As expected last week, no candidate requested a recanvass of votes in their particular race from the recent primary election.

There were a handful of close races county-wide and within district races, but all candidates accepted the final tally of votes that came in and were counted on election night, May 20.

Registration books for new voters or anyone wishing to change party affiliations prior to the fall election opened after the primary.

Along with the re-opening of the voter registration books came the time that any non-partisan candidate who will be seeking an elected office in November could be filing petitions to be on the ballot.

As of the end of the day Monday, June 2, only one person had filed for the few local non-partisan races that will appear this fall.

Albany Mayor Nicky Smith filed for re-election. He is currently serving the final year of his second term as Albany Mayor.

Other non-partisan races including Albany City Council members, in which six council persons will be elected–with the half-dozen candidates receiving the highest amount of votes being seated. Two seats on the Clinton County Board of Education, in District One, which includes the South Albany and Hayes-Maupin precincts and District Five, which takes in Snow, Piney Woods and Nora precincts, will be elected.

Candidates filing for city races or board seats have until 4 p.m. on Tuesday, August 12 to file their petitions with the County Clerk’s office.