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Dunkirk Mayor Wilfred Rosas, who may be the most powerful Democrat in the county, did not win re-election handily in 2019.
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Healing has not come easy in the last four months. Losses in the major local state and county elections were far from minimal. They were downright staggering.
Loyalties also have been fractured in the aftermath. There’s been petty infighting in the north and south county that adds to a lack of direction.
It is obvious the Chautauqua County Democrats are far from unified. All one needed to witness was the October vote when incumbent Chairman Norman Green was chosen to stay in control by virtue of a vote overseen by the Lewis & Lewis attorneys in Jamestown.
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City Council President Suggests Alternative Locations for Ward 3 Polling Site
JAMESTOWN – It appears the
Chautauqua County Board of Elections (BOE) will be looking at a couple of alternative locations for a polling site in downtown Jamestown.
During Monday’s
Norman Green and
Brian Abram discussed the Ward 3 polling site situation with council members. The discussion came after the
National Comedy Center (NCC) notified the commissioners it no longer wanted to host voting inside its gift shop, which was previously the center concourse for the
Jamestown Gateway Train Station.
The BOE is permitted to select any location owned by a non profit that is suitable to hold elections and the NCC is a non profit organization. However, city attorney
County Legislature Fails to Act on Appointment Democratic Election Commissioner
MAYVILLE – The
Board of Elections last night.
County lawmakers opted not to act on the recommendation from the
County Democratic Committee’s Executive Committee to reappoint
Norman Green as election commission. As a result, the full County Democratic Committee will have to meet and find a new recommendation to bring before the legislature.
In the meantime, Green will remain at his post until a new recommendation comes forward and is acted on by the legislature.
In October, the county democratic committee recommended Assistant Democratic Election Commission
Luz Torres be appointed to replace the Green. However, the legislature pulled that recommendation from its October agenda after learning some members of the Democratic Party felt not all committee members were able to participate in the