Smithtown Central School District elections (2016)
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Two of the seven seats on the Smithtown Central School District school board were up for general election on May 17, 2016. Seat 4 candidate Michael Saidens defeated Robert Montana and Robert Foster. Incumbent Theresa Knox was defeated by Daniel Lynch in her bid for re-election to Seat 5.[1]
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Smithtown Central Board of Education consists of seven members elected to three-year terms on a staggered basis every year in May.[2] Board members are elected at-large by the district as a whole, but each seat on the board is considered distinct and elected separately.[3] Ballotpedia has assigned generic titles to all seven seats on the board to prevent confusion. These seat titles are arbitrary and do not reflect the status or seniority of the board members holding them. Seats 1, 2 and 3 were up for election in 2014. Seats 6 and 7 were up for election in 2015, and Seats 4 and 5 were up for election in 2016.[4][5] There was no primary election, and the general election was held on May 17, 2016.[6]
School board candidates must be qualified voters and residents of the district for at least one year prior to the election. They must able to read and write and may not be employees of the school district. They may also not be a member of the same household of another board member and may not have been removed from another school board office within one year of the election.[7]
To get on the ballot, candidates had to file nominating petitions containing the signatures of 79 qualified voters of the district with the clerk of the district by April 18, 2016.[8]
Elections
Seat 4 (Liguori seat)
Results
| Smithtown Central School District, Seat 4 General Election, 3-year term, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Michael Saidens |
57.34% | 1,870 |
| Robert Foster | 22.51% | 734 |
| Robert Montana | 20.15% | 657 |
| Total Votes | 3,261 | |
| Source: Smithtown Central School District, "Smithtown Central School District 2016-2017 Budget Results," accessed September 5, 2016 | ||
Candidates
| Robert Montana | Robert Foster | Michael Saidens 
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Seat 5 (Knox seat)
Results
| Smithtown Central School District, Seat 5 General Election, 3-year term, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Daniel Lynch |
64.46% | 2,171 |
| Theresa Knox Incumbent | 35.54% | 1,197 |
| Total Votes | 3,368 | |
| Source: Smithtown Central School District, "Smithtown Central School District 2016-2017 Budget Results," accessed September 5, 2016 | ||
Candidates
| Theresa Knox | Daniel Lynch
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Additional elections
- See also: New York elections, 2016
The Smithtown Central school board election shared the ballot with the district's annual budget and a bond vote.
Key deadlines
The following dates are key deadlines for Smithtown Central School District in 2016:[9]
| Deadline | Event |
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| April 18, 2016 | Candidate filing deadline |
| April 22, 2016 | First campaign finance deadline |
| May 17, 2016 | Election Day |
| May 30, 2016 | Final campaign finance deadline |
Endorsements
There were no official endorsements in this race during the election.
Campaign finance
No contributions or expenditures were reported during the election, according to the New York State Board of Elections.[10]
What was at stake?
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About the district
Brentwood Union Free School District is located in southern New York in Suffolk County. The county seat is Riverhead. Suffolk County was home to 1,501,587 residents in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[11] Smithtown Central School District is located in New York. The district was the 14th-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 10,062 students.[12]
Demographics
Suffolk County underperformed in comparison to New York as a whole in terms of higher education achievement in 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 33.5 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 33.7 percent of state residents. The median household income in Suffolk County was $88,323, compared to $58,687 for the state. The poverty rate in the county was 7.7 percent, compared to 15.9 percent for the entire state.[11]
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Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
Recent news
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See also
| Smithtown Central School District | New York | School Boards |
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Tiffany Rouse, "Email correspondence with Smithtown District Clerk Maureen O'Connor," April 25, 2016
- ↑ Smithtown Central School District, "The School Board's Rule," accessed April 27, 2015
- ↑ Smithtown Central School District, "Table of Contents," accessed May 1, 2014
- ↑ Newsday, "Election results 2013-14," accessed May 1, 2014
- ↑ Times Beacon Record, "2014 school board election and budget vote results," May 20, 2014
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedfilingdeadline - ↑ Smithtown Central School District, "Board member qualifications," accessed April 27, 2015
- ↑ Smithtown Central School District, "Public Notice," accessed April 27, 2015
- ↑ New York Board of Electons, "Campaign Finance Handbook," accessed April 15, 2016
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed May
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 United States Census Bureau, "Suffolk County, New York," accessed April 25, 2016
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "NYS Voter Enrollment by County, Party Affiliation and Status - Voters Registered as of April 1, 2016," accessed April 25, 2016
| 2016 Smithtown Central School District Elections | |
| Suffolk County, New York | |
| Election date: | May 17, 2016 |
| Candidates: | Seat 4 (Liguori seat): • Robert Montana • Robert Foster Seat 5 (Knox seat): • Incumbent, Theresa Knox • Daniel Lynch |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
