This page is an overview of the 2018 New York elections, including your sample ballot, a list of the offices up for election covered by Ballotpedia, links to election results,
state election dates and deadlines, and an FAQ section.
Not exact matches
The earliest
date for the United
States to completely withdraw from the agreement is Nov. 4, 2020, around the time of the next U.S. presidential
election.
It could mean that
state elections happen on the required
date, but federal
elections happen on a new day.
At this point,
states and parties have already heavily advertised the
date of the
election,
election sites have been chosen and
election workers hired (or recruited) for those
dates.
Many
states also have laws which set the
election date.
Still, lawmakers could not agree on a unified primary
date for
state and Congressional primary
elections.
The
state Assembly passed a bill that would shift the primary
election to Thursday, Sept. 13, because the current
date — Tuesday, Sept. 11 — is both the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and Day Two of Rosh Hashanah, a Jewish holiday.
New York
State has moved its fall 2018 primary
election date back two days so it does not interfere with the anniversary of 9/11 or the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah.
Election Dates for 2018: Federal Primary - June 26, 2018 (TBD)
STATE AND LOCAL PRIMARY - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 (TBD) General
Election - November 6, 2018 (Polls Open 6 am to 9 pm)
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to call for special
elections to be held April 24 to fill two empty Senate seats, according to a
state official who confirmed the
date.
Can the
state legislature decree a special
election date for the vote on the proposed amendment, or is it only allowed to refer potential amendments to a general
election ballot?
Lawmakers remain at odds over unifying the
state's primary
dates for federal
elections — held in June by court order — and
state and local party primaries, held in September.
If the intra-party warfare is still going on by the
state's presidential primary
date of April 19, it could be good for the GOP as it battles to retain former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» seat on Long Island in a special
election that will also take place on that day.
The firm has given Mangano's campaign $ 6,650 since 2010, including a $ 500 contribution
dated in
state board of
elections records three days after Coschignano signed the contract.
Pidot's primary opponent, Jack Martins, a
state senator from Old Westbury, wants to move the general
election from Nov. 8, the
date of national presidential and congressional
elections, because a court moved the district's Republican primary from June to Oct. 6.
It's already been a busy
election year in New York
State, with four different
election dates crowding the calendar, including the unusually meaningful presidential primary on April 19,
State primaries on September 13, and of course the real thing on November 8.
With the Democratic Senate primary in Hawaii too close to call and several thousand votes on the line, Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, D - Hawaii, has sued the
state's Office of
Elections to postpone Friday's special
election date.
[3] The Governor is responsible for calling the
election and must consult with the Secretary of
State to set the
election dates and nominating deadlines.
The court did not change the
date for
state and local
elections because it was not empowered to make that change.
(A governor has limited scheduling ability however, as
state law requires that such a special
election be held between 70 and 80 days from the
date of a formal proclamation by the governor.)
Labor endorsements are more impactful than usual this
election cycle as the federal courts have placed the primary
date for congressional
elections on a different day than the rest of the
state's
elections and Albany refused to move the other
date to match the federal one.
«Take notice that the appellant being dissatisfied with the decision of the governorship
election tribunal for Rivers
state, sitting in Abuja, contained in the judgment of the tribunal coram Hon. Justice Suleiman Ambursa (chairman), Hon. Justice Wesley Ibrahim Leha (member) and Hon. Justice Bayo Taiwo (member)(sitting in court no. 23 of the FCT high court
dated the 24th of October 2015, doth hereby appeal to the court of appeal upon the grounds set out in paragraph 3 and will at the hearing seek the reliefs set out in paragraph 4,» the statement read.
Lawmakers in the Senate and Assembly could not agree on a unified primary
date for
state and federal
elections — a costly consequence for local governments.
On January 30, despite the protests of the media and good government groups such as Common Cause New York, a special
election date of April 19 was announced, which was five months earlier than the strongly suggested September 13 New York
State primary
date.
