Albion will have caucuses to pick candidates for village election

Republicans meet on Jan. 24 and Democrats follow on Jan. 27

ALBION – The Republican and Democratic parties will soon be holding their caucuses to pick their candidates in the upcoming March 18 village election.

The Republican Party will have its caucus at 2 p.m. on Jan. 24 in the Curtis Room at Hoag Library. The Democrats will have their caucus at 7 p.m. on Jan. 27 at Pullman Memorial Universalist Church.

The election is usually the third Tuesday in March, which would be March 17 this year. However, that is St. Patrick’s Day so the election has been moved back a day.

This year there will be four-year terms on the ballot for mayor (currently Angel Javier Jr.) and trustees (currently Tim McMurray and Joyce Riley).

Polls will be open on March 18 from noon to 9 p.m. at the Village Office, 35-37 East Bank St.

Candidates also can run as independents and need to submit petitions signed by at least 100 registered voters in the village. Those petitions are due to the village clerk by Feb. 10.

Albion is the only village in Orleans County that has candidates run under the major party lines. Lyndonville, Medina and Holley don’t have the party lines in their elections. In those villages, all of the candidates run as independents.