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How many times will your vote be counted?
Voting has often been described as a cherished right and a solemn duty. And it is both. more
A tough choice on Coliseum vote
Business and labor organizations, development groups and politicians have all expressed their opinions on the plan to borrow $400 million to fund the construction of a new arena and minor-league baseball park at Nassau County’s Hub in Uniondale. Now it’s your turn, as taxpayers who want to be able to afford to keep living and working on Long Island, to cast your votes in the bond referendum on Monday. more
Pro and con on Nassau Coliseum redevelopment
On Aug. 1, Nassau County will hold a public referendum on a $400 million bond to finance the redevelopment of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. There are sharply differing opinions on the proposal, and this week we have asked Eric Alexander, executive director of Vision Long Island, and Jay Jacobs, chairman of the Nassau County Democratic Committee, to detail their viewpoints. The Herald will offer its take on the proposal in next week’s issue. more
Willow Road School sixth-graders, from left, Jasmine Velez, Andrew Persico, Amanda Marturano and Isabel Gutierrez played Monopoly during Board Games Day on June 13.
Sometimes it is all fun and games
The students spoke, and they wanted to play board games. District 13 held its annual student-chosen theme day on June 13, Board Games Day. Children got to vote for a theme day when their parents came for the school budget vote and Board of Education election on May 18. more
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Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, right, and Islanders owner Charles Wang, left, sat together as Mangano signed the bill into law that would allow the public referendum to be held. Mangano held the signing in a crowded room in the Legislative building, just minutes after the Legislature voted 11-7 to pass the bill.
Legislature passes Coliseum vote 11-7
In an 11-7 vote almost entire on party lines, the Nassau County Legislature voted on May 31 to allow a public referendum to decide the fate of County Executive Ed Mangano's plan for redeveloping … more
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Howard Sobel, Oceanside past president of the School Board
The lever is back
Assemblyman Brian Curran (Lynbrook – 14th A.D.) co-sponsored Assembly Bill 3093, which allows villages that administer their own elections to use lever voting machines in those elections if they so choose. more
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Election night-mare
It took longer than usual for Nassau County election results to come in this year than it has in previous years, due apparently to the new electronic voting machine system that was implemented this … more
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Michelle Clark
Voting machines debut in Elmont
Michelle Clark of Elmont checks out the new voting machines at Elmont Library’s demonstration. The lever-style machines will be replaced as residents cast their ballots in primaries on Tuesday and in the November general election. more
School budgets pass amid record turnout
All local school district budgets passed last week despite some vociferous community opposition. more
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New voting machine coming to Nassau County.
Old voting machines to be replaced by electronic devices in Nassau County
Nassau County is preparing to bid farewell to its tried-and-true lever voting machines and to replace them with electronic ones, most likely by the November election. more
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