Cuomo has not yet set a special
election date, but some are hoping he will do so shortly after his joint
State of the
State address / budget presentation on Wednesday.
Teachout, a Fordham law professor, is challenging Governor Andrew Cuomo in a Democratic primary; New York law requires any gubernatorial candidate be a
state resident for five years prior to the
date of the
election.
The April 19
date coincides with the presidential primary
election in New York
State and was chosen to both «maximize voter turnout and minimize the cost to taxpayers,» according to Gov. Cuomo.
Langworthy noted that the GOP's support for Kearns
dates back to 2012, when they supported his run in a special
election for
State Assembly.
On that same
date,
state election board records show, Palladium Inc (sic), with no address listed, gave $ 5,000 to the Pigeon committee.
(CNN)- Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado on Thursday set the
date for recall
elections for two
state senators, marking the first recall effort in the
state's history.
More than a week has passed since Dan Losquadro was sworn in as Brookhaven Town highway superintendent and still no
date has been set for a special
election to replace him in the New York
State Assembly.
Note: About $ 3 million of the $ 1.2 billion raised since 1999 was reported to the
state Board of
Elections without a
date or with an unrealistic
date (e.g., candidates who have filed in the past 15 years have reported raising $ 2,100 in 1940).
Nassau County Democrats, increasingly confident they'll win an upcoming special
state Senate
election, dropped plans to urge Cuomo to hold off on setting April 19 — presidential primary day — as the
date to fill the now - vacant Skelos seat.
The
state Democratic Party said the rally will be rescheduled before the
election, but no immediate
date was available.
However, the
State Board of
Elections has not posted a
date yet.
More voters — Deadlines for registering and for switching parties must be closer to
election dates, eligible voters should be automatically registered when they conduct business with various state agencies, and early voting is a must, perhaps starting the weekend before Elect
election dates, eligible voters should be automatically registered when they conduct business with various
state agencies, and early voting is a must, perhaps starting the weekend before
ElectionElection Day.
Steiner said Cuomo was obliged to set a special
election date for a congressional seat under federal law, but
state law allows the governor to set one for a
state legislative vacancy at his discretion, so a court challenge might not be successful.
These
states allow 17 - year - olds to vote in a Congressional primary
election if they will be 18 by the
date of the general
election.
states that a special
election «shall be not less than seventy nor more than eighty days from the
date of the proclamation.»
«To
date, three
states have enacted legislation, two have introduced legislation and one, South Australia, has yet to introduce legislation but it is in the middle of an
election campaign,» he said.
The
State further agrees that it needs to act expeditiously to change its September primary
date for federal
elections to insure compliance with UOCAVA in 2012.»
«We realize that the
State Primary
date may not accompany this change and our encouraging our legislative leaders to alter the
Election Calendar to include both the Federal and
State Primaries.
The leaders of the bipartisan
Election Commissioners» Association sent a letter this week to Judge Gary Sharpe that urges legislative leaders to take action on setting
state and federal primary
dates in order to comply with the federal MOVE Act.
The
dates of the congressional and
state - level
elections remain up in the air, thanks to the DOJ lawsuit and legislative leaders» inability to reach on deal on either June or August.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he is considering using the April 19 presidential primaries as an
election date for a few vacancies across the
state, including the seat last held by now Councilman Joe Borelli.
Benjamin's team said they relied on older, potentially out - of -
date rosters publicly available through the
state Board of
Elections.
The United
States Election Project, with election numbers dating back to 1980, ranked New York state 14th lowest in voter turnout
Election Project, with
election numbers dating back to 1980, ranked New York state 14th lowest in voter turnout
election numbers
dating back to 1980, ranked New York
state 14th lowest in voter turnout in 2016.
The
date of the
election is set for 46 days after the announcement, according to
state law.
The
date of the last major party primary
election, caucus, or convention in that
State may be designated as the primary
election for such candidate.
Since the
State Primary, Sept 13, is not 45 days before Federal General
Election a new
date was required.