The May 17 election for school board has the makings of a milestone moment for the Voorheesville Central School District, as board turnover in the past three years is set to top 70 percent. 

The Guilderland Public Library Board of Trustees this year decided not to seek a reduction in seats but did vote to limit the length of a term from five years to three years in hopes of attracting more candidates in the future.

Elizabeth Floyd Mair, Member DEI Committee of the Guilderland School Board

All 10 candidates participated in an online forum hosted by The Enterprise and posted with this story.

It is important to both increase the number of voters — personal responsibility is essential but access can ease the way — and to safeguard the sanctity of the ballot box by making it impermeable to fraud.

A 2015  United States Supreme Court ruling said that local governments can’t decide how long they allow election signs to be posted because the signs’ messages are protected by the First Amendment. 

Voters must apply for a general-election absentee ballot no later than seven days — Tuesday, Oct. 27 — before the election. However, they may apply in-person up to the day before the election: Monday, Nov. 2.

Voters may apply for an absentee ballot:

A number of new voting reforms signed into law in August will make it easier for New Yorkers to cast ballots come November. 

Sweeping voter reforms and an extension for protecting tenants were part of the governor’s pandemic response on Thursday.