If you are unable to vote in person the day of the vote and election, you may request an Absentee Ballot if reasoning is due to one of the following:

1. Absence from country on election day.
2. Temporary illness or physical disability.
3. Permanent illness or physical disability.
4. Duties related to primary care of one or more individuals who are ill or physically disabled.
5. Resident or patient of Veterans Health Administration Hospital.
6. Detention in jail/prison, awaiting trial, awaiting action by a grand jury, or in prison for conviction of a crime or offense which was not a felony.

If Application for Absentee Ballot is to be mailed, request must be received by the District Clerk no later than 7 days before the election, otherwise the application must be personally delivered to the District Clerk no later than the day before the election.

You may also request a Military Absentee Ballott if you are a military voter due to one of the following:

1. In military service.
2. Discharged from military service within 30 days of the election.
3. An eligible spouse, parent, child or dependent of a military voter.

Application for Military Absentee Ballot must be received by the District Clerk no later than April 25, 2025.

Applications can be sent to Amber Parrotte, District Clerk, one of the following ways:

• E-mail: aparrotte@saranac.org
• Mail: P.O. Box 8, Saranac, NY 12981, ATTN: Amber Parrotte
• In Person: 32 Emmons Street, Dannemora, NY 12929

All ballots must be received by the District Clerk by 5:00 p.m. on the day of the Election/Vote.

Residents will be casting ballots for two (2) Saranac Central School District Board of Education Members. One board seat is a five-year term (July 01, 2025- June 30, 2030) and is currently held by James Bassett. The second seat is a two-year term (July 01, 2025- June 30, 2027) and is currently vacant. Eligibility to run for Member of the Board of Education is as follows:

1. Must be able to read and write.
2. Must be a qualified voter of the District, that is, a citizen of the United States, at least 18 years of age or older and not adjudged to be an incompetent.
3. Must be and have been a resident (but need not be a taxpayer) of the District for a continuous and uninterrupted period of at least one year.
4. May not have been removed from any other School District Office within the preceding year.  
5. May not reside with another member of the same school board as a member of the same family.
6. May not be a current employee of the District.
7. May not simultaneously hold another incompatible public office.

Nominating petitions must be received by Amber Parrotte, District Clerk, no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 21, 2025.  Petitions can be sent to Amber Parrotte one of the following ways:

• E-mail: aparrotte@saranac.org
• Mail: P.O. Box 8, Saranac, NY 12981, ATTN: Amber Parrotte
• In Person: 32 Emmons Street, Dannemora, NY 12929