace our faithful lever machines has already been made. In fact, the Hava Bill passed in Albany a month ago (S5877, A9869) distinctly gives the choice of machine to them, to each county’s Board of Elections.

My worst fear is that our local Commissioners are just being honest, if a bit indiscreet. My fear is that our Ulster County taxpayers will be stuck with the bill for a choice that has, in some Albany deal, already been made. You see the Hava Bill also mandates that the Voting Machine Corporations present their machines to the State Board of Elections which then must accept--“certify”--the choices to be passed on to the county decision makers. True, this has not happened yet, but….

We who have been following the manufacturers’ workshops for months know that even those companies that make the cheaper, more accurate, less hackable Optical Scanners have only been pitching their expensive, unreliable, and easily hackable DRE Touchscreeen Machines. It certainly makes sense from their perspective, as the DRE cost over twice as much and have to be replaced and serviced three times as often. First Miami and now California have rejected millions of dollars worth of DRE machines because of these inadequacies which tripled election costs per polling place and produced an unverifiable, unreadable “paper trail.”

One thing for certain. Our Ulster County Legislature and those campaigning for that office should immediately look into this potential boondoggle of all boondoggles. The buck will stop with them and us, not Mr. Castiglione and Mr. Turco.

Joan Walker, Woodstock

To Woodstock Times, Saugerties Times:

Dear Editor,
Recently our Ulster County Election Commissioners have been empowered
by the State Legislature to make the decision of their lives---and our
lives.

The NY State Legislature has told the two Election Commissioners of
each county to choose the type of Voting Machine to be used from now
on. No, we cannot stay with the good old lever system that has served
us well.

As a citizen of Ulster County who wants my vote counted, I ask
Commissioner Castiglione and Commissioner Turco to insist on a Paper
Based Optical Scan system, not the Touch Screen Electronic (DRE)
system which the manufacturers have been enthusiastically selling
them on for months. I demand, also, that our Ulster County
Legislators, and those now running for that office, take
responsibility for ensuring the most trustworthy and economical
choice.

A Paper Based Optical Scan system based in our precincts is not
perfect, but it is the best option available to ensure our precious
right to vote. We need a system with a traceable, trustworthy paper
record ( Gary: the Dre Paper record is a continuous loop, hard to figure out and with no guarantee it is identical to the electronic record the machine just flashed to a central command (Karl Rove?) (Optical scan is paper ballot first and after counted saved in storage for recount which will be available for recounts by the people.
Election results must be known at the precinct on Election night, not
clicked away to a mysterious Central Command. Voter mistakes must be
correctable in present time.(DRE software can and does make mistakes or record voter mistakes such as overvoting and undervoting as disqualifiers and voter never knows. Each ballot type (Regular, Provisional,
Absentee) should be clearly marked in words, not code. (AS In Dre, so voter may have wrong type and be disqualified later) Provision must
be made for disabled voters. The 6 states now using Paper Based
Optical Scanners know that only that machine fulfills these criteria. They
are simple and proven reliable.

Paper Ballots/ Optical Scan is also the only choice which will not
bankrupt the taxpayers of Ulster County! Projected comparison of
costs per polling place: Paper based Optical Scan: $10,250
Touch Screen (Dre): $24,000
Not to mention costs of complicated DRE maintenance, replacement,
storage, extra poll workers, and long lines at the polls. All borne by
the county-- us. (If voter rolls grow, you just add private booths and table and chair, not scurry for new $ 2,000 worth of machines. )

This Spring The Miami/Dade County, Florida Supervisor of Elections
recommended scrapping their $24,000,000 Dre system because of flawed
vote counts and TRIPLED election day costs since their installation.
(see nyvv.org/documents for lots of such reports). (I RECOMMEND IT FOR EDUCATING YOURSELF)

This is NOT brain surgery, as they say. I will, and we all must, hold
our Ulster Election Commissioners accountable for their choice, which
is supposed to be made by September!

We Americans joke about politicians, but we still trust that our
votes count. Let's face it, a centrally located, corporately
controlled, easily hacked DRE computer system is an enormous
temptation. We do not want to be licking our wounds, looking dazed,
wondering what happened to our precious democracy. Call or write to
your County officials and campaigners. We can't leave it to "the
other guy." The other guy is a well paid salesperson.

