Numerous absentee ballots allowing incumbent William Hasenauer great chance to rebound
The unofficial voting results of the Tuesday, November 5 elections in the Towns of Forestport, Webb and Inlet have been posted; and while the races in Webb and Inlet were predictable (all incumbents ran unopposed), the Forestport Supervisor race has yet to be decided.
In a three-way contest between incumbent William Hasenauer (C-I), Parker Snead (R) and Robert Seager (D-I), Snead received 280 votes to Hasenauer’s 275 and Seager’s 108.
With a slim five-vote differential, the winner will be declared following vote recanvassing and the opening of absentee and affidavit ballots by the Oneida County Board of Elections on Wednesday, November 13th.
According to Rose Marie Grimaldi, Republican Commis-sioner of the Oneida County Board of Elections, 78 absentee ballots were sent out and as of Thursday, November 7, the board has received 62.
Grimaldi said absentee ballots needed to be postmarked by November 4 and received by the Board of Elections by November 12 to qualify for the final count.
In the race for Forestport Tax Collector, incumbent Shirleen Paschke (D) received 383 votes to Arthur Gleasman’s (R,C) 241. New members to the Town Council are Ronald Scouten (R) with 469 votes and Charles Scott (R-I) with 346. Brian Albert (C-I) had 233 votes and Brian Judge (C-I) had 132.
Incumbents, Highway Superin-tendent Bill Gardner and Town Clerk Shelley Entwistle, ran unopposed with Gardner receiving 495 votes and Entwistle with 547.
• Residents of the Town of Webb got out to cast their votes for Supervisor, two Council seats, Town Clerk, Highway Superin-tendent and Tax Collector.
Supervisor Theodore C. Riehle Jr. (R) received 409 votes in Webb District 1 and 81 in District 2 for a total of 490 votes.
Councilman Michael A. Ross (R) took 387 votes in Webb District 1 and 87 in District 2—a total of 474. Councilwoman Katie M. Russell (D) had 365 in District 1 and 53 in District 2 for a total of 418.
Town Clerk Nanci T. Russell (R) received 442 votes in Webb District 1 and 84 in District 2 for a total of 526.
Casey Crofut (R,I), Highway Superintendent took 434 votes in District 1 and 88 in District 2 for a total of 522 on the Republican line, and 49 votes in District 1 and 10 in District 2 under the Independent line for a total of 59.
Tax Collector Kelly Hunkins had 448 votes in District 1 and 78 in District 2 for a total of 526 votes.
Legislator Patrick E. Russell (R), Herkimer County District 15, also ran unopposed. He received 151 votes in the Town of Ohio, 108 in the Town of Russia, 397 votes in Webb District 1 and 79 in Webb District 2 for a total of 735 votes.
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• Officials running unopposed in the Town of Inlet were Supervisor John B. Frey (R) Town Clerk Patricia M. Wittmeyer (D), Highway Superintendent Shawn R. Hansen (R),
Town Justice Michael J. Marleau (D), Herbert W. Schmid (R) for Councilperson “Seat A”, Timothy P. Brownsell (R) for Councilperson “Seat B”, and Tax Collector Linda D. Nelson (R).
(Unofficial voting results from the Hamilton County Board of Elections were not available at press time.)
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• Area residents also voted on six state-wide propositions.
Proposition One which would authorize casino gaming received 232 yes votes and 283 no votes in Town of Webb District 1 and 49 yes votes and 52 no votes in District 2.
Proposal Two, an amendment that supported additional civil service credit for veterans with disabilities certified post-appointment, received 410 yes votes and 89 no votes in District 1, and 86 yes votes and 12 no in District 2.
In District 1, Proposal Three, which would allow for the exclusion of indebtedness contracted for sewage facilities, got 361 yes votes and 125 no votes and in District 2 69 yes and 25 no.
Proposal Four, which called for an amendment to settle disputed land titles in the Raquette Lake area got 493 yes votes and 30 no votes in District 1, and 101 yes, 3 no in District 2.
Proposal Five, which would allow for a land exchange in the State Forest Preserve with NYCO Minerals, Inc., received 332 yes votes and 171 no votes in District 1, and 80 yes and 20 no in District 2.
Proposal Six, that would have allowed for the increase in service age—from 70 to 80— for certain state judges received 182 yes votes and 315 no in District 1 and 48 yes and 51 no in District 2.
Statewide, all propositions passed with the exception of number six. Proposition One passed with a 57.1 to 42.9 percent margin; Proposition Two with 83.7 percent for and 16.3 percent against; Proposition Three with 62.2 to 37.8 percent; Proposition Four with 72.6 to 27.4 percent; and Proposition Five with 53.0 percent to 47.0 percent.
Proposition Six had 39.6 percent of the vote against the proposal and 60.4 percent for it.