2023 GENERAL ELECTION OVERVIEW

2023 GENERAL ELECTION OVERVIEW

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2023 General Election Overview
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For Tompkins County Voters

Offices, Candidates, Ballot Proposals

GENERAL ELECTION:  NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Polls Open:  6AM-9PM (At Assigned Polling Site)

2023 EARLY VOTING  (At Either of Two Locations):
Town of Ithaca Town Hall, 215 N. Tioga St. Ithaca
Crash Fire Rescue (CFR) Building, 72 Brown Rd. (nearby Tompkins County Airport)

VOTING & ELECTION INFORMATION and SAMPLE BALLOTS
Tompkins County Board of Elections
128 E. Buffalo St., Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: 607-274-5522; 607-274-5521
https://www.tompkinscountyny.gov/boe

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ALL Tompkins County VOTERS WILL VOTE FOR:

State Supreme Court Justice, 6^th Judicial District
(14 year term; vote for one)
     Deirdre Hay (Democratic)
     Cheryl Insinga (Republican)

Tompkins County Court Judge
(10 year term; vote for one)
     Joseph Cassidy (Democratic)

Proposal one, an amendment
=> on back of ballot for all Tompkins County voters
vote YES or NO
Removal of Small City School Districts From Special Constitutional Debt Limitation
The proposed amendment to Article 8, section 4 of the Constitution removes the special constitutional debt limitation now placed on small city school districts, so they will be treated the same as all other school districts.  Shall the proposed amendment be approved?
Description
The State Constitution limits how much debt a small city (a city with less than 125,000 people) school district, can incur. State law says their debt cannot be greater than five percent of the value of taxable real property; all other school districts’ debt cannot be greater than ten percent. If this Constitutional Amendment passes, small city school districts would be eligible to have the same debt limit as other school districts as determined by state law.

Proposal two, an amendment 
=> on back of ballot for all Tompkins County voters
vote YES or NO
 Extending Sewage Project Debt Exclusion From  Debt Limit
The proposed amendment to Article 8, section 5 of the Constitution extends for ten years the authority of counties, cities, towns, and villages to remove from their constitutional debt limits debt for the construction of sewage facilities.  Shall the proposed amendment be approved?
Description
The State Constitution limits the debt counties, cities, towns, and villages can incur. This debt limit has an exception to not include debt for sewage treatment and disposal construction projects. The current sewer debt exception expires on January 1, 2024. This amendment extends the sewer debt exception for ten more years until January 1, 2034.

Other 2023 Offices are on city ward & town ballots
Proposal three is for Town Danby Voters only.

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CITY OF ITHACA
City of Ithaca voters will also vote for Mayor and the Alderperson(s) for the Ward they reside in.
Mayor:  4 year term; vote for one
    Robert G. Cantelmo (Democratic; Working Families)
    Janis C. Kelly (Republican)
Alderperson Ward 1:  4 year term; vote for one
    Kayla Matos (Democratic, Working Families)
    Cynthia Brock (Ithacans For Progress)
(2 year term; vote for one)
    Phoebe Brown (Democratic, Working Families)
    Zachary Winn (Republican)
Alderperson Ward 2:  4 year term; vote for one
    Ducson Nguyen (Democratic, Working Families)
(2 year term; vote for one)
    Kris Haines-Sharp (Democratic, Working Families)
Alderperson Ward 3:  4 year term; vote for one
    David Shapiro (Democratic)
(2 year term; vote for one)
    Pierre Saint-Perez (Democratic)
    Pat Sewell (Community)
Alderperson Ward 4:  4 year term; vote for one
    Jorge DeFendini (Democratic; Working Families)
(2 year term; vote for one)
    Tiffany Kumar (Democratic, Working Families)
Alderperson Ward 5:  4 year term; vote for one)
    Margaret J. Fabrizio (Democratic, Ithacans For Progress)
    Michelle Song (Working Families)
(2 year term; vote for one)
    Clyde Lederman (Democratic, Working Families)     
Jason Houghton (Ithacans For Progress)

TOWN OF CAROLINE
Town of Caroline voters will also vote for:
Supervisor:  2 year term; vote for one
    Mark Witmer (Democratic, Working Families, Caroline)
    Tonya VanCamp (Connecting Caroline)
Town Clerk:  4 year term; vote for one
    Jessie Townsend (Democratic, Caroline)
Highway Superintendent: 4 year term; vote for one
    Bobby Spencer (Democratic, Caroline)
Town Councilperson:  4 year term; vote for up to two
    Kate Kelley-Mackenzie (Democratic, Working, Families, Caroline)
    Tim Murray (Democratic, Working Families, Caroline)
    Megan Slatoff-Burke (Connecting Caroline)
    Kathryn Mix (Connecting Caroline)
(2 year term to fill vacancy; vote for one)
    Michele Brown (Democratic, Working Families)
     Shari S. Conover (Republican)
Town Justice:  4 year term, vote for one
     Susan Barr (Democratic)

