FULTON, NY – The Board of Education for Fulton City School District approved the modifications to election districts and polling places at its meeting Tuesday (Feb. 23) at GRB High School.
Currently, the school district is divided into four election districts with each election district having it’s own polling location. However, through the board’s approval, the boundaries have been modified to include only two districts.
Now, election district #1 will include all the voters living on the east side of the district, or anyone residing east of the Oswego River.
Likewise, Election District #2 will include all voters living on the west side of the district, or anyone residing west of the Oswego River.
It is anticipated that the consolidation of the election districts will increase traffic flow at polling places, for which reason school buildings have been deemed not eligible for the option of possible polling locations as they are not feasible to accommodate such a large flow of traffic and to ensure safety and security for all students, staff and voters.
According to what the school district received from the board of elections:
The polling location for election district #1 will be at Cayuga Community College located at 11 River Glen Plaza and will include wards 4, 5 and 6, town of Volney, Palermo District 1 and town of Oswego District 5.
The polling location for election district #2 will be at CiTi (BOCES) Fulton Campus located at 806 W. Broadway and will include wards 1, 2 and 3, town of Granby, Minetto District 2 and town of Oswego District 5.
Superintendent Lynch had indicated at prior meetings that the polling location for election district #2 is likely to be held at the Fulton War Memorial in years to come, but is unavailable this year.
It was further approved that the vote and election will take place on May 17, from 9 a.m. To 9 p.m.
The voters will vote “to adopt the annual budget of the school district for the fiscal year 2016-2017 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the district” and “to elect two members of the Board of Education for three-year terms commencing July 1, 2016 and expiring on June 30, 2019.”
A copy of the statement of the amount of money required to fund the district budget can be obtained by any resident of the district beginning May 3 during weekday business hours, excluding holidays, at any of the district school buildings or at the business office at the Education Center.
Those interested in petitioning for nominating candidates for members of the board of education can pick up petitions at the Superintendent’s office in the Education Center starting March 7 and will be required to be turned in no later than April 27 between 9 a.m. And 5 p.m with the Fulton City School District clerk at the Education Center.
The petitions must be directed to the clerk, must be signed by at least 100 qualified voters of the district with the name and residence of each signer and must state the name and address of the candidate.
The clerk will determine the order in which candidates will appear on the ballot in a draw on April 28 at 9:30 a.m.
Absentee ballot applications will also be available from the district clerk at the Education Center during regular school business hours beginning May 2 and must be completed and returned to the district clerk at least seven days before election day for voters who intend to receive their ballot by mail and at least one day before the election if the voter intends to have the ballot personally delivered.
Absentee ballots must be received by the district clerk by 4 p.m. on election day, May 17.
Each person interested in voting in the May 17 election must be registered to vote under Article 5 of the Election Law or pursuant to #2606 of the Education Law.
The Board of Registration will meet at the Education Center on April 21 from 1-5 p.m. to register qualified voters pursuant to #2606 of the Education Law.
Further notice was given that any referendum or propositions to amend the budget or to be submitted for voting at election must be filed at the Education Center with the board of education on or before March 30 at 4 p.m. Such items must be typed or printed in English, directed to the district clerk, must be signed by 200 or more qualified voters in the district that have signed along with their name and residence.
The board will not accept any proposition that is not within the power of the voters to decide or any that fail to include a specific appropriation where the expenditure of monies is required by the proposition.
A public budget hearing has been scheduled for qualified voters of the FCSD on May 4 at 7 p.m. to receive reports of the officials of the district, to discuss the voting items, and to transact other business.
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