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Saratoga County Department of Public Health has updated their count re: COVID-19 numbers for the weekend. The numbers specifically relate to the three days from Friday/Dec. 4 through Sunday/5. - New cases Saratoga County (3 days): 247. New cases/municipalities (past 3 days) : Saratoga Springs - 32... Wilton - 15 Clifton Park - 45 Malta - 15 7-day county rolling positivity rate: 4.25% according to the county. 7-day county rolling positivity rate (official via NYS): 4.60%. Current County covid Hospitalizations: 16. New county deaths: 1. Current Regional covid hospitalizations: 220. Patients in ICU: 36.

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When you pick these people, it’s like casting a movie, and we got the best... New album from Spa City songwriter Jeff Brisbin highlighted with lengthy cast of local musicians. https://www.saratogatodaynewspaper.com//12778-blame-it-on-

RIP John Huppuchi. Visit https://saratogatodaynewspaper.com//item/12577-john-huppuch to read the obituary.

The Math - In Saratoga County, an approximation of where the votes came from this year: In person day-of-vote: 60% In person early voting, at one of three avail. locations: 20% (27,570). Absentee ballots: 20% (28,722 issued/ thus far 21,439 returned).... Note, this is the first time Saratoga County hosted early voting for a presidential election

Newly appointed Saratoga County Public Health Services Commissioner Dr. Daniel Kuhle reports today the 7-day rolling average in Saratoga County testing positive for COVID-19 has reached 4.0%. According to Cluster Zone Metrics chart, that positivity rate for 10 days is one of two criteria for code Orange.

12:20 am Update - Saratoga Springs Charter Proposition: NO - 6,324 (54.94%) YES - 5,186 (45.06%)... * According to reports, a good number of absentee ballots - greater than the number that separate the YES and NO votes - have yet to be counted, although the math indicates a great majority of YES votes would need to be among those absentee ballots to turn the count around. It is assumed these will be opened and counted some time next week. 20th Congressional District: incumbent Democrat Paul Tonko leads Republican challenger Elizabeth Joy 55-42 with 293,000 votes counted. 630 of 632 election districts reporting. 21st Congressional District: incumbent Republican Elise Stefanik leads Democrat challenger Tedra Cobb 63-35. with 250,000 votes counted. 467 of 531 districts reporting. State Senate 43rd District Daphne Jordan (R,C,I) leads Patrick Nelson (D, WF) 56-41 with all districts reporting. State Senate 49th District James Tedisco (R,C,WF) leads Thearse McCalmon (D) 65-32 with 186 of 228 districts reporting. 112th Assembly District Mary Beth Walsh (R,C,I) leads Joseph Seeman (D, WF) 60-37, with all districts reporting. 113th Assembly District Carrie Woerner (D, I, SAM) leads David Catalfamo (R,C) by a 49.49% - 47.85% margin. In real numbers, that’s a 29,896 - 28,905 lead, with all districts reporting.

Wondering about the volume of this year’s turn-out? Here are some numbers, for comparison purposes, to keep in mind. Saratoga County enrollment statistics. Total Active voters: 169,002. 49,632 Democrat (up about 9,200 since the 2016 election)... 62,742 Republican (up about 2,000 since the 2016 election) 43,197 registered blank independents, unaffiliated with any party (up about 5,000 since 2016) 2,696 Conservative 9,275 Independence Working Families, Green, Libertarian, and others each comprised of less than 1,000. Of the 57 counties in New York State outside of New York City, Saratoga County ranks number 11 in total registered voters. The 10 counties with more registered voters (in alphabetical order): Albany, Dutchess, Erie, Monroe, Nassau, Onondaga, Orange, Rockland, Suffolk, Westchester. Presidential Race 2016 (local counts) 112,429 total ballots cast. Countywide in Saratoga in 2016, the Trump/Pence ticket bested the Clinton/Kane ticket 54,575 to 50,913, and 6,941 combined ballots cast for Stein/Baraka and Johnson/Weld. City of SARATOGA SPRINGS 18,654 registered voters. Saratoga Springs Charter Proposition to amend the City Charter is on the ballot. The last time a citizen-led City Charter referendum proposed change, in 2017, the measure was defeated by a razor-thin margin of 4,458 - 4,448.

Election Day: reports of lines outside the Saratoga Springs City Center at dawn, no wait to vote this afternoon.

COVID Tracker: There have been 82 infections in Saratoga County the past five days, and whereas we'd normally inform you specifically where these were, that's not currently possible as the County COVID Dashboard has been "down for maintenance" for the past several days. Some numbers via NYS DOH, Saratoga County Weekly Infections: 9/23 - 9/29: 42 9/30 -10/06: 54 ... 10/07-10/13: 52 10/14-10/20: 53 10/21-10/27: 105 10/28 - 11/01: 82 *(five days) Area schools since September reopening: Saratoga Central School District -4 Saratoga Central Catholic High School 1 Schuylerville CSD - 4 Ballston Spa 2 Skidmore College: 8

Wellspring developing new center in Saratoga to help victims of domestic violence find safety, support and a sense of healing. https://www.saratogatodaynewspaper.com//12544-wellspring-r

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This Just In: Early Voting hours have been extended this weekend. Pols will be open today (Friday) til 5 pm, and Saturday & Sunday from 9 am to 4 pm at all three early voting locations: Wilton, Ballston Spa, Clifton Park.

Trick or Treat tips from the CDC in a COVID world. https://www.saratogatodaynewspaper.com//12532-cdc-trick-or