Recent Stories: Election 2011

    The early results posted for East Hampton Town supervisor showed the incumbent, Bill Wikinson, holding a narrow lead over Zach Cohen, the challenger in unofficial numbers from the Suffolk Board of Elections. Only 177 votes separated the Republican from the Democratic candidate, out of 5,955 cast. With this narrow a margin, absentee ballots may prove decisive; they will not be counted until next week. The county's tally as of Wednesday morning was Mr. Wilkinson with 3,066 and Mr. Cohen with 2,889.

You can download a PDF file of a Town of East Hampton sample ballot suitable for printing on an 8-1/2-by-11-inch sheet of paper by clicking here.

Due to a production error, the left-most column of the sample ballot printed in the Nov. 3 East Hampton Star was not visible, omitting the names of Loretta Sears and Nathaniel Miller, who are running for East Hampton Town trustee.

The official sample ballot from the Suffolk Board of Elections is almost 28 inches wide.

Absentee ballots for the Nov. 8 election can be requested using a New York State Board of Elections form until Tuesday. It can be downloaded from the board’s Web site, elections.state.ny.us, and must be mailed to a registered voter’s own county board of elections. The form is also available at East Hampton Town Hall, local post offices, and libraries, and can be asked for from the members of the respective political committees. The Suffolk County Board of Elections address is 700 Yaphank Avenue, Yaphank 11980-0700.

Running for East Hampton Town Board
Endorsements: Independence Party

Running for East Hampton Town Board
Endorsements: Republican, Conservative

EXPERIENCE, PHILOSPOHY AND RELATIONSHIPS
1. Please share with us accomplishments or experiences that would indicate your commitment to advancing an environmental agenda for East Hampton. These may be professional or personal.

Runing for East Hampton Town Board
Endorsements: Democratic, Working Families
 

EXPERIENCE, PHILOSPOHY AND RELATIONSHIPS
1. Please share with us accomplishments or experiences that would indicate your commitment to advancing an environmental agenda for East Hampton. These may be professional or personal.

Running for East Hampton Town supervisor
Endorsements: Democratic, Working Families
(Mr. Cohen won the local East Hampton Independence Party endorsement, but this was taken away and switched to Town Supervisor Bill Wilkinson by the party’s state chairman.)

    Steven Gaines, who is running for East Hampton Town Board on the Republican line, announced the creation of a new local political party this week called the Opportunity Party.
    The New York State Board of Elections okayed the new party after receiving 782 signatures on a petition. Mr. Gaines said the month-long process of gathering the signatures gave him a good chance to exchange ideas and concerns.