COPAKE—Columbia County Board of Elections Democratic Commissioner Virginia Martin will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Copake Democratic Club, Saturday, June 6 at 10 a.m.
The meeting takes place at the Taconic Shores Clubhouse, 53 Lake Shore Drive.
Commissioner Martin will speak about Republican challenges to hundreds of absentee ballots during the recent special congressional election.
Many of those challenges were made against Democratic voters in Copake. Commissioner Martin will describe the procedure used to confirm absentee ballots and will answer questions about state election law as it applies to residency issues.
All interested Democrats are invited. For more information email