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Biden is unpopular in New Jersey, with an August poll showing 52 percent of voters disapproved of his job performance.

Though vastly outnumbered, Republicans have repeatedly outpaced Democrats in monthly new voter registrations.

And Republicans, having worked out a compromise legislative district map with Democrats last year, are for the first time in decades running under a map that wasnt drawn exclusively by their opponents.

Democrats after Labor Day began a near-universal pushback against Republicans on protecting abortion rights, highlighting Republican opponents sometimes inflammatory anti-abortion statements. Feeling the strength of the issue, some began to grow more at ease about their electoral prospects. But not even a week later, federal authorities released an explosive indictment of Menendez (D-N.J.) that has dominated media coverage since.

Republicans hope the indictment could cause voters already souring on the president to rethink casting ballots for Democrats, even though Biden and Menendez are not on the ticket.

Culture wars and alleged corruption werent the campaign issues Democrats prepared for. Following the 2021 election, when Murphy defeated Republican Jack Ciattarelli by a surprisingly close three points and Democrats lost seven seats in the Legislature, party leaders promised to focus more on affordability a perennial issue in this high-cost, high-tax state.

We clearly need to touch more people. We need to get at more kitchen tables, Murphy said shortly after the election.

That culminated in a StayNJ tax credit for seniors that would provide up to $6,500 for incomes up to $500,000. The credit engineered by Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin was one of the last actions Democratic legislative leaders took before breaking for summer. And while most Republicans joined Democrats to vote for it, it drew their skepticism as an election year stunt, as it wont take effect until 2026 and includes provisions that would allow it to be delayed.

The main issue we have is a proven track record of running the state appropriately. Thats why our coffers look good, our budgets were solid the last two years and people trust our leadership, state Senate President Nick Scutari said.

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The most foregone of conclusions for local voters in this years November 7 elections is that a majority of the seats in the Ulster County Legislature will be filled by Democrats.

Those who follow local politics know that of the 23 seats on the body, a majority 12 will be occupied, come 2024, by Dems who are running unopposed. Another five legislative seats will be won, so to speak, by Republicans running without opposition.

Uncertainty only lies with six contests, the results of which will determine if the Democrats can keep, or add to their current 16-7 supermajority.

The races this year are more highlighted by who is not returning than glittering newcomer names. Starting at the top, Legislative Chairwoman Tracey Bartels (no party, but who has caucused with Democrats) of Gardiner and Shawangunk will not return. Nor will Ken Ronk Jr. of Shawangunk, the Republican Minority Leader and one-time Legislature Chair Ronk will now seek the supervisors position in Shawangunk unopposed. Majority Leader, Democrat Jonathan Heppner of Woodstock, will step aside as will Town of Ulsterite Brian Cahill, and Kingston upstart one-termer Phil Erner. Stalwart Republican Dean Fabiano of Saugerties and Ulster will not return, nor will Esopus Democrat Laura Petit.

As of last February, New York State statistics say that Ulster County has a population of 182,319 and that 133,254 (a full 73 percent) are registered to vote. The breakdown of those registrations is glaring. Used to be, until the last decade and a half, Republicans had been dominant in the legislature save for a lone term in the late 1970s, when Dems eked out a majority and proceeded to do away with the county property tax, only to get walloped at the next election.

But Democrats now total a healthy plurality of 56,048; next comes those registered voters who are not enrolled in any party, with 38,063; Republicans trail, with 30,100 registrations. Conservatives have around 2600, Working Families are under 1000; other parties come in the 5600 range.

One other statistic matters for our purposes. If you divide the county population (according to the 2020 census) of 182,319 by 23 (the number of districts in the legislature) you see that each contains approximately 7926 citizens.

So, whos running? Heres the breakdown

District 1 in the Town of Saugerties has Democrat incumbent Aaron Levine running unopposed.

District 2 in the town and village of Saugerties has incumbent Democrat Joseph Maloney running unopposed.

In District 3 in the towns of Saugerties and Ulster, Conservative Republican Dean Fabiano, is not running again. Democrat and Working Families (WF) party candidate Keith Gurgui will square off against Republican Conservative Jason Kovacs.

District 4 in the Towns of Kingston, Ulster, will get a new look, as Democrat Brian Cahill steps out, leaving Tamika Dunkley, Democrat, WF vs. Eric J. Kitchen, Republican and Conservative.

District 5 in the City of Kingston will reelect Abe Uchitelle, Democrat and Working Families, who has no opponent.

With Democrat Phil Erner not running District 6 in the City of Kingston will feature Greg McCoullough, Democrat, WF, versus Suzanne Timbrouck, on the Independence line.

District 7 in the City of Kingston will reelect Democrat Peter Criswell with no opposition.

