“When you look at the Town of Callicoon and the Village of Jeff and see that village, it looks like a sore thumb sticking out there,” Bose said, referring to the change in districts in his town. “It looks to me like it was done more to guarantee strong districts for the ruling majority of the legislatures rather than to make it less confusing for the general public,” said Rieber. They’ll be fine because they know, but it’s the ones who don’t necessarily pay that much attention, yeah they’ll vote, but they don’t pay a lot of attention,” Bose said. Not knowing what district you’re in makes it difficult to make an informed decision about which candidate to vote for. And I will tell you there are people that don’t know where they’re voting yet, so that’s going to lead to more problems at the election sites and some people just giving up and not voting. “With this being an off year for elections-in other words, no Congress, no presidential, just basically local-the numbers of voters are usually lower. if you download the map, they’re incredibly difficult to look at,” said Reiber.īose had concerns that the confusion would reduce already low numbers for voting. I mean no one is going to drive around with a map. Visit .gov for legislative district and polling place information.īOE comissioners Deanna Senyk and Lori Benjamin told the River Reporter they were not included in the redistricting process and their predessors were. Yellow cards were sent out in May to all registered voters indicating the legislative district and voting location. Because of this restriction, the Sullivan County Board Of Election (BOE) has created 20 new election districts, going from 68 to 88 districts. According to New York State, each county legislative district must be voted for at a distinct voting location. Particularly in towns such as Callicoon and Thompson, where redistricting has significantly changed the number of legislators, some people might not even know whom they’re voting for or where.

“In my opinion, I think it’s ridiculous.” Thomas Bose, Town of Callicoon supervisor, echoed the sentiment. “It’s ridiculous!” said Town of Thompson supervisor Bill Rieber.

The Town of Thompson used to be split into two legislative districts, numbers 8 and 9, and is now divided into five: 1, 2, 6, 8 and 9. Callicoon is now split into three: numbers 5, 1 and 6.

Additionally, election districts and polling places have also been added or changed with the redistricting.īefore redistricting, some towns were in only one district. Not only are all nine of Sullivan County’s legislative seats up for election, this will be the first election since all of the county’s legislative districts were changed in a 2022 redistricting process. SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY- The November 7 election in Sullivan County is a doozy.

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