Election Results

Running unopposed, Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. was re-elected to a four-year term in East Hampton Village’s election on Tuesday. Deputy Mayor Barbara Borsack and Richard Lawler of the village board were also re-elected without opposition.

Unofficial results released yesterday by Becky Molinaro, the village administrator, showed 53 machine votes cast at the Emergency Services Building. An additional 30 were cast by absentee ballot. Mayor Rickenbach received a total of 71 votes, with Ms. Borsack and Mr. Lawler each receiving 72.

Talk of challengers to the mayor and board members in the wake of last year’s zoning code amendment, which added restrictions to the maximum allowable gross floor area and lot coverage of residential properties and is the subject of a legal challenge, proved to be just that. The May 17 deadline for nominating petitions passed with no declarations of candidacy.

Nonetheless, Dell Cullum, a vocal critic of the village’s deer-sterilization effort, received two machine votes for mayor and “Bob” received one. Michael Elinski received two absentee votes.

Howard Harris received two votes for a position on the board, as did Scott Dinstman, the latter’s via absentee ballot. Also coming up short for a seat on the board were Sally Baier, “Tom,” and “Ed,” each of whom received one vote.