Joe Donaldson Democrat, WF will be unopposed in District 8, Esopus, as incumbent Laura Petit steps aside.

District 9 in the towns of Lloyd and Plattekill, will feature a real race. Incumbent Republican Conservative Herbert Litts III faces Robert Haskins, Democrat, WF.

Gina Hansut, Republican, Conservative incumbent runs unopposed in District 10 (Towns of Lloyd and Marlborough) as does Thomas Corcoran Jr. Republican, Conservative in District 11 (Town of Marlborough.)

Same with Kevin Roberts, Republican, Conservative in, Plattekills District 12.

With Kenneth Ronk Jr., Republican, Conservative, not running, fellow Republican Richard T. Walls, will be unopposed in the Town of Shawangunks 13th District.

District 14 in the Towns of Shawangunk and Wawarsing presents Republican incumbent Craig V. Lopez, but not running as Republican. Hell be on the ballot for the Independence Party, and will be opposed by Kelli Palinkas Greer, Democrat, WF.

District 15 in Wawarsing, and the village of Ellenville has a contest between John Gavaris, the Democratic incumbent vs. Daniel C. McQuillan, on the Republican, and Independence lines.

In District 16, (Towns of Gardiner, Shawangunk) Tracey A. Bartels (No party) is not running again, so weve got Debra Clinton, Democrat and WF vs. Phil R. Johnson Republican, Conservative.

Democrat Megan Sperry is unopposed in District 17, Esopus and New Paltz.

Same in District 18 (Hurley, Marbletown), where Eric Stewart, Democrat and WF is unopposed.

Also unopposed is Democrat and WF partys Manna Jo Greene, in District 19, Marbletown and Rosendale.

In New Paltz District 20 Democratic incumbent Tricia Bowen is not running. Democrat, WF Limina Grave Harmon, will run unopposed.

District 21, in Rochester and Wawarsing gives us incumbent Chris Hewitt, Democrat, WF, versus Ronald G. Lapp Jr. Republican, Conservative.

Incumbent Democrat and Working Families candidate Kathy Nolan is unopposed in District 22, consisting of Denning, Hardenburgh, Olive and Shandaken.

And finally, in District 23, consisting of Woodstock and Hurley, where Legislature Majority Leader Jonathan Heppner, Democrat, WF, is not running, Democrat Jeff Collins is unopposed.

Early voting information

Early voting for the November 7 election will take place from Saturday, October 28 through Sunday, November 5 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on October 28, October 29, October 31, November 1, November 3, November 4 and November 5; noon to 8 p.m. on October 30 and November 2. Locations for early voting will be at the Olive American Legion Hall, 26-28 Mountain Road, Shokan; Midtown Neighborhood Center, 467 Broadway, Kingston; the New Paltz Community Center, 3 Veterans Drive, New Paltz; Saugerties Senior Center, 207 Market Street, Saugerties; Ellenville Public Library, 40 Center Street, Ellenville and the Marlborough Town Hall, 21 Milton Turnpike, Milton.

Residents will be able to vote at any of the early voting locations. On election day, November 7, voting will take place at poll sites in the home districts.

Often forgotten, ignored or misunderstood, yet sometimes critical, the lonely propositions sit on the rear side of your ballots. This year we have four decisions to make that will appear on every ballot countywide, and several more that are specific to certain towns, and will only appear on the ballots for those towns.

So here goes:

Number One is a statewide issue. Its a proposed State Constitutional Amendment that calls for the Removal of Small City School Districts From Special Constitutional Debt Limitation

The only Small City School District that this applies to in Ulster County, is Kingston, but it nonetheless will appear on all ballots in New York State. Small Cities are defined as those with a population of fewer than 125,000, of which there are 57 in the state. Currently the State Constitution limits how much debt a small city school district can incur to no more than five percent of the value of taxable real estate in the district. (There are exceptions for certain expenses.) Other school districts are not subject to such a constitutional debt restriction, but have a different debt limit provided by state law.

An affirmative vote on your part will allow the Small Cities Districts, such as Kingston the same limitation on borrowing as all other schools.

Next comes a statewide constitutional amendment proposal that, if passed will extend for ten years an already in place authority of counties, cities, towns, and villages to remove from their constitutional debt limit calculations, debt for the construction of sewage facilities.

As we know, the state Constitution limits the debt counties, cities, towns and villages can incur. This limit currently does not include debt for sewage treatment and disposal construction projects. But the sewer debt exception expires on January 1, 2024. A yes vote will extend the sewer debt exception for ten more years until January 1, 2034.

