Nearly 150 people have cast their ballots so far in the ongoing advance voting for the Port Chester 2013 village election.
Port Chester residents on Tuesday began voting in the 2013 election to decide who will be mayor and who will fill six village trustee seats on Tuesday morning. Port Chester Village Clerk Janusz R. Richards said 71 people had voted at Village Hall on Tuesday and by 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday another 77 voters had cast their ballots.
He noted that there were no problems related to the early voting or with the operation of voting machines at Village Hall for the first two days of the advance voting.
Port Chester is unique in New York State in that the village has early voting, which allows residents to cast their ballots before the traditional Election Day — set for March 19.
Although the March 19 election will include voting at polling places throughout Port Chester, the advance voting is only available at Port Chester Village Hall, 222 Grace Church St., Port Chester. Advance voting runs from Tuesday until Saturday, and the ballots cast during the week will be counted with the ballots cast on March 19.
The advance voting includes the two-man race for a two-year term as Port Chester mayor and the 10-man race to fill six three-year village trustee seats. The election will also use old-style lever-pull voting machines, not the new electronic voting machines that scan paper ballots. Port Chester rented the machines from Nassau County on Long Island and has hired two mechanics to be on standby in case any of the machines develop mechanical problems during the voting.
Here's the list of candidates in the election:
Running for trustee seats are:
Gregory Adams, D
Incumbent Daniel Brakewood, D
Gene Ceccarelli, Pride in Port Chester
Incumbent Bart Didden, C, I
Rico Dos Anos, C
Frank Ferrara, R
Incumbent Joseph Kenner, R
Incumbent Luis Marino, D
John Reavis, Coalition
Incumbent Saverio Terenzi, R, C, I
Running for mayor are:
Dennis Pilla, D
Neil Pagano, R, C, I
Here are the hours for advance voting:
Tuesday, March 12: 9 am - 8 pm
Wednesday, March 13: 9 am - 8 pm
Thursday, March 14: 9 am - 8 pm
Friday, March 15: 9 am - 8 pm
Saturday, March 16: 9 am - 5 pm
On March 19, polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
If you want to vote by absentee ballot...
Tuesday, March 12 – Last day for the village clerk to receive applications for absentee ballots to be mailed to a qualified voter.
Wednesday, March 13 – Last day for the village clerk to mail absentee ballots qualified voters.
Monday, March 18 – Last day for the village clerk to receive personal applications for an absentee ballot from applicant or applicant’s agent.
Port Chester Village Clerk Janusz R. Richards said there is one change in the polling places for this election. He said residents of District 16 in Port Chester will be voting at Antioch Christian Church, 25 King St., instead of at the Don Bosco Center as they did in the November 2012 elections.
If you are not sure where you are supposed to vote, an online directory created by the New York State Board of Elections can be used to look up your polling place. Click here for that directory.
Here are the polling places in Port Chester (which is part of the Town of Rye):
The Polling Place for the qualified voters of Port Chester who reside within the limits of the Fifth Election District of the Town of Rye shall be in the Don Bosco Center, 22 Don Bosco Place, in said Village.
The Polling Place for the qualified voters of Port Chester who reside within the limits of the Sixth Election District of the Town of Rye shall be in the Don Bosco Center, 22 Don Bosco Place, in said Village.
The Polling Place for the qualified voters of Port Chester who reside within the limits of the Seventh Election District of the Town of Rye shall be in the Don Bosco Center, 22 Don Bosco Place, in said Village.
The Polling Place for the qualified voters of Port Chester who reside within the limits of the Eighth Election District of the Town of Rye shall be in the John F. Kennedy School, 40 Olivia Street, in said Village.
The Polling Place for the qualified voters of Port Chester who reside within the limits of the Ninth Election District of the Town of Rye shall be in the John F. Kennedy School, 40 Olivia Street, in said Village.
The Polling Place for the qualified voters of Port Chester who reside within the limits of the Tenth Election District of the Town of Rye shall be in the Corpus Christi School, 135 South Regent Street, in said Village.
The Polling Place for the qualified voters of Port Chester who reside within the limits of the Eleventh Election District of the Town of Rye shall be in the Carver Center, 400 Westchester Avenue, in said Village.
The Polling Place for the qualified voters of Port Chester who reside within the limits of the Twelfth Election District of the Town of Rye shall be in the Park Avenue School, 75 Park Avenue, in said Village.
The Polling Place for the qualified voters of Port Chester who reside within the limits of the Thirteenth Election District of the Town of Rye shall be in the St. George’s Orthodox Church, 356 Irving Avenue, in said Village.
The Polling Place for the qualified voters of Port Chester who reside within the limits of the Fourteenth Election District of the Town of Rye shall be in the St. George’s Orthodox Church, 356 Irving Avenue, in said Village.
The Polling Place for the qualified voters of Port Chester who reside within the limits of the Fifteenth Election District of the Town of Rye shall be in the St. George’s Orthodox Church, 356 Irving Avenue, in said Village.
The Polling Place for the qualified voters of Port Chester who reside within the limits of the Sixteenth Election District of the Town of Rye shall be in the Antioch Christian Church (known as the Summerfield United Methodist Church), 225 King Street, in said Village.
The Polling Place for the qualified voters of Port Chester who reside within the limits of the Seventeenth Election District of the Town of Rye shall be in the Brooksville Gardens Senior Citizens Apts., 169 Terrace Avenue, in said Village.
The Polling Place for the qualified voters of Port Chester who reside within the limits of the Eighteenth Election District of the Town of Rye shall be in the Edison School, 113 Rectory Street, in said Village.
The Polling Place for the qualified voters of Port Chester who reside within the limits of the Nineteenth Election District of the Town of Rye shall be in the Park Avenue School, 75 Park Avenue, in said Village.
The Polling Place for the qualified voters of Port Chester who reside within the limits of the Twenty-Fifth Election District of the Town of Rye shall be in the King Street School 697 King Street, in said Village.
