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Ex-Port commish named GOP nom BY R O S E W E L D ON Dave Franklin has shaved his head, dressed in drag as Cher and even dove into Jell-O — all in the name of benefiting others. “I never say no to charity,” Franklin said in a phone interview. But his biggest challenge will PHOTO COURTESY OF INSTAGRAM come in November when he will be on the ballot as the RepubliManhasset Secondary School celebrated its graduates with a car parade last week. can nominee for the 7th District of the New York State Senate. The district includes Floral Park, New Hyde Park, Williston Park, Mineola, Garden City Park, North Hills, Albertson, Old Westbury, East Hills, Roslyn, Roslyn Harbor, Roslyn Estates, Albertson, Searingtown, Lake Success, Manhasset, Munsey Park, Plandome, Plandome Heights, Plandsentee ballots for school board budget and school board votes professor of political science at BY R OB E RT ome Manor, and the Great Neck seats and on proposed budgets far surpassed those in previous Hofstra University, said the inand Port Washington peninsulas. PELAEZ from the comfort of home due to years. Every budget increased crease in voter turnout can be Incumbent State Sen. Anna attributed to the convenience A flood of ballots poured in the coronavirus pandemic, the from the previous year. Kaplan (D-Great Neck), a former The school districts included of submitting absentee ballots council member for the Town of for school elections on the North vote total was higher than the in these figures are Great Neck, rather than physically going to a North Hempstead, defeated sit- Shore this year – at least com- past two years combined. The elections for school Roslyn, Manhasset, Port Wash- polling location. ting state Sen. Elaine Phillips (R- pared with recent years. “People enjoy having the Continued on Page 37 With residents casting ab- boards on June 16 saw incum- ington, Sewanhaka, New Hyde bents retain their seats and Park-Garden City Park, Floral ballot sent to them and being 2020-21 school district bud- Park-Bellerose, East Williston, able to fill it out on their couch gets pass despite complica- Herricks, Mineola and North whenever they want to and mail Shore. The figures were provid- it back in,” Burnett said in a tions from the pandemic. phone interview. “We are a naIn virtually every school ed by the school districts. Craig Burnett, an associate district on the North Shore, Continued on Page 37
Rise in school vote turnouts Manhasset, Port districts see uptick in returned absentee ballots
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