Proposal number three is an amendment to the Ulster County Charter regarding the process of succession for the post of County Executive. It says, Shall Section C-29 of the Ulster County Charter, which establishes the process to fill a vacancy in office of County Executive, be amended to: Provide time to hold primaries to nominate candidates for the next General Election; and Require the Ulster County Legislature, as representatives of the electorate, to confirm the County Executives selection of qualified electors for Acting County Executive?

This allows voters to get to a primary election for county executive, should there be candidates for it, prior to a special election for the job and would replace the current process wherein political parties can select candidates without a primary for a special election.

You may remember that since the inception of the County Executive position in the 2000s, both Mike Hein and Pat Ryan have left the position before reaching the end of their terms. The jockeying to fill the job led to this proposal.

Proposal Number four says that it wants to improve transparency and accountability of Ulster Countys financial operations and oversight, protect taxpayer funds, and comply with state and federal auditing guidance by moving bank reconciliation authority from the Office of the Comptroller to the Department of Finance and that it would clarify the audit authority of the Office of the Comptroller over component units of the County, allow the Legislature and Comptroller to obtain digital records and appropriate access to all software licensed or owned by the County or its component units, and appropriately fill any vacancy in the Office of the Comptroller. These amendments, if passed, would become part of the Ulster County Charter.

We have some town proposals. These only apply, and will only appear on the ballots of the towns which put them there.

The town of Hardenburgh has advanced a proposition to abolish the elected position of town highway superintendent and establish an appointed town highway superintendent.

The town of Marbletown is asking its voters if they would approve of making the job of Town Supervisor a four-year term rather than a two-year term, as it is in most towns.

The town of Marlborough is also asking voters if they would prefer a four-year term for its supervisor, rather than a two-year sentence.

Marlborough and New Paltz both have Library budget propositions on the ballot.

Marlborough asks voters if theyd approve an operating budget of the Sarah Hull Hallock Free Library be increased by $36,700 to the sum $189,200 annually.

The town of New Paltz asks its voters, shall the annual contribution of the town of New Paltz provided in its budget for the Elting Memorial Library, a free association librarybe increased by $65,000 annually to $721,000 annually

The town of Shandaken has two libraries to take care of.

Shall the town of Shandaken it asks its voters, increase its annual contribution for the operating budget of the Morton Memorial Library by $5475 to the sum of $60,225 annually; and shall the town of Shandaken increase its annual contribution for the operating budget of the Phoenicia Library by $17,750 to the sum of $199,750 annually?

And finally, the town of Saugerties checks in with its voters to see if the manner of selecting the Receiver of Taxes in the Town of Saugerties be changed from elected to appointed, effective January 1, 2024

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Doug Skaff, who for the past couple of years has served as leader of the Democratic caucus in the House of Delegates, today said he has changed his registration to Republican and will run statewide for Secretary of State.

Im not the first person to switch parties, and I wont be the last, Skaff said today on MetroNews Talkline.

Lets be honest, the Republican Party took the last two registrations by storm, but it wasnt because 100,000 Republicans just moved to West Virginia. These were hardcore West Virginians who were pro-life, pro-gun, pro-coal, pro-gas and they all switched parties. So like a lot of West Virginians, you know, my ideals never changed. I was always that way as well. I was registered a Democrat, and Im proud to be on the Republican team and just cant relate to the national party any more.

His party switch and candidacy received a skeptical response from the West Virginia Republican Party. A statement from state party chairwoman Elgine McArdle said the GOP welcomes people who join as a matter of priorities and principles. But McArdles statement questioned whether that applies to Skaff.

The West Virginia Republican Party recognizes the philosophical nuances that can exist within the Party and welcomes those who genuinely believe in our cause; however, Republican voters are sometimes tasked with differentiating between philosophical nuances and diametric ideological opposition. Now that Skaff is labeling himself as a Republican, despite his storied liberal record in the House, the upcoming primary is one of those times, McArdle stated.

The state Democratic Party also ripped into Skaff.

Skaff resigned from the House of Delegates last month, following his decision to step down as minority leader the prior month. All that surrounded speculation that Skaff, the president of HD Media, was considering a switch to the Republican Party and running for Secretary of State. But until now he would neither confirm nor deny the speculation

He now joins the race for Secretary of State that has an opening because the two-term incumbent, Mac Warner, is running for governor. That race also includes announced candidates Ken Reed, who is a former delegate from Berkeley County, current Delegate Chris Pritt of Kanawha County andPutnam County Clerk Brian Wood, all Republicans.

The Secretary of State is West Virginias chief elections officer and the office also has responsibilities for business licensing.

I want to use my past experience in the House of Delegates and look forward to putting my leadership style in place in government, Skaff said. The Secretary of States process is always one thats interested me. Its our elections process. Its always fascinated me.

