Absentee ballots finally sent to Herkimer County voters; held up by court decision

Absentee ballots for the November 8 General Election are now in the mail, though behind schedule, according to Town of Webb Clerk Nanci Russell.

Typically, ballots are sent out to voters earlier, but this year the process was tied up in Supreme Court proceedings.

And the delay in receiving absentee ballots may create issues for some voters.

According to Nanci Russell, those who have applied for absentee ballots to be sent to addresses in the Town of Webb, who have left town before the ballots were sent out, must call the Herkimer County Board of Elections to request an address change over the phone.

“The applications for absentee ballots for the general election have to be postmarked by November 1,” Russell said.

So all address changes must be submitted by then.

The Post Office cannot forward ballots to addresses other than those listed on the envelopes.

According to the Herkimer County Board of Elections, the delay was caused because a Democratic Candidate challenged the process by which four Independent candidates for Supreme Court Justice became nominated.

During court proceedings, the Supreme Court found that the process that the Independent party followed did not follow party call rules, and did not reflect proper procedures.

The ruling was then challenged and taken to the appellate court, where the original ruling was upheld.

Following rulings by the Supreme Court and appellate court, there will be no Independent candidates for State Supreme Court Justice on the General Election ballot this November.

The four candidates who were taken off the General Election ballot as Independent candidates are: Erin P. Gall, Prescott E. Klosner, James P. McClusky, and Michael F. Young.

While they have been taken off the ballot as Independent candidates, all four candidates will be listed on the ballot as Republican candidates for Supreme Court Justice.

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