The Peru Gazette

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From the Peru Central School District

Please note that two (2) absentee ballots were mailed to residents of specific routes serviced by the Peru, Schuyler Falls, Morrisonville and Plattsburgh post offices.  If you have more than two (2) qualified voters in your household, please contact the District Office via email (sprovost@perucsd.org) or phone (643-6002) to request additional ballot(s).  Ballots may be mailed back via the postage-paid envelope or dropped off via the 24/7 dropbox by the High School flagpole/Community Room entrance.  All voting is by absentee ballot only and all voters must sign the back of the ballot envelope.  All absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 PM on June 9, 2020.

To help reassure voters about the confidentiality of absentee ballots, Peru CSD would like to share the following information about how ballots will be processed for the vote & election.

Once a ballot is sealed by the voter and delivered back to the District, the following process is followed:

• Ballots returned will remain sealed in the provided postage-paid envelope as they are received.
• Ballots will be kept in a secure locked location until 5:00 PM on June 9th.
• After 5:00 PM on June 9^th, election/poll inspectors will open ballot envelopes.
• Ballots and envelopes will be separated immediately, maintaining confidentiality
• Ballots will remain folded and unread until all envelopes have been opened.
• The entire envelope & ballot opening and counting will be live-streamed and available for the public to view.

More than 180 nations worldwide have confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The following have the highest number as of 4 a.m. ET*:

1. US 1,790,191 (+1.12%)
2. Brazil 514,849 (+3.29%)
3. Russia 405,843 (0.00%)**
4. UK 276,156 (+0.71%)
5. Spain 239,479 (+0.10%)
6. Italy 232,997 (+0.14%)
7. India 190,962 (+4.36%)
8. France 189,009 (+0.14%)
9. Germany 183,500 (+0.11%)
10. Peru 164,476 (+5.66%)

Source: Johns Hopkins University

*Percentage change over 24 hours

** Numbers have been adjusted by affected country

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Dear Governor Cuomo,

As president of the union that represents the uniformed men and women of the New York State Police and as a member of the boards of the National Association of Police Organizations, the National Troopers Coalition, the Police Conference of New York and the Northeast Regional Troopers Coalition – which collectively represents more than 250,000 law enforcement officers and State Troopers nationwide – I find it appalling that you have not condemned the violence directed at your New York State Troopers during the riots across the state. In fact, during your daily briefing today you repeatedly used the word “ugly” to describe recent events but did not acknowledge that the Troopers under your command have been responding to riots with unwavering loyalty to public safety.

The right to a peaceful protest is etched in the U.S. Constitution and as law enforcement officers we are sworn to uphold that concept. We are all outraged by the events that became a catalyst for where we are today, and the fact that members of the public want to peacefully protest for change is their American right.

However, what Troopers are being called upon to respond to across the state are not peaceful protests or voices of reason urging societal changes, these are violent riots taking place around the state including New York City, Syracuse, Buffalo, Rochester and Albany, just blocks from the Executive Mansion. Read more »

St. Augustine’s Church/Peru Community Church Soup Kitchen Wednesday, June 3rd Menu 

• Spaghetti 
• Tossed Salad 
• Garlic Bread
• Home-made Chocolate Chip Cookies 

Take-Out Only at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St., 4:30 to 5:30 PM 

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