He added, As Secretary of State you protect the freedom and the fundamental right to vote, and you want to maintain a secure, accessible, fair, efficient election process.

Skaff served in the House of Delegates as a Democrat from 2008 to 2012. In 2014, he ran for state Senate as a Democrat and was defeated by Republican Tom Takubo. He ran again for House of Delegates as a Democrat in 2018, winning, and remained in that chamber until his resignation. He was chosen to lead the Democratic caucus in the House in 2020.

Today, Skaff contended the national Democratic Party has drifted toward the left but he didnt make the same distinction about the state Democratic Party.

Its one of those things: the people of West Virginia, they were always called West Virginia Democrats or West Virginia Republicans. We were always kind of our own brand, so to speak. Our ideals, like mine and like many others, regardless of what you were registered, Skaff said on Talkline.

Those moderate Blue Dog Democrats, they helped make the Republican Party what it is today. Theyve all switched their party affiliation because their ideals and beliefs more align with the Republican Party.

The state Republican Party statement suggested that Skaff had key votes out of line with what the party believes.

During his tenure as the House Minority Leader, Skaff co-sponsored legislation to institute universal absentee voting, ballot drop boxes, and the elimination of signature match requirements for provisional ballots. Delegate Skaff voted to allow biological men to compete in womens sports, and he repeatedly voted against Republican, pro-life legislation, McArdle stated.

Skaff was a reliable vote for his caucus liberal agenda and a regular vote against many pieces of conservative Republican legislation that we now call law.

The West Virginia Democratic Party also blasted Skaff. Their statement contended Skaff led the Democratic caucuss opposition to strict abortion restrictions, allowing guns on college campuses and a bill that would have allowed discrimination based on sexual orientation through the exercise of religion.

While I appreciate Doug finally putting his cards on the table about his long-rumored, politically expedient party switch, Im surprised he would try to reinvent himself as a right-wing conservative in the process, stated West Virginia Democratic Party Chairman Mike Pushkin, a delegate who sat just a few seats away from Skaff in the minority caucus.

I know Doug has long been intoxicated by the idea of winning a statewide office. Still, his candidacy could leave Republican primary voters with a hangover when they find out about his actual voting record. Nevertheless, we wish him well in all his affairs.

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As a general rule, temporary migrants are not eligible for most federal welfare benefits, but many cities and states make emergency assistance available to noncitizens out of their budgets. For instance, Maine allows homeless noncitizens who have just arrived to get vouchers for housing and food out of the general assistance budget that cities administer. Illinois has a Medicare-like health insurance program for undocumented adults. Like New York, Massachusetts is obligated by law to find shelter for certain unhoused migrant families with children. And California plans to be the first state in the nation to offer food assistance to undocumented adults.

In theory, under modest levels of migration, cities should be able to make these investments in newcomers who eventually integrate into society, find jobs and pay taxes, sometimes for government services like Social Security that they never collect. Migrants frequently start new businesses that inject new energy into the economy and often work harder for less than Americans. But during immigration surges, too many migrants can overwhelm the social safety net, risking a backlash against not only immigration but also the welfare state.

In Maine, about 3,500 people are getting general assistance for food and housing, most of whom are asylum seekers in Portland. Officials say the citys budget for social services grew from $9.9 million in 2019 to $36.8 million for 2024, and this summer leaders warned that without more help from the state, local taxes would have to go up or services could be cut. Illinois had to pause enrollment in its health program for most undocumented adults because costs were projected to surpass $1 billion next year. In Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey, a progressive Democrat, declared a state of emergency in August, saying the state is unable to house the number of families seeking emergency shelter, with those living in state-funded shelters having increased 80 percent from last year. She has asked state lawmakers for an additional $250 million to shore up the shelter system, an amount that has raised eyebrows in both parties as lawmakers question when or if this crisis will end. And California delayed its food assistance expansion, citing budget cuts.

Academics have long debated whether permissive immigration policies are compatible with a generous welfare state. Consider that Sweden, once one of the most generous and welcoming countries in Europe, radically tightened its immigration policies after 2015, when so many asylum seekers from Syria and Iraq arrived that towns ran low on housing and money for refugee stipends. It took three months for Swedens prime minister, Stefan Lofven, to go from fiercely defending migrants at a rally My Europe takes in refugees to reversing the countrys open-door policy, admitting, We simply cannot do any more. How long will it take the mayors of American cities?

The lessons are broader than managing limited budgets and public backlash. The 2015 surge of migrants in Europe is associated with the rise of far-right parties that want to curtail immigration or welfare benefits to noncitizens or both. Now that the border has come to cities like New York, theres a danger that something similar could happen here. Mr. Abbott would no doubt pat himself on the back.

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