These are still unofficial, but it looks like the Board of Elections counted absentee ballots.
The Board of Elections is now showing:Town Supervisor: Mary Ann Sumner 1550 (+71), Cheryl Nelson 1422 (+66)
Town Board: David Makar 1601 (+82), Joe Solomon 1487 (+77), Stan Marcus 1366 (+66), Walter Keeney 1343 (+58)
Town Justice: Chris Clauson 1703 (+96), Jason Leifer 1381 (+65)
Town Clerk: Bambi Hollenbeck 1892 (unopposed)
Those who had a lead seem to have gained a bit more of a lead.
There's one part of the result here that surprises me a lot, though: the relationships between Town Justice votes and the other votes. Jason Leifer may have lost to Chris Clauson by over three hundred votes, but he still outpolled Stan Marcus and Walter Keeney, the Republican Town Board candidates. Clauson outpolled fellow Republican Cheryl Nelson, the candidate for supervisor, by almost 300 votes, and Mary Ann Sumner, the winning supervisor candidate, by over 150. There seem to have been a lot of people who went into the polls and only voted for Town Justice. (3084 total votes for justice; 2972 for supervisor.)
The trend I pointed to earlier - voters supporting Democrats more across the Town - is still in place after the absentee ballots. The only district where I noticed much of a change was Varna, which shifted slightly Republican in absentee ballots, but not enough to change the trend:
| District | Description | % Dem 2003 | % Dem 2005 | % Dem 2007 | Dem Trends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Dryden | 39% | 44% | 52% | all up |
| 2 | Freeville area | 37% | 42% | 37% | up then down |
| 3 | Malloryville/McLean | 14% | 37% | 32% | up then down |
| 4 | Varna | 67% | 67% | 72% | stable to up |
| 5 | Etna | 46% | 51% | 59% | all up |
| 6 | Village of Dryden | 24% | 37% | 40% | all up |
| 7 | E and N of Dryden | 20% | 32% | 41% | all up |
| 8 | Snyder Hill, Rt 79 | 68% | 67% | 74% | down then up |
| 9 | Ellis Hollow Creek | 74% | 74% | 80% | stable to up |
| 10 | South Central Dryden | 28% | 38% | 43% | all up |
| 11 | Dryden Lake | 24% | 35% | 36% | all up |
| Total | 41% | 49% | 52% | all up |
(You can see more details on how this table was calculated in my original results story.)
Turnout was definitely strongest on the east side and southwest.
| District | Description | 2007 Turnout |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Dryden | 28% |
| 2 | Freeville area | 40% |
| 3 | Malloryville/McLean | 25% |
| 4 | Varna | 30% |
| 5 | Etna | 36% |
| 6 | Village of Dryden | 46% |
| 7 | E and N of Dryden | 46% |
| 8 | Snyder Hill, Rt 79 | 40% |
| 9 | Ellis Hollow Creek | 43% |
| 10 | South Central Dryden | 45% |
| 11 | Dryden Lake | 45% |
| Total | 39% |