Joan Walker, Woodstock

RESOURCES

Handy Contact info for the State Board of Elections:

40 Steuben Street, Albany, NY 12207-2108
PHONE: 518/474-8100 Fax: 518-486-4068
email: info@elections.state.ny.us
Peter Kosinski, Co-Executive Director - Stanley Zalen, Co-Executive Director
Neil W. Kelleher, Co-Chair - Doug Kellner, Co-Chair
Evelyn J. Aquila, Commissioner - Helena Moses Donohue, Commissioner

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Albany County Board of Elections
County Court House, Room 38
16 Eagle Street
Albany, NY 12207
http://www.albanycounty.com/departments/elections/default.asp?id=118

John A. Graziano, Sr., Comm. (R) jgraziano@albanycounty.com
James M. Clancy, Comm. (D) jclancy@albanycounty.com
Catherine F. Rogowski, Dep. Comm.
Karen Shea, Dep. Comm.

Phone: 518-487-5060
Fax: 518-487-5077
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Allegany County Board of Elections
6 Schuyler Street
Belmont, NY 14813
http://www.alleganyco.com/default.asp?show=btn_elections
James Gallman, Comm. (R)
Diane Martin, Comm. (D)
Elaine Herdman, Dep. Comm. hermne@alleganyco.com
Catherine Lorow, Dep. Comm. lorowcm@alleganyco.com

Phone: 585-268-9294
Fax: 585-268-9406
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Broome County Board of Elections
44 Hawley St., Government Plaza
P.O. Box 1766
Binghamton, NY 13902
http://www.gobroomecounty.com/elections/
contact: bcboe@co.broome.ny.us
Catherine C. Schaewe, Comm. (R) cschaewe@stny.rr.com
John Perticone, Comm. (D) jperticone@binghamtonlaw.com
John Sejan, Dep. Comm. jsejan@co.broome.ny.us
Mary E. Pines, Dep. Comm. mpines@co.broome.ny.us

Phone: 607-778-2172
Fax: 607-778-2174
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Cattaraugus County Board of Elections
302 Court St.
Little Valley, NY 14755
http://www.cattco.org/election_board/index.asp
Sue A. Fries, Comm. (R) SAFries@cattco.org
Kevin C. Burleson, Comm. (D) KCBurleson@cattco.org
Kristie L. Virga, Dep. Comm. (R) KLDustman@cattco.org
Karen L. Byrne, Dep. Comm. (D) KLByrne@cattco.org

Phone: 716-938-9111
Fax: 716-938-6347

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Cayuga County Board of Elections
10 Court St.
Auburn, NY 13021
http://co.cayuga.ny.us/election/
Cherl Heary, Comm. (R) election@co.cayuga.ny.us
Dennis Sedor, Comm. (D) election@co.cayuga.ny.us
Tom Prystal, Dep. Comm.
Deborah Calarco, Dep. Comm.

Phone: 315-253-1285
Fax: 315-253-1289
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Chautauqua County Board of Elections
3 N. Erie Street
Mayville, NY 14757
http://www.votechautauqua.com/
contact: VOTE@co.chautauqua.ny.us

Terry Niebel, Republican Election Commissioner (R) niebelt@co.chautauqua.ny.us
Commissioner Norman P. Green (D), email: normg@co.chautauqua.ny.us

Phone: 716-753-4580
Fax: 716-753-4111
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Chemung County Board of Elections
425 Pennsylvania Ave.
P.O. Box 588
Elmira, NY 14902-0588
http://www.chemungcounty.com/bin/site/templates/default.asp?area_2=pages/BoE/boe-board_of_elections
Martin T. Kain, Comm. (R) mkain@co.chemung.ny.us
Keith H. Osborne, Comm. (D) kosborne@co.chemung.ny.us
Linda A. Forrest, Dep. Comm. lforrest@co.chemung.ny.us
Mary M. O'Dell, Dep. Comm. modell@co.chemung.ny.us

Phone: 607-737-5475
Fax: 607-737-5499
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Chenango County Board of Elections
5 Court Street
Norwich, NY 13815
Harriet L. Jenkins, Comm. (R) harrietj@co.chenango.ny.us
Carol A. Franklin, Comm. (D) carolf@co.chenango.ny.us

