As we breathe a collective sigh of relief that we have gotten through a national election and a change in national leadership, we may have thought we could rest. But no. There continue to be more elections held at local levels.
The Village of Sleepy Hollow has an election scheduled for March 16. As in the past, a polling place will be here at Kendal, but who knows? There could be last minute changes in timing because of the coronavirus.
In the late spring, probably in June, there will be party primaries for Town of Mt. Pleasant and County of Westchester offices.
And in November there will be state-wide elections.
At the moment, the need is to enable the village government to continue to operate. For that to occur, a mayor, village board members and a judge need to be nominated to be on the ballot.
There is only one slate, United Sleepy Hollow, (USH). At this writing it is unopposed. The slate has both Democrats and Republicans. To sign the nominating petition, which we ask you to do, you need to be a registered voter (any party or unaffiliated) in Sleepy Hollow. Once the nominating process is completed, the unopposed slate must be voted in on March 16. By signing a petition you are participating in the process of governing our nation.
Martin Smolin and Annette Leyden are gathering signatures. Please say yes. Local government is extremely important.