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This page is an overview of the 2022 New York elections, including the offices on the ballot covered by Ballotpedia, election dates, and oft asked questions.

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Offices on the ballot

Election dates

New York election dates, 2022

Statewide election dates in New York are listed beneath. For more dates, delight run into the elections agenda.

Statewide election dates

June 28, 2022: Chief
November 8, 2022: General ballot

Polling hours: vi a.thou. to 9 p.chiliad.

Local election dates

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Frequently asked questions

When are the polls open up?


See State Poll Opening and Closing Times (2022) for more information

Where tin can I find election results?

Election results are posted on Ballotpedia's election overview pages, as well as the relevant candidate pages. Yous tin find links to the current election overview pages in the "Offices on the ballot" department of this folio.

How practise primaries work in New York?

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should exist a political party'south candidate for elected office to run in the full general ballot. They are also used to cull convention delegates and political party leaders. Primaries are country-level and local-level elections that accept place prior to a full general election. New York utilizes a closed primary procedure, in which the choice of a party's candidates in an election is express to registered party members.[ane] [2] [three] [four]

For information virtually which offices are nominated via primary election, see this commodity.

How do I register to vote?

To vote in New York, 1 must be a The states citizen, a resident of the county, city, or village for at to the lowest degree thirty days prior to the ballot, and at to the lowest degree xviii years former by the date of the election. Individuals who are in prison or on parole for a felony confidence and those who have been declared mentally incompetent by a court are ineligible to annals to vote. One cannot register to vote in New York while claiming the right to vote elsewhere.[5] Registration applications are available at the county board of elections or any agency-based voter registration center. Forms are also available online, or prospective voters tin can asking the course by mail.[5] Completed forms returned by mail must be postmarked at least 25 days prior to the election. The form must then be received past ballot officials at least 20 days before the election. A registration done in person must be completed at least 25 days prior to the election.[half-dozen] Residents may also register to vote online through the DMV Electronic Voter Registration Awarding. These applications are forwarded to the board of elections; applicants should permit up to six weeks for processing.[7]


Is there an early on voting menses?

Run across also: Early voting

Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) signed a bill into constabulary on January 24, 2019, establishing a 10-day early voting period. The bill was scheduled to take full effect on January 1, 2020.[eight] [9]

Who is eligible for absentee voting?

Encounter also: Absentee/post-in voting

The tabular array below displays absentee voting data specific to New York's 2022 primary ballot.

A voter in New York is eligible to vote absentee in an ballot for any of the following reasons:[10]

  1. Absence from the county (or, if a resident of New York Urban center, the metropolis) on Ballot Day
  2. Illness or disability, or acting as the primary caregiver for an sick or disabled person
  3. Patient care at a Veteran's Administration hospital
  4. Incarceration for offenses other than felonies or awaiting grand jury action

Absentee ballot applications must be mailed to the county board of elections no after than the seventh day before the election. Alternatively, applications delivered in person must be received no later than the day earlier the election. A voter may also request an absentee ballot by sending a alphabetic character to the county board of elections. The letter of the alphabet must exist received by the county board no earlier than thirty days and no afterwards than seven days earlier the ballot. An application form volition exist mailed with the absentee election. The awarding form must exist completed and returned with the election.[10]

If sent by mail, a returned ballot must be postmarked by the twenty-four hour period of the election and received no later than the seventh day after the election. If submitted in person, the ballot must be received by close of polls on Election Day.[11] [12]

What are the voter ID laws in New York?

Run into Voter identification laws past country.

How do I file to run for office?

Run into Ballot admission requirements for political candidates in New York for data on how to run for state or federal office.

What does Ballotpedia cover?

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Email us at editor@ballotpedia.org.

Redistricting following the 2020 census

This section lists major events in the mail-2020 demography redistricting bike in reverse chronological club. Major events include the release of circulation data, the release of census population information, the introduction of formal map proposals, the enactment of new maps, and noteworthy court challenges. Click the dates below for boosted data.