Phone: 607-337-1760
Fax: 607-337-1766
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Clinton County Board of Elections
Co. Government Center. Suite 104
137 Margaret Street
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
http://www.co.clinton.ny.us/Departments/boe/board_of_election.htm
contact: BOE@co.clinton.ny.us
Judith C. Layhee, Comm. (R) layheej@co.clinton.ny.us
John W. Brunell, Comm. (D) brunellj@co.clinton.ny.us
Lois M. McShane, Dep. Comm. (R)
Debra L. Bruno, Dep. Comm. (D)

Phone: 518-565-4740
Fax: 518-565-4508
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Columbia County Board of Elections
401 State St.
Hudson, NY 12534
http://columbiacountyny.com/
Donald R. Kline, Comm. (R) dkline@govt.co.columbia.ny.us
Kenneth J. Dow, Comm. (D) kenjdow@hotmail.com
Michael P. Nabozny, Dep. Comm. (D) mnabozny@govt.co.columbia.ny.us
Geeta Cheddie, Dep. Comm. (R) gcheddie@govt.co.columbia.ny.us

Phone: 518-828-3115
Fax: 518-828-2624
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Cortland County Board of Elections
Cortland County Office Building
60 Central Avenue - Room 102
Cortland, NY 13045-2746
http://www.cortland-co.org/election/ccboe.html
Robert C. Howe, Comm. (R) rhowe@cortland-co.org
William J. Wood, Comm. wwood@cortland-co.org

Phone: 607-753-5032
Fax: 607-758-5513
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Delaware County Board of Elections
3 Gallant Ave.
Delhi, NY 13753
http://www.co.delaware.ny.us/depts/elec/elec.htm
William J. Campbell, Comm. (R) William.campbell@co.delaware.ny.us
William J. Buccheri, Comm. (D) William.buccheri@co.delaware.ny.us
Robin L. Alger, Dep. Comm. (R) Robin.alger@co.delaware.ny.us
Janice G. Burdick, Dep. Comm. (D) Janice.burdick@co.delaware.ny.us

Phone: 607-746-2315
Fax: 607-746-6516
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Dutchess County Board of Elections
47 Cannon St.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
http://www.dutchesselections.com/
Frances A. Knapp (D), email: fknapp@co.dutchess.ny.us
David J. Gamache (R), email: dgamache@co.dutchess.ny.us
John M. Kennedy, Dep. Comm.
Christopher Higgins, Dep. Comm.

Phone: 845-486-2473
Fax: 845-486-2483
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Erie County Board of Elections
134 West Eagle St.
Buffalo, NY 14202
http://www.erie.gov/
Democratic Elections Commissioner Dennis E. Ward (R) wardcomm@erie.gov
Republican Elections Commissioner Ralph M. Mohr (D) , email: mohrr@erie.gov rmohr@buffnet.net

Phone: 716-858-8891
Fax: (716) 858-8282
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Essex County Board of Elections
7551 Court Street
P. O. Box 217
Elizabethtown, NY 12932
Lewis W. Sanders, Comm. (R) Lsanders@co.essex.ny.us
Edward P. Hatch, Comm. (D) EHatch@co.essex.ny.us
Patti L. Doyle, Dep. Comm. (R) pdoyle@co.essex.ny.us
Steven Laundree, Dep. Comm. (D) SLaundree@co.essex.ny.us

Phone: 518-873-3474
Fax: 518-873-3479
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Franklin County Board of Elections
355 West Main St.
Malone, NY 12953-1821
Beverly C. Mills, Comm. (R) bmills@co.franklin.ny.us
Kathy M. Fleury, Comm. (D) kFleury@co.franklin.ny.us
Veronica B. King, Dep. Comm.
Cheryl A. Dumas, Dep. Comm

Phone: 518-481-1663
Fax: 518-481-6018
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Fulton County Board of Elections
2714 STHWY 29, Suite 1
Johnstown, NY 12095-9946

contact: boe@co.fulton.ny.us
Dexter J. Risedorph, Comm. (R)
Marilyn J. Cornell, Comm. (D)
Linda M. Madison, Dep. Comm. lmadison@co.fulton.ny.us
Linda L. Coons, Dep. Comm. lcoonse@co.fulton.ny.us

