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Next Election

Today is New York�s General Election.
All Polls OPEN at 6 AM and CLOSE at 9 PM. Find your polling place.

Election Night Results for November 8, 2016 General Election

Voter Information

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Pending Campaign Finance Legislation Notice

**Important: the NYS Legislature recently passed two bills that would extensively amend Article 14 of the Election Law. The Board is presently undertaking an analysis of these bills, as well as monitoring their status pending adoption. Please continue to monitor this webpage for updates to this status.**

Public Testing

Public testing, a component of the State Board�s voting system certification program, of an upgrade for the ES & S voting system will take place at the offices of the State Board of Elections, on September 8, 2016, at 11:00 AM. If you plan to attend, please contact the Election Operations Unit at 518-473-5086.

Proposed Regulation For Comment:

Adopted Empergency Regulations on Disclosure of Independent Expenditures (pdf 407KB)

Proposed Regulations on Routine Testing of Voting Systems (pdf 130KB)

Comments can be sent to [email protected]

Calendar of Events

November 2016

Date Event Additional Information
11/8 General Election 2016 State & Local Calendar (pdf 147KB)
11/17
12:00 P.M.
Commissioners Meeting State Board Offices
40 North Pearl
5th Floor
Albany NY 12207
Minutes and Archived Webcasts

2016 Elections

  • NEW 2016 General Election Candidate List
  • NEW Official Write-In Candidates for President (pdf 212KB)
  • State and Local Primary Results (pdf 1,785KB)
  • Amended Federal Certification For The November 8, 2016 General Elelction (pdf 1.16MB)
  • State & Local Certification for the November 8, 2016 General Election (pdf 4.6MB)
  • 2016 Campaign Finance Filing Calendar (pdf 212KB)
  • 2016 Federal Political Calendar Court Order (pdf 1.5MB)
  • 2016 Federal Political Calendar (pdf 142KB)
  • 2016 State & Local Calendar (pdf 147KB)
  • Time off to vote (pdf 77KB)

Recent Publications

  • NEW 2015 Annual Report (pdf 4,606KB)
  • Report on 2014 Public Financing Pilot Program (pdf 258KB)
  • Lever Voting Report pursuant to Chapter 273 of the Laws of 2014 (pdf 5,412KB)
  • Review of Interstate Exchanges of Voter Registration Information (pdf 839KB)
  • EAC Grant Reports

Legislative Agendas

  • 2016 Proposed Legislative Packet (pdf 27.7MB)

Campaign Finance News

  • NEWIndependent Expenditure Committee Campaign Finance Registration Form (pdf 129KB)
  • NEWPolitical Action Committee (PAC) Campaign Finance Registration Form (pdf 116KB)
  • NEWCampaign Materials
  • 2016 Campaign Finance Filing Calendar (pdf 212KB)
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