LTV to Air Special Election Programming Tuesday

Tue, 11/07/2023 - 15:38

Hugh King is East Hampton's town crier.

LTV East Hampton

November 7, 2023

LTV, East Hampton's public-access television station, has announced a special slate of programming Tuesday night to highlight "the historical importance of our elections."

Taped interviews with Richard Whalen, a former deputy town attorney, Hugh King, East Hampton's town crier, and Ginew Benton, a filmmaker with knowledge of local Indigenous history, will air starting at 8 p.m. on Channel 20 and LTV's YouTube feed, interspersed with a feed of live, unofficial election results as they begin to come after polls close at 9 p.m.

LTV will also broadcast a QR code linking to the Suffolk County Board of Elections website.

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