Suffolk County voters approved a referendum Tuesday to extend the length of terms for county legislators from two to four years in a rebuke to the state shifting local elections to even years.

Winners in the Suffolk races will serve a truncated three-year term and can run for reelection in 2028. If the referendum, Proposition 2, had failed, they would have had to run again in 2026, essentially restarting the campaign shortly after being sworn into office in January.

Statewide, voters were asked whether to amend the state Constitution to allow an Olympic sports complex to build new Nordic ski and biathlon trails in the Adirondack forest preserve. Development in the Adirondack Park requires constitutional permission.

The latest results Tuesday evening showed the proposal slightly a

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