<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Colleagues,</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In partnership with the League of Women Voters, we wanted to send along a reminder about this upcoming election and pass along information. Please share and encourage others to vote in this upcoming election. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The statewide general election is Tuesday, Nov. 7 from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">, however, voters can avail themselves of the <b>nine-day Early Voting Period in New York</b>. All counties in New York have <b>an Early Voting Period starting Saturday, Oct. 28 through Sunday, Nov. 5.</b> Each county has a designated Early Voting site or sites. Registered voters may take advantage of Early Voting in their County. All buildings are accessible to all voters. Voters will be able to verify their eligibility upon entering and get the ballot for their individual municipality. Hours vary during the Early Voting Period by County, check with your County Board of Elections or see the attached document for hours in Clinton, Essex and Franklin Counties. <b>In New York, the deadline to register to vote in the 2023 general election is Saturday, October 28 – which means an eligible citizen can go to an Early Voting site, register and then vote by affidavit ballot that same day!</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The goal is always to increase the turnout for any election! Although considered an "off" election year, it is still a VERY IMPORTANT election with so many local elected offices to fill in various municipalities - including council positions, town/village supervisors, highway superintendents, town/village clerks, town/village justices, and some county-level positions. <b>Local governments</b> directly affect its citizens in so many areas including zoning, water/sewer systems, road maintenance and repairs, parks and recreational areas, and overall municipal development including affordable housing projects.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Your County Boards of Elections have a <b>"sample ballot"</b> that includes every voting district.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Clinton County residents go to <a href="https://www.clintoncountygov.com/boe" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://www.clintoncountygov.com/boe</a> and click on 2023 General Election Sample Ballot and scroll through to find your City, Town or Village Sample Ballot.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Essex County residents, go to <a href="https://www.co.essex.ny.us/EssexVoters/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://www.co.essex.ny.us/EssexVoters/</a> and click on the appropriate Sample Ballot.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Franklin County residents go to <a href="https://www.franklincountyny.gov/departments/administrative/board_of_elections/index.php" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://www.franklincountyny.gov/departments/administrative/board_of_elections/index.php</a> click on 2023 General Election Sample Ballot and scroll through to find your locality.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The only items that every New York voter can weigh in are the two ballot proposals on the back of the ballot - please give these two proposals some consideration! Both proposals are amendments to the New York Constitution and have passed in two successive legislatures (2021-2022) which is how they can now appear on the ballot. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ballot Proposal 1 </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">would allow small city school districts to carry more debt. 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. Keep in mind that this will affect several small cities here in the North Country like Watertown, Ogdensburg and Plattsburgh.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ballot Proposal 2</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> “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." Given the aging water systems in many North Country communities, this will help local governments improve the infrastructure in their locality.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thanks for your help in GETTING OUT THE VOTE! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Helen Nerska and Diana Wardell-Co-Presidents</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">LWV of the North Country</span></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"></span></span></div><div><br></div><div>And</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b>James R. Sherman</b></span><br></div><div>Director of Campus Housing and Community Living</div><div>SUNY Plattsburgh</div><div>103 Algonquin Hall</div><div><div>Plattsburgh, NY 12901<br></div></div><div>Phone: 518 564 3824</div><div>Fax: 518 564 3817</div><div><span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"></span></span><div>Signature Themes: Relator |Restorative |Ideation |Deliberative |Connectedness</div><div>Pronouns: He/His/Him</div><div style="text-align:center"><sp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