(You can request one before June 15!) OK. Members and sponsors make THE CITY possible.Īs of last week, more than 125,000 voters had requested an absentee ballot for the June 22 primary, which is more than four times the 29,928 absentee ballots that were cast in the 2017 mayor’s race. “COVID changed the game in that respect,” said Allie Swatek, director of policy and research for the city Campaign Finance Board. But in last June’s presidential primary, 38% of voters cast absentee ballots, and in the November presidential election, 22% of votes were absentee. In the last mayoral election in 2017, only 2.5% of votes were absentee. But now since anyone can request an absentee ballot because of the pandemic, many more people are choosing to vote that way. Plus the results could change a lot after including absentee ballots as well as “affidavit ballots” voters can cast when their registration can’t be validated at their poll site.Ībsentee ballots didn’t previously have a huge impact on New York elections. In contests with many candidates, including the mayor’s race, it’s unlikely that a single candidate will get more than 50% of first-choice votes in the first round of counting. In a ranked choice election, a candidate needs at least 50% of the votes to win. The Board of Elections has generally released the unofficial, preliminary results on election night.īut because of the way ranked choice votes need to be counted plus an increase in the use of absentee ballots under the special pandemic universal access, the primary-night results might be much less illuminating than in past elections. We’ll also know how many absentee ballots were requested and how many were returned as of June 22. These results will be based on voters’ first ranked choice on their ballots for in-person votes, which includes early voting and Primary Day voting, but doesn’t include absentee ballots. The Board of Elections will release the unofficial “first-round” results. Our guide is here to make your decisions easier, with details on candidates, the jobs they’re running for, how to use the new ranked-choice voting system and more. THE CITY Helps You Navigate the 2021 Elections
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