Ballot Draws For September Primary Completed

The first of the ballot draws at the Rockland County Board of Elections took place for candidates running on the Democratic line for county executive.  When the process started at 9:30 Thursday morning, Dagan Lacorte was the only candidate present. He selected a numbered ball, which earned him the second line on the September primary ballot, and Board of Elections employee Linda France picked out two others on behalf of Ilan Schoenberger and David Fried, who wound up with third and first place respectively. 

Fried showed up in time to learn the results of the drawing. The next lottery held was also for county executive for the Conservative Party hopefuls. Simon Leschinsky wound up with the first place on the ballot while Thomas Sullivan received the second line. 

The supplies used by the board for the past 10 years are similar to what would be seen at a Bingo game, a tray of numbered Bingo balls and a mesh Bingo cage in which the balls are spun. Republican Elections Commissioner Louis Babcock spun the balls until they dropped from the cage individually. 

Lotteries for municipal races followed. The Republicans seeking a seat on the Orangetown Town Council will appear on the September 10 ballot in this order: Denis Troy, Andrew Wiley and Thomas Diviny. The Conservative Party ballot for Clarkstown Superintendent of Highways will list Wayne Ballard and then Stephen Peters. On the Independence Party ballot for Clarkstown highway superintendent, Peter Eckhart’s name will appear first with Wayne Ballard on the next line. 

Positions on the Conservative, Working Families and Independence Party lines for Clarkstown Justice were also determined. The order of candidates on the Conservative ballot will be Ed Kallen, Scott Ugell, Craig Johns and Adam Garth. On the Working Families primary ballot the sequence will be Scott Ugell, Ed Kallen, Craig Johns and Adam Garth. For the Independence ballot, the order is Scott Ugell, Adam Garth, Ed Kallen and Craig Johns.