Phone: 518-736-5526
Fax: 518-736-1612
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Genesee County Board of Elections
County Building One
15 Main Street - P.O. Box 284
Batavia, NY 14021
http://www.co.genesee.ny.us/frameset.html?/dpt/elections/index.html&1
contact: election@co.genesee.ny.us
Richard E. Siebert, Comm. (R) rsiebert@co.genesee.ny.us
Dawn E. Cassidy, Comm (D) dcassidy@co.genesee.ny.us
Sharon E. White, Dep. Comm.
Karen S. Gannon, Dep. Comm.

Phone: 585-344-2550
Fax: 585-344-8562
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Greene County Board of Elections
411 Main Street, 4th Floor
P. O. Box 307
Catskill, NY 12414

http://www.greenegovernment.com/department/election/index.htm

Commissioner Thomas J. Burke (D) • email: tburke@discovergreene.com
Commissioner Frank DeBenedictus (R) fdebenedictus@discovergreene.com
Phone: 518-719-3550
Fax: 518-719-3784
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Hamilton County Board of Elections
Route 8
P. O. Box 175
Lake Pleasant, NY 12108
Judith L. Peck, Comm. (R) jpeck@klink.net
Cathleen E. Rogers, Comm. (D) crogers@klink.net
Deborah A. O'Rourke, Dep. Comm.
William Parslow, Dep. Comm.

Phone: 518-548-4684
Fax: 518-548-6345
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Herkimer County Board of Elections
109 Mary Street, Suite 1306
Herkimer, NY 13350
http://herkimercounty.org/dept/dept.htm
Marty L. Smith, Comm (R) msmith@herkimercounty.org
Toni M. Scalise, Comm. (D) tscalise@herkimercounty.org

Phone: 315-867-1102
Fax: 315-867-1106
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Jefferson County Board of Elections
175 Arsenal St.
Watertown, NY 13601
http://www.co.jefferson.ny.us/Jefflive.nsf/election
James E. Fitzpatrick, Comm.
Sean M. Hennessey, Comm.
Sandra Corey, Dep. Comm. sandyc@co.jefferson.ny.us
Cindy Corbett, Dep. Comm. cindyc@co.jefferson.ny.us

Phone: 315-785-3027
Fax: 315-785-5197
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Lewis County Board of Elections
7660 N. State Street
Lowville, NY 13367
http://www.lewiscounty.org/

contact elections@lewiscountyny.org
Ann M. Nortz, Comm.
Elaine M. McLear, Comm.

Phone: 315-376-5329
Fax: 315-376-2860

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Livingston County Board of Elections
County Government Center
6 Court Street, Room 104
Geneseo, NY 14454-1043
http://www.co.livingston.state.ny.us/elections.htm
Gerald L. Smith, Comm. (R) gsmith@co.livingston.ny.us
Susan N. Guenther, Comm. (D) sguenther@co.livingston.ny.us
Nancy L. Leven, Dep. Comm.
Laura M. Schoonover, Dep. Comm.

Phone: 585-243-7090
Fax: 585-243-7015
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Madison County Board of Elections
North Court Street - County Office Bldg.
P. O. Box 666
Wampsville, NY 13163
http://www.madisoncounty.org/boe/boe.html
Laura P. Costello, Democratic Commissioner laura.costello(R) @co.madison.ny.us
Lynne M. Jones, Republican Commissioner (D) lynne.jones@co.madison.ny.us

Phone: 315-366-2231
Fax: 315-366-2532
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Monroe County Board of Elections
39 Main St. West
Rochester, NY 14614
http://www.monroecounty.gov/org29.asp?orgID=29&storytypeid=&storyID=&

contact: mcboe@monroecounty.gov
Peter M. Quinn, Comm. (R) pQuinn@monroecounty.gov
Thomas F. Ferrarese, Comm. (D) tFerrarese@monroecounty.gov
Douglas E. French, Dep. Comm.
Sheila Fleischauer, Dep. Comm.

