Trustee Lisa Cove Shares Her Case Ahead of the Pittsford Village Election Date Survey
The Short Version
- A resident survey on when Pittsford holds its village elections is arriving soon in tax bills, with three options: March, June, or November.
- Trustee Lisa Cove writes that the 2025 Trustee board voted for a June election after research and resident input, but a missed timeline kept it off the ballot.
- The 2026 board added a November option at the Mayor's request; Cove emphasizes the survey is advisory — one input the Trustees will weigh, not a binding vote.
- Cove makes the case for June: she argues it keeps focus on local candidates and issues, reduces partisan influence, and minimizes voter fatigue.
- Placing the vote in November, she notes, would crowd village races onto a ballot already full of federal, state, county, and town candidates.
Soon, a Pittsford Village election date survey will arrive in residents' tax bills, asking a question that sounds purely procedural but turns out to be anything but: when should our village elections be held? March, June, or November — and the answer shapes how much attention our local candidates and local issues get, and whether they share a ballot with national races. Trustee Lisa Cove reached out to share her own perspective on the choice ahead. Her message follows in full, in her own voice — the views and arguments here are hers, not ours.
Trustee Lisa Cove, In Her Own Words
Trustee Lisa Cove, In Her Own Words
The following was submitted verbatim by Trustee Lisa Cove to Pittsford Village Chat on June 2, 2026. The views expressed are her own.
What the Election Date Survey Means for Pittsford Village
What the Election Date Survey Means for Pittsford Village
As Trustee Cove notes, the survey won't settle the question on its own — the Board of Trustees will weigh the results alongside other input before deciding on an election date. That makes the weeks ahead a real invitation rather than a foregone conclusion. When the survey arrives in your tax bill, you'll have three options in front of you, and the Village has said it wants to hear from residents directly.
You can find meeting information, contact details, and updates at villageofpittsfordny.gov or by calling Village Hall at (585) 586-4332.
Filling out that survey is a small act, but small acts are how a village decides what it wants to be. When you mark March, June, or November, you're saying something about how — and when — you want to show up for Pittsford.
Add Your Voice
Add Your Voice
This page belongs to all of us, not to any one view. If you see the election-date question differently — or exactly as Trustee Cove does — we want to hear from you. Add your thoughts in the comments below, where neighbors can read and answer one another. And if you'd like your perspective featured the way this letter is, send it in and we'll publish it in full and in your own words.
Every viewpoint has a place here — not because all opinions are the same, but because a village is built by the people willing to show up and say what they think, especially when they disagree. Accepting that invitation comes with one agreement: we speak to each other with respect. Disagree freely — and disagree well. Name your own view as your own, leave your neighbor room to hold theirs, and remember that the words we use here are the village we're building. Disagreement offered that way isn't a threat to a community. It's how a village stays a village.
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