  • May 4, 2022: A federal judge denied plaintiffs' request for an emergency injunction in De Gaudemar 5. Kosinski.
  • May 2, 2022: A lawsuit was filed in federal court requesting a ruling that the congressional map approved on Feb. 3, 2022, exist used for the 2022 congressional elections in New York (De Gaudemar 5. Kosinski).
  • April 27, 2022: The New York Court of Appeals, the land's highest court, ruled to overturn the congressional and country Senate maps.
  • April 21, 2022: The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court upheld the Supreme Courtroom's ruling that the enacted legislative and constitutional maps constituted a partisan gerrymander and ordered the legislature to submit new maps to a redistricting special master appointed by the court.[13]
  • Apr 8, 2022: An appellate court issued a second temporary stay through April twenty of the lower court's ruling overturning the enacted legislative and congressional maps.
  • Apr four, 2022: An appellate court issued a temporary stay of the lower court's ruling overturning the enacted legislative and congressional maps.
  • March 31, 2022: A lower court judge struck down the enacted congressional and legislative maps and ordered the state legislature to draw new maps.
  • Feb 3, 2022: A lawsuit was filed challenging the enacted congressional map (Harkenrider five. Hochul).
  • Feb 3, 2022:
    • Both chambers of the New York State Legislature voted to approve the legislative maps nib.
    • Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed the congressional and legislative maps into law.
  • February 2, 2022: Both chambers of the New York State Legislature voted to approve the congressional map bill.
  • January 31, 2022: The New York Country Legislature released draft state House and Senate maps.
  • January 30, 2022: The New York State Legislature released a draft congressional map.
  • January 24, 2022: The New York Contained Redistricting Committee announced it would non be submitting another set of legislative and congressional maps to the land legislature.
  • January ten, 2022: The New York Country Legislature voted downward the commission's congressional and legislative map proposals.
  • January 3, 2022: The New York Independent Redistricting Committee vote to determine which maps to submit to the New York State Legislature ended in a 5-5 tie, meaning the commission submitted both sets of map proposals to the legislature.
  • September 16, 2021: The U.S. Demography Bureau released information from the 2020 demography in an easier-to-use format to state redistricting authorities and the public.
  • September 15, 2021: The New York Independent Redistricting Commission released draft maps for congressional and legislative redistricting.
  • August 12, 2021: The U.South. Census Bureau delivered redistricting data to states in a legacy format.
  • April 26, 2021: The U.S. Census Bureau delivered apportionment counts.

Footnotes

  1. National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Principal Election Types," accessed Oct 25, 2019
  2. FairVote, "Primaries," accessed October 25, 2019
  3. Ballotpedia inquiry conducted Dec 26, 2013, through January three, 2014, researching and analyzing various land websites and codes.
  4. Board of Elections in the City of New York, "Often Asked Questions," accessed Oct 25, 2019
  5. 5.0 five.1 New York State Lath of Elections, "Register to Vote," accessed October 4, 2019
  6. New York State Board of Elections, "Voter Registration Deadlines," accessed October 4, 2019
  7. New York Land Department of Motor Vehicles, "Register to Vote Online - Electronic Voter Registration Application," accessed October iv, 2019
  8. NY 1, "Information technology's Official: Early Voting is Coming to New York," January 24, 2019
  9. New York Country Senate, "Voting Package Summary and Analysis," January 14, 2019
  10. ten.0 10.1 New York State Board of Elections, "Absentee Voting," accessed December 16, 2013
  11. New York Country Lath of Elections, "Voting Deadlines," accessed Nov fourteen, 2019
  12. New York Consolidated Laws, "Election 8-412," accessed July 26, 2021
  13. Election Law Blog, "Breaking: New York Appellate Court Holds NY's Congressional Redistricting is a Partisan Gerrymander Violating the State Constitution, Gives Legislature Until April thirty to Draw a New Map," April 21, 2022