North East Democrats set caucus for June 21

North East Democrats set caucus for June 21

Democrats will host their town caucus at the NorthEast-Millerton Library on June 21.

Photo by Aly Morrissey

MILLERTON — Election signs won’t appear for months, but the political parties are in the process of selecting their candidates for November.

On Saturday, June 21, the North East Democrats will hold a caucus at the North East Library Annex with doors open at 9:30.

The caucus will start promptly at 10 a.m. to nominate a town/village assessor, two town board members and one judge for the town court. Those arriving late will not be admitted.

All registered Democrats who reside in the Town of North East or Village of Millerton are invited to attend. Candidates who aren’t Democrats can ask to be invited to speak to the caucus but otherwise can’t be in the room.

In March the Republicans using a petition selection process nominated incumbents Chris Mayville for town board and Katherine Johnson for assessor.

Unless appealed this will be the last year in which town elections are held in an odd year. The New York State Legislature passed a law to eliminate off-year elections with the goal of increasing voter participation by aligning local elections with higher turnout state and federal races held in even years.

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