Messineo Wins By One In Count Of Absentee Ballots
Published: November 11th, 2009
By: Melissa deCordova

NORWICH – Town election years are always very different, said Chenango County Board of Elections Republican Commissioner Harriet Jenkins, but this year’s races were “even crazier.”

“It was unbelievable,” said Democratic Commissioner Carol A. Franklin.

Elections officials tallied the absentee ballots Tuesday for close races in the towns of Otselic, Smyrna and Guilford.

Only one absentee ballot made the difference in the race for Town of Otselic supervisor, and the vote count for the town’s clerk position resulted in a failure to elect.

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