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The New York State Board of Elections is a bipartisan agency of the New York state government within the New York State Executive Department responsible for enforcement and administration of election-related laws. [1] [2] It also regulates campaign finance disclosure and limitations through its "fair campaign code". [1] [3]
The Board of Elections in the City of New York, as provided under Election Law § 3-200, is responsible for conducting elections, including primary, special and general elections; handling voter registration and the maintenance of voter records; handling candidate petitions, documents, and campaign finance disclosures; and conducting voter outreach and education.
John Kerry won New York State by 18 percentage points in 2004, while Al Gore won by an even greater 25-point margin in New York State in 2000, giving Gore his second-highest total in the nation. Bill Clinton twice scored his third-best performance in New York in 1992 and 1996.
Dec. 20—The State Ethics Commission has upheld a hearing officer's decision finding State Treasurer Laura Montoya violated campaign finance reporting laws by accepting $10,000 in concealed ...
Voters elect state-level (at-large) delegates via presidential preference vote and directly elect congressional district-level delegates. Each campaign normally submits a slate to the New York State Board of Elections. However, only the Biden campaign submitted a slate by the nomination deadline.
The election also marks the most recent cycle in which Trump would be on the presidential ballot as a legal resident of New York state; according to court filings, he registered Palm Beach, Florida, as his "primary residence" in 2019. [3] This is the first time since 1944 in which New York voted more Republican than California.
N.Y. State Bd. of Elections v. Lopez Torres, 552 U.S. 196 (2008), was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court that involved a constitutional challenge brought against New York State's judicial election law, alleging that it unfairly prevented candidates from obtaining access to the ballot.
In 2010, New York State became the last U.S. state to switch to electronic voting under the Help America Vote Act. In doing so, New York abandoned its Shoup lever machines which had been used since 1962 and were originally built by American Voting Machines Company in Jamestown, New York. [1] [2] [3]