MONTICELLO, NY — Sullivan County will hold a public hearing on September 5 about a proposal to stagger the years legislators are up for election.
The county’s Charter Review …
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MONTICELLO, NY — Sullivan County will hold a public hearing on September 5 about a proposal to stagger the years legislators are up for election.
The county’s Charter Review Commission has repeatedly recommended against having all nine legislator positions up for election in the same year, warning about “a loss of institutional knowledge and a steep learning curve” if all were replaced at the same time.
If the legislature agrees in a vote next month, the proposal will be put to the voters this November. The proposal would ask voters to approve a change to the charter stipulating that, in the next legislature election in November 2027:
After those terms run out, all nine positions would revert to four-year terms. Voters will then pick legislators every two years, thus staggering legislators’ terms of office.
The county charter now requires that all nine legislator seats be put up for vote every four years. New York state now mandates that some local elections occur only in even-numbered years as the most efficient way to split up the positions.
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