{"id":197728,"date":"2026-05-20T11:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/197728\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:16:10","slug":"albany-county-school-budget-vote-live-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/197728\/","title":{"rendered":"Albany County school budget vote live results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"serif-copy text-width mb-md\">Election results are free for all readers. To support our mission of providing essential election information for New Yorkers, <a href=\"https:\/\/subscription.timesunion.com\/checkout\/2017\/4061\/?origin=newsroom&amp;variant=electionresults_2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe to the Times Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"serif-copy text-width mb-md\">We\u2019re tracking school budget votes, ballot measures and contested school board races in Albany County. 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