The General Election is Tuesday, November 4–but you don’t have to wait until then to weigh in. In fact, you don’t have to wait much longer.
Early voting, as noted here by the NYC Board of Elections, takes place in brick and mortar locations throughout NYC on the following dates:
Saturday, October 25, 9am to 5pm
Sunday, October 26, 9am to 5pm
Monday, October 27, 9am to 5pm
Tuesday, October 28, 10am to 8pm
Wednesday, October 29, 10am to 8pm
Thursday, October 30, 9am to 5pm
Friday, October 31, 8am to 4pm
Saturday, November 1, 9am to 5pm
Sunday, November 2, 9am to 5pm
For the NY County early voting poll site list, click here. As that site list notes, Chelsea locations include IS 70 (333 W. 17th St.), FIT’s Feldman Building (218 W. 28th St.), and The Shed (545 W. 30th St.).
Your early voting locations aren’t necessarily where you’ll go to cast your ballot on November 4. For NY County Election Day locations, click here. Included on the list of Chelsea locations: Selis Manor for the Blind, at 135 W. 23rd St.
To find your poll site, click here. You’ll need to enter your house number, street name, and zip code.
For the Contest List, click here. Among the elected positions up for grabs: NYC Mayor, NYC Public Advocate, and NYC Comptoller.
Two well-established electeds local to the Chelsea area of Manhattan, both of them out (and outspoken) gay men, are in the running. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, currently serving as a New York State Senator, is looking to become the next Manhattan Borough President. Having lost his bid for that office the last time around, Hoylman-Sigal finds himself in a race where the current MBP is absent (Mark Levine put aside the notion of another term as MBP in order to run for Comptroller). In the race for the NYC Council’s District 3 seat, Erik Bottcher’s reelection bid seems poised for success. (Should he return to the Council, that term is likely to see Bottcher in the race to claim the congressional seat left open after Jerry Nadler announced he would not seek reelection.)
For a rundown of the six ballot proposals, click here.
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