It appears that Lake Luzerne Supervisor Gene Merlino has come up about 5 votes short in his write-in bid for reelection after absentee votes were counted this week. The Post Star reports fter the write-in votes were counted on Nov. 4, Merlino trailed board member and challenger Dan Waterhouse 415-430, but there were 54 absentee ballots still to be counted.
Following the counting on Monday, Merlino picked up 31 votes and Waterhouse gained 21.