A majority of North Elba voters decided to approve a proposed games of chance law on the ballot Tuesday, with 811 votes in favor of the law, outweighing 596 votes against it. The Essex County Board of Elections sent out 134 absentee ballots to North Elba voters that haven’t been counted, but ...

ALBANY — New Yorkers approved a ballot measure adding the right to a clean environment to the state constitution but rejected other proposed amendments that could have made it easier to vote. The environmental measure was one of five statewide ballot questions before New York voters ...

LAKE PLACID -- Unofficial election results show that Derek Doty is in the lead in the race for North Elba town supervisor over incumbent Jay Rand. Including votes cast during the early voting period and on Election Day, Doty garnered 811 votes to Rand's 741 votes, leaving Doty with a 70-vote ...

TUPPER LAKE — The race for Tupper Lake mayor is in a dead heat, with incumbent candidate Paul Maroun and challenger Eric Shaheen holding 371 votes, each, by the end of election night. This race will be decided by absentee ballots, which the Franklin County Board of Elections will open on ...

SARANAC LAKE -- Jordanna Mallach, a Harrietstown town councilwoman currently deployed in Kosovo, appears to have clinched the town supervisor seat, unofficial election results show. With absentee ballots still to be counted, Mallach — who ran on the Democratic and independent Common Sense ...

Carol Greenley-Hackel was elected Jay's town clerk, but the town supervisor and town council races are still too close to call. Greenley-Hackel received 518 votes during the early voting period and on Election Day, a 374-vote lead over Tom Matuszewski's 144 votes. Greenley-Hackel has served ...