Phone: 585-428-4550
Fax: 585-428-2158 (R) 585-428-2590 (D)
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Montgomery County Board of Elections
Old Courthouse, Railroad Street
P. O. Box 1500 (9 Park Street)
Fonda, NY 12068-1500
http://www.co.montgomery.ny.us/website/
Lyn A. May, Comm (R) lmay@co.montgomery.ny.us
Joan M. Grainer, Comm (D) jgrainer@co.montgomery.ny.us
Kristen M. Prevendoski, Dep. Comm.
Marcia M. Baranowski, Dep. Comm.

Phone: 518-853-8180
Fax: 518-853-8392
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Nassau County Board of Elections
New Administration Bldg.
400 County Seat Dr.
Mineola, NY 11501
http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/BOE/index.html
All contact: http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/BOE/contact.html
John A. DeGrace, Comm.
William T. Biamonte, Comm.
Carol Demauro Busketta, Dep. Comm.
Eleanor Sciglibaglio, Dep. Comm.

Phone: 516-571-2411
Fax: 516-571-2058

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NEW YORK CITY
New York CITY Board of Elections
200 Varick St.
New York, NY 10014
http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/
Frederic M. Umane, Comm. (R) fumane@boe.nyc.ny.us
Douglas Kellner, Comm. (D) dkellner@elections.state.ny.us

Phone: 212-886-2100
Fax:
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New York COUNTY Board of Elections
32 Broadway
7th Floor
New York, NY 10004
http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/
Phone: 212-487-5300
Fax: 212-487-5349
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BOROUGH OFFICES

Bronx County Board of Elections
1780 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10457
http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/
Joseph J. Savino, Comm. (R) jsavino@boe.nyc.ny.us
Nero Graham, Jr., Comm. (D) ngraham@boe.nyc.ny.us
Phone: 718-299-9017
Fax:
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Kings County Board of Elections
345 Adams St.
Brooklyn, NY 11201
http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/
Nancy Mottola Schacher, Comm. (R) nschacher@boe.nyc.ny.us
Jeannette Gadson, Comm(D) jgadson@boe.nyc.ny.us
Phone: 718-797-8800
Fax: 718-522-6227
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Queens County Board of Elections
126-06 Queens Boulevard
Kew Gardens, NY 11415
http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/
Anthony Como, Comm. (R) acomo@boe.nyc.ny.us
Terrence C. O'Connor, Comm.(D) tcoconn@hotmail.com
Phone: 718-730-6730
Fax:
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Richmond County Board of Elections
1 Edgewater Plaza
Staten Island, NY 10305
http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/
Mary Ann Yennella, Comm (R) myennella@boe.nyc.ny.us
James Joseph Sampel, Comm. (D) jsampel@boe.nyc.ny.us
Phone: 718-876-0079
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Niagara County Board of Elections
111 Main Street, Suite 100
Lockport, NY 14094
http://www.elections.niagara.ny.us/
Scott P. Kiedrowski, Comm. (R) Scott.Kiedrowski@niagaracounty.com
Nancy L. Smith, Comm. (D) Nancy.Smith@niagaracounty.com
Mary Ann L. Casamento, Dep. Comm.
Lora A. Allen, Dep. Comm.

Phone: 716-438-4040
Fax: 716-438-4054
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Oneida County Board of Elections
Union Station
321 Main Street - 3rd Floor
Utica, NY 13501
http://www.co.oneida.ny.us/election/boeindex.htm
Patricia Ann DiSpirito, Comm. (R) pDiSpirito @co.oneida.ny.us
Angela Pedone Longo, Comm. (D) aLongo@co.oneida.ny.us
Cathy Dumka, Dep. Comm.
Carolann Cardone, Dep. Comm.

Phone: 315-798-5765
Fax: 315-798-6412

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Onondaga County Board of Elections
Civic Center - 15th Floor
421 Montgomery Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
http://www.ongov.net/Board_of_Elections/home.html
Helen Kiggins (R), email: helenkiggins@ongov.net
Edward J. Szczesniak (D) edwardszczesniak@ongov.net

Phone: 315-435-3312
Fax: 315-435-8451
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Ontario County Board of Elections
20 Ontario Street
Canandaigua, NY 14424
http://www.co.ontario.ny.us/elections/index.html
Michael J. Northrup, Comm. (R) michael.northrup@co.ontario.ny.us
Mary Q. Salotti, Comm. (D) mary.salotti@co.ontario.ny.us
Elaine Mallaber, Dep. Comm.
Joan F. Luther, Dep. Comm.

