Elections

Rep. Nick LaLota knows the safeguards built into our election system, yet campaigns on fixing a system that's not broken.

Taxpayers in eight Republican-led municipalities have paid more than $1.6M for a federal lawsuit led by GOP committees.

A federal judge delayed the next conference in the even-year elections lawsuit to weigh how a new U.S. Supreme Court voting-rights ruling could affect the case.

New York’s highest court yesterday upheld the state’s Even Year Election Law, will take effect immediately for the 2025 election cycle, with even-year local elections beginning in 2026.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine were joined by officials from Long Island towns and villages, including Riverhead, to slam the even-year elections law, which they say is a politically motivated power grab by a state government run amuck under one-party rule and domination by New York City.

Voters approved the Riverhead Free Library budget April 8 by a vote of 200 to 193, according to library Director Kerrie McMullen-Smith.

The Riverhead Town Board passed a local law Tuesday night requiring elections for town supervisor, town council members and other local officials be held in odd-numbered years.

A state court judge in Syracuse last week voided the state's Even Year Election Law. Riverhead Town is now considering a local law requiring odd-year elections for town offices.

Voter ID laws play a positive role in maintaining the integrity of our electoral process. We must ensure every American's vote counts and that our elections are fair and transparent.

Voters approved Riverhead Free Library’s 2024-2025 budget yesterday and elected Mary Byrne McDonell, Mitchell Hagler and Susan Bergmann to the library's board of trustees.