This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, each district was required to conduct their votes by mail, sending absentee ballots to every eligible voter and counting the mail-in ballots by hand.

Districts had anticipated higher voter turnout because of the mail-in system, and each saw three to four times as many votes cast this year compared to last.

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Saranac Lake

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Incumbent Jeffery Branch and Board of Education newcomer Joseph Henderson were elected to two seats on the Saranac Lake Central School District board with 1,048 votes and 775 votes, respectively.

Candidates Michael Beccaria and Zachary Randolph fell short with 732 votes and 630 votes, respectively.

Henderson is taking Mike McCreadie’s seat; McCreadie did not run for reelection for this year.

Saranac Lake voters passed the district’s $33.6 million budget with a total of 1,863 residents voting by absentee ballot. There were 1,524 “yes” votes and 325 “no” votes.

Voters also passed a $305,000 bus proposition 1,514 to 335 and a $294,389 library budget 1,477 to 364.

The district’s budget results announcement says voters took advantage of the absentee ballot voting this year, with voting turnout on the budget nearly quadrupling since last year, which had 524 total votes on the budget.

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Lake Placid

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Lake Placid Central School District voters passed the district’s budget with a total of 1,204 residents voting by absentee ballot. There were 930 “yes” votes for the budget and 240 “no” votes. Nine ballots were voided.

Joan Hallet-Valentine, Daniel Marvin and Jeffrey Brownell, all Board of Education incumbents, maintained their seats this year, facing no challengers and receiving 1,018, 995 and 961 votes, respectively.

There were three write-in votes for Jay Strack.

Voters also passed a bus purchase proposition 974 to 195, and the Wilmington Library budget passed 1,038 to 124.

Lake Placid also saw a large jump in voters from last year, when a total of 376 were cast.

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Tupper Lake

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Tupper Lake Central School District voters passed the district’s budget with a total of 1,122 votes. There were 808 “yes” votes and 314 “no” votes.

The three Board of Education candidates, two incumbents and one returning to the board after retiring, were all elected to the three open seats. Dawn Hughes, who was running for a seat vacated by Shaleen Price, which she previously held, received 943 votes. Incumbents Wayne Davison and Jason Rolley received 922 and 884, respectively.

A bus proposition passed 760 to 360, and the library budget passed 869 to 271.

Rick Wilburn was elected to the library board with 1,037 votes.

Last year’s vote brought 380 voters.

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AuSable Valley

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The AuSable Valley Central School District’s budget passed with 1,186 “yes” votes and 708 “no” votes.

James Martineau Jr. was re-elected to the Board of Education with 1,504 votes.

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Keene

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The Keene Central School Dsitrict’s budget was passed with 229 “yes” votes, 94 “no” votes and three blanks.

Both Board of Education candidates, Lauren Crowl and Sheryl Quinn, were elected to three-year terms.

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Long Lake

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The Long Lake Central School District’s budget passed with 120 “yes” votes and 52 “no” votes.

Voters also passed a bus purchase proposition 135 to 36.

Alex Harris was elected to the Board of Education with 148 votes. There were 10 write-in votes.