Phone: 585-396-4005
Fax: 585-393-2941
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Orange County Board of Elections
25 Court Lane, P.O. Box 30
Goshen, NY 10924
http://www.orangecountygov.com/orgMain.asp?orgid=41&storyTypeID=&sid=&
David C. Green, Comm. (R) dgreen@co.orange.ny.us
Susan Bahren, Comm. (D) sBahren @co.orange.ny.us
Courtney Canfield Greene, Dep. Comm.
Ellouise S. Raffo, Dep. Comm.

Phone: 845-291-2444
Fax: 845-291-2437
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Orleans County Board of Elections
County Administration Building
14016 State Route 31
Albion, NY 14411
http://orleansny.com/election.htm
Dennis J. Piedimonte, Comm. (R) dpiedimonte@orleansny.com
Helen L. Zelazny, Comm. (D) hzelazny@orleansny.com
Clara L. Martin, Dep. Comm.
Janice E. Grabowski, Dep. Comm.

Phone: 585-589-3274
Fax: 585-589-2771
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Oswego County Board of Elections
46 East Bridge St.
Oswego, NY 13126
http://www.co.oswego.ny.us/election.shtml
Republican Commissioner Don Wart, email: repcommissioner@oswegocounty.com
Democratic Commissioner William Scriber, email: wmscriber@oswegocounty.com

Phone: 315-349-8350
Fax: 315-349-8357
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Otsego County Board of Elections
197 Main Street
Cooperstown, NY 13326
http://www.otsegocounty.com/boe/index.htm
Charlotte Koniuto, Comm. (R) ckoniuto@otsegocounty.com
Henry J. Nicols, Comm. (D) hjnicols@otsegocounty.com
Sheila M. Ross, Dep. Comm.
Cindy Jarvis, Dep. Comm.

Phone: 607-547-4247
Fax: 607-547-4248
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Putnam County Board of Elections
1 Geneva Road
Brewster, NY 10509
http://www.putnamcountyny.com/boardofelections/
Anthony G. Scannapieco, Jr., Comm. (R) ANTHONY.SCANNAPIECO@PUTNAMCOUNTYNY.COM
Robert J. Bennett, Comm.(D) ROBERT.BENNETT@PUTNAMCOUNTYNY.COM
Nancy M. Quis, Dep. Comm.
Dorothy E. Gilman, Dep. Comm.

Phone: 845-278-6970
Fax: 845-278-6798
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Rensselaer County Board of Elections
Ned Pattison Government Center
1600 Seventh Ave.
Troy, NY 12180
http://www.rensco.com/departments_elections.asp
Larry A. Bugbee, Comm. (R) lbugbee@rensco.com
Edward G. McDonough, Comm. (D) emcdonough@rensco.com

Phone: 518-270-2990
Fax: 518-270-2909
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Rockland County Board of Elections
11 New Hempstead Road
New City, NY 10956
http://www.co.rockland.ny.us/BOE/default.htm
Joan M. Silvestri, Comm. (R) silvestj@co.rockland.ny.us
Ann Marie Kelly, Comm (D) kellya@co.rockland.ny.us
Ruth Vezzetti, Dep. Comm.
Kathleen Pietanza, Dep Comm.

Phone: 845-638-5172
Fax: 845-638-5196
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Saratoga County Board of Elections
50 W. High St.
Ballston Spa, NY 12020
http://www.co.saratoga.ny.us/election.html
Commissioner William Fruci (D), email: sardemoc@govt.co.saratoga.ny.us
Commissioner Diane Wade (R), email: sarrepub@govt.co.saratoga.ny.us
sarclerck@govt.co.saratoga.ny.us