TOWN OF DANBY
Town of Danby voters will also vote for:
Supervisor:  2 year term; vote for one
    Joel Gagnon (Democratic)
    Francis Kevin Feeney (Danby Roots)
Town Clerk:  2 year term; vote for one
    Mariah Dillon (Democratic)
Highway Superintendent: 2 year term; vote for one
    Keith Shipman (Democratic)
Town Councilperson:  4 year term; vote for up to two
    Leslie Connors (Democratic)
    Paul Hansen (Democratic)
    Russell Howard Nitchman (Danby Roots)
    Mauricio R. Medina (Danby Roots)
Town Justice:  4 year term; vote for up to two
    Garry Huddle (Democratic, Republican)
    Theresa Klinger (Democratic, Republican)
Proposal three, town proposition one
=> Town of Danby voters only
vote YES or NO
Shall there be approved and adopted in the Town of Danby, New York, a Local Law entitled “Local Law Number 5 of 2023:  A Local Law providing for the Abolition of the Elected Position of Town Clerk and the Creation of the Appointed Position of Town Clerk of the Town of Danby,” as approved by the Town Board of the Town of Danby, to abolish the elected position of Town Clerk and create the appointed position of Town Clerk?

TOWN OF DRYDEN
Town of Dryden voters will also vote for:
Supervisor:   2 year term; vote for one
    Jason Leifer (Democratic, Protecting Dryden)
    Thomas Corey (Republican)
Town Clerk:  4 year term; vote for one
    Bambi Avery (Democratic, Republican)
Town Councilperson:  4 year term; vote for up to two
    Christina Dravis (Democratic, Protecting Dryden)
    Spring Buck (Democratic Protecting Dryden)
    Lawrence Lyon (Republican)
    Ronald Szymanski (Republican)
Town Justice:  4 year term; vote for one
  Christopher Clauson (Democratic, Protecting Dryden)
  Henry Kramer (Republican)

TOWN OF ENFIELD
Town of Enfield voters will also vote for:
Supervisor:  2 year term; vote for one
    Stephanie Redmond (Democratic)
Town Clerk  (2 year term; vote for one)
    Mary Cornell (Democratic, Republican)
Highway Superintendent: 2 year term; vote for one
    Barry Rollins Sr. (Democratic, Republican)
    Christopher Willis (Highway Men)
Town Councilperson:  4 year term, vote for up to two
    Melissa Millspaugh (Democratic)
    Robert Lynch (Democratic, One Enfield)
Town Justice:  4 year term, vote for one
    Heather Knutsen-King (Republican, Justice for Enfield)
    Cortney Bailey (Enfield First)

TOWN OF GROTON
Town of Groton voters will also vote for:
Town Councilperson:  4 year term; vote for up to  two
    Sheldon C. Clark (Republican)
    Brian M. Klumpp (Republican)

TOWN OF ITHACA
Town of Ithaca voters will also vote for:
Supervisor:  4 year term; vote for one
    Rod Howe (Democratic)
Town Councilperson:  4 year term; vote for up to three
    Pamela Bleiwas (Democratic, Working Families)
    Eric Levine (Democratic, Working Families)
    Susie Guttenberger-Fitzpatrick (Democratic, Working Families)
Town Justice:  4 year term, vote for one
    Kathleen A. Bergin (Democratic, Working Families)

TOWN OF LANSING
Town of Lansing voters will also vote for:
Supervisor:  4 year term, vote for one
    Ruth Groff (Democratic, Lansing Lighthouse)
    Dennis Griffin (Republican)
Town Clerk  (4 year term, vote for one)
    Deborah K. Munson (Republican)
Highway Superintendent: 4 year term, vote for one
    Michael D. Moseley (Republican)
Town Councilperson:  4 year term, vote for up to two
    Christine Montague (Democratic, Lansing Lighthouse)
    Laurie Hemmings (Democratic, Lansing Lighthouse)
    George Fenner (Republican)
Town Justice:  4 year term, vote for one
    John Howell (Republican)

TOWN OF NEWFIELD
Town of Newfield voters will also vote for:
Town Councilperson:  4 year term; vote for up to two
    Casey Powers (Democratic)
    Heather McCarty (Democratic)
    Christopher Hyer (Republican)
    Chad Rylott (Republican)
Town Justice:  4 year term; vote for one
    William Greener (Democratic)

TOWN OF ULYSSES
Town of Ulysses voters will also vote for:
Town Councilperson:  4 year term; vote for up to two
    Elizabeth Weatherby (Democratic)
    Michael T. Boggs (Democratic)
Town Justice:  4 year term; vote for one
    Mark R. Dresser (Republican)