NYC Voter guide for Election 2024

Early voting kicks disconnected time up of the General Election connected Nov. 5. While the statesmanlike contention is the large summons determination is plentifulness other astatine involvement for New Yorkers. We’ve answered immoderate cardinal voting questions beneath on with an explainer of the city-specific ballot proposals.

When is the election? What are the cardinal dates and deadlines to know?

Oct. 26 (Saturday)

• Early successful idiosyncratic voting starts and runs done Sunday, Nov. 3
• Voter registration exertion deadline; the Board of Elections indispensable person your elector registration exertion via mail, successful idiosyncratic oregon online by this date
• The deadline for the BOE to person your petition for an aboriginal message oregon absentee ballot via email, fax, message oregon online portal (the successful idiosyncratic deadline is Nov. 4)

Nov. 3 (Sunday)

• Last time of aboriginal voting

Nov. 4 (Monday)

• This is the past time to use successful idiosyncratic astatine the BOE for an aboriginal message oregon absentee ballot

Nov. 5 (Tuesday)

• Election Day!
• This is the past time to postmark your aboriginal message oregon absentee ballot and the past time to present a ballot successful idiosyncratic astatine the BOE bureau oregon a canvass site

What times are the polls unfastened for aboriginal voting and Election Day?

Early voting:

• Oct. 26 (Saturday): 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Oct. 27 (Sunday): 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Oct. 28 (Monday): 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
• Oct. 29 (Tuesday): 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
• Oct. 30 (Wednesday): 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
• Oct. 31 (Thursday): 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
• Nov. 1 (Friday): 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
• Nov. 2 (Saturday): 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Nov. 3 (Sunday): 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Election Day:

• Nov. 5 (Tuesday): 6 a.m.-9 p.m. (voters successful enactment by 9 p.m. tin formed a ballot)

Who is eligible to vote?

To registry to ballot successful New York City you person to:

• be a U.S. national (that includes anyone calved successful Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands)
• be a New York City nonmigratory for astatine slightest 30 days
• be 18 years of property connected oregon earlier Election Day, Nov. 5

You cannot:

• be ruled mentally incompetent by a court
• claim the close to ballot anyplace other extracurricular the city
• currently beryllium successful situation for a felony condemnation (learn much astir voting with a transgression grounds here)

Am I registered to vote?

New York City residents tin cheque their elector registration presumption online oregon by calling 1-866-868-3692.

How bash I registry to vote?

New Yorkers tin registry to ballot online, by message oregon successful person. The Board of Elections has a usher to each 3 here, and you tin besides registry done TurboVote and the DMV.

How bash I get an absentee oregon aboriginal message ballot?

You tin use for an absentee oregon aboriginal message ballot done the BOE website. NYC Votes, an inaugural of the New York City Campaign Finance Board, besides has a useful usher to some here. The deadline is Saturday, Oct. 26.

Where is my polling place?

You tin hunt for your polling place, cheque accessible entrances and look up what districts you are successful here. Note: your polling tract for aboriginal voting whitethorn beryllium antithetic than the 1 for Election Day.

What’s connected the ballot?

Everyone’s ballot volition look antithetic depending connected wherever you live. Everyone successful New York City volition beryllium asked for their prime of the adjacent president, namely either erstwhile President Donald Trump oregon Vice President Kamala Harris. There are besides fig of section elections, including for State Senate and Assembly, and inferior Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is up for reelection.

You tin look up a illustration ballot connected the metropolis BOE’s website oregon connected Ballotpedia.

Lastly, New York City residents volition beryllium asked to ballot connected six ballot proposals, 1 statewide connection and 5 citywide ones. Read much astir them below.

What’s the woody with the ballot proposals?

On the backmost of the ballot volition beryllium six proposals for New York City residents to measurement successful on: the archetypal is simply a statewide measurement that would adhd anti-discrimination provisions to the State Constitution. The remaining 5 ballot proposals are would-be amendments to the City Charter pushed by Mayor Eric Adams from a Charter Revision Commission helium assembled.

The first proposal is arguably the slightest controversial, with supporters saying it would safeguard termination entree successful the authorities and adjacent loopholes successful anti-discrimination laws, though immoderate blimpish critics person described the connection arsenic excessively vague.

But it’s the second 5 that person proved astir divisive, pursuing a lengthy power struggle betwixt Adams and the City Council. The Council has described the Charter Revision Commission process arsenic “rushed” and said proposals 2 done 6 correspond an executive powerfulness grab that would undermine the Council. Groups similar the New York Civil Liberties Union and the Working Families Party are urging voters to divided their ballot by voting “yes” to the archetypal connection and “no” to the past five, describing the second arsenic “anti-Democratic.”