Phone: 518-885-2249
Fax: 518-884-4751
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Schenectady County Board of Elections
388 Broadway - Suite E
Schenectady, NY 12305-2520

http://www.schenectadycounty.com/index.php?page_id=369
Armando G. Tebano, Comm. (R) armando.tebano@schenectadycounty.com
Robert A. Brehm, Comm. (D) robert.brehm@schenectadycounty.com
Anna Maria Guida, Dep. Comm. (R)
Marie M. Woodward, Dep. Comm. (D)

Phone: 518-377-2469
Fax: 518-377-2716
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Schoharie County Board of Elections
County Office Bldg. - 284 Main Street
P. O. Box 99
Schoharie, NY 12157
http://www.schohariecounty-ny.gov/CountyWebSite/BoardOfElections/boehome.jsp
Lewis L. Wilson, Comm. (R)
Clifford C. Hay, Comm. (D)
Anne W. Hendrix, Dep. Comm.(R) hendrixa@co.schoharie.ny.us
Diane J. Becker, Dep. Comm. (D) beckerd@co.schoharie.ny.us

Phone: 518-295-8388
Fax: 518-295-8419
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Schuyler County Board of Elections
County Office Building
105 9th Street, Unit 13
Watkins Glen, NY 14891-9972

http://www.schuylercounty.us/boe.htm
all email: elections@co.schuyler.ny.us
Joseph Fazzary, Comm. (R)
John L. Vona, Comm. (D)
Bonnie G. Herzig, Dep. Comm.
Carolyn C. Elkins, Dep. Comm.

Phone: 607-535-8195
Fax: 607-535-8364

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Seneca County Board of Elections
One DiPronio Drive
Waterloo, NY 13165
http://www.co.seneca.ny.us/boe/
Elaine M. Catanise, Comm. (R) ecatanise@co.seneca.ny.us
Ruth V. Same, Comm. (D) rsame@co.seneca.ny.us
Joan P. Mooney, Dep. Comm.
Barbara R. McCann, Dep. Comm.

Phone: 315-539-1760
Fax: 315-539-3710
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St. Lawrence County Board of Elections
8 Court Street
Canton, NY 13617
http://www.co.st-lawrence.ny.us/Board_of_Elections/CoBOE.htm
Deborah J. Pahler, Comm. (R) dpahler@.co.st-lawrence.ny.us
Robin M. St. Andrews, Comm. (D) rstandrews@.co.st-lawrence.ny.us
Cathy A. Marich, Dep. Comm.
Sandra Ragan, Dep. Comm.

Phone: 315-379-2202
Fax: 315-386-2737

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Steuben County Board of Elections
3 E. Pulteney Square
Bath, NY 14810
http://www.steubencony.org/boe.html
Sharlene J. Thompson, Comm.(R) 607-664-2261 Sharlenet@co.steubenco.ny.us
Allan C. Johnson, Comm. (D) 607-664-2262 Allanj@co.steubenco.ny.us
Penny M. Ruest, Dep. Comm. (R) 607-664-2260
Kelly J. Austin, Dep. Comm. (D) 607-664-2263

Phone: 607-664-2260
Fax: 607-664-1200
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Suffolk County Board of Elections
Yaphank Avenue
P. O. Box 700
Yaphank, NY 11980
http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/webtemp1.cfm?dept=21&ID=1177
all email: boeadmin@co.suffolk.ny.us
Robert L. Garfinkle, Comm.
Anita S. Katz, Comm.
Linda Powell, Dep. Comm.
Jeanne O'Rourke, Dep. Comm.

Phone: 631-852-4500
Fax: 631-852-4590
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Sullivan County Board of Elections
Government Center, 100 North Street
P. O. Box 5012
Monticello, NY 12701-5192
http://co.sullivan.ny.us/content/depts/boe/
Commissioner Timothy E. Hill (D) timothy.hill@co.sullivan.ny.us
Commissioner Fran Thalmann (R) fran.thalmann@co.sullivan.ny.us
Deputy Commissioner Joanne Clements (R) joanne.clements@co.sullivan.ny.us
Deputy Commissioner Faith Kaplan (D) faith.kaplan@co.sullivan.ny.us

