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With no federal or statewide races, 2023 is an off-year for politics — besides in New York Metropolis.
Right here, each Metropolis Council race within the metropolis is technically up for grabs due to redistricting when all Council district boundaries within the 5 boroughs had been redrawn.
The overall election is scheduled for Tuesday, November 7. Not like in New York primaries, voters will select candidates by conventional voting, not by the ranked selection methodology.
Right here’s what you should know now:
Races
Metropolis Council
Voters will get to resolve who holds every of the 51 Metropolis Council seats this 12 months. The districts had been redrawn final 12 months following the 2020 nationwide census, which revealed modifications within the metropolis’s inhabitants.
You can even discover your new Council district — together with ethnic knowledge, latest native voting historical past and the way the inhabitants modified in redistricting — with THE CITY’s Know Your District software.
Many Council seats had been all however determined in June’s primaries; in deep-blue districts, Democrats who gained in June will doubtless sail to straightforward victory. However in a number of swing districts in The Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn, tight races that can decide what number of seats Republicans management within the Council. Listed here are the seven races to look at.Wait, didn’t we simply vote for Councilmembers? Sure. Right here’s why: Town’s constitution says that each 20 years, Metropolis Council members will serve a two-year time period as a substitute of a standard four-year time period to permit “new challenges” to incumbents through the redistricting shuffle. You may consider it as a four-year time period cut up into two — besides that anybody who wins the primary two-year time period isn’t assured a second win. (Council members are restricted to serve not more than two four-year phrases, per a 2010 referendum.)
District Lawyer: The Bronx, Queens and Staten Island
Three boroughs have elections to decide on new district attorneys, the highest native prosecutor within the county. In The Bronx, Queens and Staten Island, the incumbents — Darcel Clark, Melinda Katz and Michael McMahon, respectively — should win re-election. (FYI: There aren’t any time period limits for district attorneys in New York Metropolis.)
Solely Katz, the Democratic incumbent in Queens, could have competitors on the poll, nevertheless. Michael Mossa will seem on the Republican and Conservative occasion strains and George Grasso will seem on the “Public Security” occasion line within the Queens DA race. In The Bronx and Staten Island, Clark and McMahon will every seem on the poll with no challengers.
Others: Judges and delegates
There are a couple of different races which will pop up in your poll, together with Civil Court docket decide and delegates to the judicial conference. Learn extra about these jobs and what they do in our information and verify exactly what’s in your poll by trying up your deal with by the Board of Elections right here, then clicking “View Pattern Poll” on the highest proper.
Poll proposals
There are two poll proposal questions on all New York ballots this November. Gothamist broke down what they’re all about on this information, together with why two questions on how smaller municipalities spend cash will seem on New York Metropolis ballots. (Reply: They’re about stuff within the state structure, due to this fact should be thought-about by voters in your entire state.)
Key dates in 2023
For the overall election:
The final day to request an absentee poll on-line or by mail. Right here’s how to do this.
October 28 – November 5
The early-voting interval.
The final day to request an absentee poll in individual.
The overall election — and the final day to return your absentee poll or postmark it. It should attain the BOE by November 14th to be counted.
How can I verify if I’m registered? And the place do I vote?
Discover your voter registration particulars right here. You’ll additionally see which districts you’ll vote in for judicial, congressional, Metropolis Council and civil courtroom elections.
Bear in mind: Anybody, no matter occasion affiliation, can vote in November’s election. Solely main elections require voters to be a part of a celebration.
Town Board of Elections additionally reveals you the place you vote early and on Election Day right here. Beware: Your early voting web site is commonly completely different out of your Election Day voting web site, so learn the web page rigorously!
I’m not a U.S. citizen. Can I vote in native New York Metropolis elections?
In all probability not this 12 months.
The Metropolis Council handed a regulation in late 2021 permitting non-citizens within the 5 boroughs to vote in municipal elections. However a decide on Staten Island struck it down in the summertime of 2022, and whereas town virtually instantly appealed that decide’s determination, it’s unlikely to be resolved for the 2023 election cycle. Meaning, for now, non-citizen New Yorkers can’t vote.
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