ITHACA, N.Y.—Local activist and First Ward Common Council candidate Yasmin Rashid has dropped out of the race, becoming the second First Ward candidate to drop out just days before early voting begins. Rashid’s announcement means the Democratic field will be clear for incumbent Cynthia Brock (though it is unclear if Rashid and Shaniya Foster, who […]
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Solidarity Slate announces replacement candidate for First Ward election
ITHACA, N.Y.—There will indeed be at least one third party candidate in the November election for Ithaca Common Council, as the Solidarity Slate group has announced a replacement candidate for Shaniya Foster, who dropped out of the First Ward race in early June. The Slate, a newly-formed progressive group aiming for political power that claims […]
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Update: 2021 Primaries finalized, showing tight results in almost all races
Update (10:30 a.m., July 1): The final tallies for each race have been made official by the Tompkins County Board of Elections. They are as follows: Tompkins County Legislature, District 1 Travis Brooks……….396 votes Nicole LaFave……….362 votes Tompkins County Legislature, District 2 Veronica Pillar………309 votes Leslie Schill………271 votes Tompkins County Legislature, District 8 Vanessa Greenlee……….253 […]
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Updates from the polls: Tompkins County Primary Elections and local thoughts
ITHACA, N.Y. –– Today across Tompkins County voters have been showing up to polls to vote in this year’s local primary elections. The Ithaca Voice stopped by some of the polls midday June 22 to catch up with both workers and voters and here’s what they had to say. Poll workers at the Mclean Fire […]