Orange Voters Say Yes to Budget [UPDATED]

The results are in and the Orange budget has passed with 65.5% of the 412 votes cast.

Here's the breakdown:

• Yes: 270 (65.5%)
• No: 142 (34.4%)
• Total votes: 412 (4% of the 10,106 eligible voters)

Orange Patch will feature reactions to the results and next steps for the budget in an article that will be posted at 5:30 a.m. on May 18. In the meantime, share your reaction in the comments below.

The original story, posted at 6:30 p.m., follows:

Slow and steady. That's been the pace of voter turnout at today as Orange residents take to the poll to decide the fate of .

As of about 5 p.m., 293 votes had been cast, according to Poll Moderator Al Pol. At that pace, he said, the town is set to break last year's turnout. A 20-year veteran poll worker, Pol expects that more voters will show up as folks get out of work.

"I've been posting on my Facebook page telling people to get their butts down here," said Lexi Crocco, the tabulator official.

"Generally it does pick up from 5 to 8 p.m.," Pol said.

Pol said his guess is that the budget will pass. But, he added, "You really don't know."

Kevin McNabola hopes it passes. The former chairman of the Board of Finance who now is the business manager of Orange Public Schools said, "There's a lot of school buildings and town buildings and curriculum and education that need to be funded."

The poll will remain open until 8 p.m. Orange Patch will report the results as soon as they're available.

- Fred Musante contributed to this article.