To elect one member of the Board of Education for a five year term commencing July 1, 2020 and expiring on June 30, 2025.
Notice is hereby given that petitions nominating candidates for a five year term of office currently held by Gordon Krick; shall be filed with the clerk of said school district not later than April 19, 2020, before 5:00 p.m. Nominating petitions must be signed by at least 25 qualified voters of the district, must state the name and residence of each signer and must state the name and residence of the candidate. Nominating petitions are available at the Andes Central School District office, Delaware Avenue, Andes, New York.
And further notice is hereby given that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required to fund the school district’s budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year may be obtained by any resident of the district during business hours beginning April 19, 2020, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at the Administration Office, Andes, New York.
And further notice is hereby given, that applications for absentee ballots will be obtainable during school business hours from the district clerk beginning April 22, 2019; completed applications must be received by the district clerk at least (7) seven days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election, if the ballot is to be picked up personally by the voter. Absentee ballots must be received by the district clerk no later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on May 19, 2020. Any person who appears on the County of Delaware Board of Elections registration list pursuant to subdivision 3 of Section 5-612 of the Election Law of New York as a permanently disabled voter shall be entitled to receive an absentee ballot by mail in the manner prescribed by Section 2018-a of the Education Law.
A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the district in the office of the district clerk on and after May 13, 2020, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays prior to the day set for the annual election. Any qualified voter present in the polling place may object to the voting of the ballot upon appropriate grounds for making his/her challenge and the reasons therefore known to the Inspector of Election before the close of the polls.
And further notice is hereby given, that personal registration of voters is required. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law and has voted at an annual or special district meeting within the last (4) four calendar years; he/she is eligible to vote at this election; if a voter is registered and eligible to vote and their name appears on the County of Delaware Voter Registration list or portion of such lists as transmitted to the school district by the Delaware County Board of Elections official prior to the annual meeting he/she is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must register.
The Board of Registration will meet for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the district pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law at the Andes Central School Administrative offices on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and again on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at the Andes Central School Administrative offices between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to add any additional names to the register to be used at the aforesaid election, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of said Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such election for which the register is prepared. The register so prepared pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the School District in the Andes Central School, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the district beginning on May 6, 2020, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., prevailing time, on weekdays and each day prior to the day set for the election, except Saturday and Sunday, and at the polling place on the day of the vote.
Dated: March 27, 2020
Dr. Robert L. Chakar, Jr.
District Clerk
Andes Central School
Town of Andes, Bovina, Delhi, Hamden and Middletown, County of Delaware