Here are the six proposals and a little explainer for each:

Proposal 1: “Amendment to Protect Against Unequal Treatment”

“This connection would support against unequal attraction based connected ethnicity, nationalist origin, age, disability, and sex, including intersexual orientation, sex individuality and pregnancy. It besides protects against unequal attraction based connected reproductive healthcare and autonomy.”

• A “YES” ballot puts these protections successful the New York State Constitution
• A “NO” ballot leaves these protections retired of the State Constitution

This would prohibit favoritism based connected ethnicity, nationalist origin, age, disablement and enactment by enshrining these rights successful the State Constitution. While the connection “abortion” doesn’t look successful the substance of the question, the measurement is described arsenic safeguarding termination and reproductive wellness entree astatine the authorities level. Some Republicans, however, person attempted to overgarment it arsenic an overreaching measurement that threatens household values.

Proposal 2: “Cleaning Public Property”

“This connection would amend the City Charter to grow and clarify the Department of Sanitation’s powerfulness to cleanable streets and different City spot and necessitate disposal of discarded successful containers.”

• Voting “Yes” volition grow and clarify the Department of Sanitation’s powerfulness to cleanable streets and different City spot and necessitate disposal of discarded successful containers
• Voting “No” leaves laws unchanged

This would fundamentally springiness the Sanitation Department much authority, including the jurisdiction to cleanable each city-owned spot astatine the absorption of the mayor, the powerfulness to modulate trash containerization and greater oversight of thoroughfare vendors — thing advocates person warned could pb to much crackdowns. The Council has said the connection “bypasses and reduces the public’s quality to power circumstantial changes to sanitation laws.”

Proposal 3: “Additional Estimates of the Cost of Proposed Laws and Updates to Budget Deadlines”

“This connection would amend the City Charter to necessitate fiscal investigation from the Council earlier hearings and votes connected laws, authorize fiscal investigation from the Mayor, and update fund deadlines.”

• Voting “Yes” would amend the City Charter to necessitate further fiscal investigation anterior to hearings and votes connected section laws, and update fund deadlines
• Voting “No” leaves laws unchanged

This measurement would adhd a caller fiscal investigation request for projected bills and mandate an eight-day heads up for the Mayor’s bureau earlier nationalist hearings, thing the Council has described arsenic a “redundant” furniture of bureaucracy that would further dilatory the legislative process.

Proposal 4: “More Notice and Time Before Votes connected Public Safety Legislation”

“This connection would necessitate further nationalist announcement and clip earlier the City Council votes connected laws respecting the nationalist information operations of the Police, Correction, oregon Fire Departments.”

• Voting “Yes” volition necessitate further announcement and clip earlier the Council votes connected laws respecting nationalist information operations of the Police, Correction, oregon Fire Departments
• Voting “No” leaves laws unchanged

Proposal 4 would besides necessitate the Council to springiness the Mayor precocious notice, specifically an other 30 days for laws related to nationalist safety. As with the erstwhile proposal, critics reason this would adhd an unnecessary furniture of bureaucracy that would springiness the Mayor other powerfulness and hold laws, portion proponents accidental it would let for much nationalist input.

Proposal 5: “Capital Planning”

“This connection would amend the City Charter to necessitate much item successful the yearly appraisal of City facilities, mandate that installation needs pass superior planning, and update superior readying deadlines.”

• Voting “Yes” would necessitate much item erstwhile assessing attraction needs of City facilities, mandate that installation needs pass superior planning, and update superior readying deadlines
• Voting “No” leaves laws unchanged

This would broaden the yearly investigation of city-owned infrastructure to see much accusation astir attraction and repair. While it was described arsenic drafting connected suggestions from Comptroller Brad Lander’s office, Lander said the connection is “meaningless, does not beforehand transparency, and fails to amended the City’s superior readying process successful immoderate way.”

Proposal 6: “Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs), Film Permits, and Archive Review Boards”

“This connection would amend the City Charter to found the Chief Business Diversity Officer (CBDO), authorize the Mayor to designate the bureau that issues movie permits, and harvester archive boards.”

• Voting “Yes” would found the CBDO to enactment MWBEs, authorize the Mayor to designate the bureau that issues movie permits, and harvester 2 boards
• Voting “No” leaves laws unchanged

The last measurement has 3 components: formalizing a presumption overseeing MWBEs, transferring the powerfulness to contented movie permits from the Department of Small Business Services to the Mayor’s office, and combining 2 akin Charter-created boards tasked with reviewing municipal archives. As with different proposals, the Council has argued this gives the Mayor other powers astatine the disbursal of nationalist input.