E-Mail: info@co.sullivan.ny.us

Phone: (845)794-3000 ext. 5024
Fax: 845-794-0183
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Tioga County Board of Elections
County Office Building
56 Main Street
Owego, NY 13827
http://www.tiogacountyny.com/departments/legislature/boe/index.php
Bernadette M. Toombs, Comm. toombsb@co.tioga.ny.us
Cinda Lou Goodrich, Comm.(D) goodrichc@co.tioga.ny.us
VACANT, Dep. Comm.
Sandra Saddlemire, Dep. Comm. (D) saddlemires@co.tioga.ny.us

Phone: 607-687-8261
Fax: 607-687-6348
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Tompkins County Board of Elections
Court House Annex
128 E. Buffalo Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
http://www.co.tompkins.ny.us/boe/page1.html

Stephen M. DeWitt - Democratic Commissioner of Elections email: sdewitt@tompkins-co.org
Elizabeth W. Cree, Republican Commissioner email: ecree@tompkins-co.org

Phone: 607-274-5522
Fax: 607-274-5533
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Ulster County Board of Elections
284 Wall Street
Kingston, NY 12401
http://www.co.ulster.ny.us/elections/
John R. Parete, Commissioner (D) jpar@co.ulster.com
Thomas F. Turco, Commissioner (R) email: ttur@co.ulster.com
Joan M. Millham, Dep. Comm. (R) email: jmil@co.ulster.com
Stuart Fraser, Dep. Comm. (D) sfra@co.ulster.com

Phone: 845-334-5470
Fax: 845-334-5434

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Warren County Board of Elections
County Municipal Center
1340 State Route 9
Lake George, NY 12845
http://www.co.warren.ny.us/boe/
Mary Beth Casey(R), Comm. caseym@co.warren.ny.us
William A. Montfort (D), Comm. montfortw@co.warren.ny.us
Constance L. Service, Dep. Comm (R). servicec@co.warren.ny.us
M. Suzanne O'Dea, Dep. Comm. odeas@co.warren.ny.us

Phone: 518-761-6456
Fax: 518-761-6480
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Washington County Board of Elections
383 Broadway
Fort Edward, NY 12828
http://www.co.washington.ny.us/Departments/Boe/boe1.htm
Donna English, Comm.(R) denglish@co.washington.ny.us
Patricia A. Haley, Comm.(D) phaley@co.washington.ny.us
Linda Falkouski, Dep. Comm. (R) lfalkouski@co.washington.ny.us
Jeffrey J. Curtis, Dep. Comm. (D) jcurtis@co.washington.ny.us

Phone: 518-746-2180
Fax: 518-746-2179

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Wayne County Board of Elections
157 Montezuma St. Ext.
P. O. Box 636
Lyons, NY 14489
http://www.co.wayne.ny.us/departments/elections/elections.htm
Richard E. Clark, Commissioner
Kelley Borrelli, Deputy kborrelli@co.wayne.ny.us
Thomas F. Healy, Commissioner
Joyce Krebbeks, Deputy jkrebbeks@co.wayne.ny.us

Phone: 315-946-7400
Fax: 315-946-7409

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Westchester County Board of Elections
25 Quarropas Street
White Plains, NY 10601
http://www.westchestergov.com/boe/
Commissioners: Carolee C. Sunderland email: ccs8@westchestergov.com
Reginald A. LaFayette, email: ral4@westchestergov.com
Deputy-Commissioners: Melissa J. Nacerino Jeannie L. Palazola
Phone: 914-995-5700
Fax: 914-995-3190 914-995-7753
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Wyoming County Board of Elections
76 North Main Street
Warsaw, NY 14569-1329
http://www.wyomingco.net/BOE/Index.htm
COMMISSIONERS: James Schlick (R) & Anna Mae Balmas (D)
Deputy COMMISSIONER (R): Wendy Simpson, email: jewilliams@frontiernet.net
Deputy COMMISSIONER (D): Jeanne Williams, email: jewilliams@frontiernet.net

Phone: 585-786-8931
Fax: 585-786-8843
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Yates County Board of Elections
Suite 1124
417 Liberty Street
Penn Yan, NY 14527
http://www.yatescounty.org/display_page.asp?pID=74
Democratic Commissioner, Wendy S. Gibson, email: wgibson@yatescounty.org
Republican Commissioner, Pamela A. Welker email: pwelker@yatescounty.org

Phone: 315-536-5135
Fax: 315-536-5523

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