School board tie election... in NY

OGDENSBURG, N.Y. — A northern New York school district must hold a special election to fill an open seat on its board after the death of an absentee voter left the race tied. It appeared candidate Vicky Peo had defeated John Wilson, the Ogdensburg school board president, by a single vote in Tuesday’s voting. But district officials discounted Franklin Bouchey’s absentee ballot, leaving the contest tied at 388 votes. Bouchey, Peo’s brother-in-law, died on the Saturday before the election. School district lawyer Andrew Silver says state education law invalidates an absentee ballot cast by a voter who isn’t alive on the day of an election. The special election for the three-year term will be held June 23.