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6 days ago
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NYC primary 2025 voting guide: Everything you should know
The Brief The upcoming New York City primary election is June 24, 2025. New Yorkers will be voting on nominees for several offices, not just the Mayoral Office. Here's everything you need to know before you cast your votes (including when to do it). NEW YORK CITY - It's that time again – New Yorkers will head to the polls this month to vote in the New York City primary election. Remember, New York is a closed primary state, which means only voters registered with a political party can cast votes in primary elections, like the upcoming one. What You Should Know Here's all you need to know before you cast your votes (including when to do it). SKIP TO: Important dates | NYC mayoral race | Positions up for election | Ranked choice voting explained June 9: The last day you can update your address in your voter registration to vote in the primary. June 14:Early voting begins. You can find your early polling site here (it may be different from your regular voting site). June 14: This is also your last day to submit an application to receive an early mail ballot, absentee ballot and/or a voter registration form. These forms can be submitted online, by email or by phone (call 1-866-868-3692). June 22: The last day of early voting. June 23: This is the final day you can apply to register to vote in person at your local board of elections office. June 24: The anticipated Primary Election Day. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. (You must vote at your assigned polling site). June 24: This is also the deadline to return your early voting ballot or absentee ballot. (If you mailed your ballot to the NYC Board of Elections, your ballot must be postmarked by Election Day). Dig deeper Citywide offices on the ballot for this year's primary include: Mayor's office City Comptroller's office Public Advocate's office Five Borough President positions 51 seats on the City Council Learn more about these offices here. Other offices that could appear on your ballot include: Manhattan's District Attorney's office Delegate to the Judicial Convention (these delegates choose candidates who will be on the general election ballot for the New York State Supreme Court) Alternate Delegate to the Judicial Convention (see above) Civil Court judge Surrogate Court judge (unlike civil cases, these judges decide cases involving the estates of county residents after their death) District Leader (these leaders help run political parties in each county – at least one male and one female representative is elected to serve within each Assembly District) If you want to learn more about each office, click here. Below is the contest list for the upcoming primary: Click to open this PDF in a new window. For more information about the current mayoral candidates on the ballot, including one-on-one interviews with FOX 5, click here. What you can do You can make sure that you're registered to vote, and with the political party of your choosing, here. What we know Ranked choice voting is an election method in which voters rank candidates for an office in order of their preference – in other words, you "rank" your choice in your vote. First-choice votes are counted, but a candidate only wins if they receive over 50 percent of these first-choice votes; if no candidate won the majority, then the counting continues in rounds. The last place candidate is eliminated at the end of each round – voters who chose an eliminated candidate now have their vote counted for their next choice. This process continues until only two candidates remain. This primary election will use ranked choice voting for the offices of Mayor, Public Advocate, Comptroller, Borough President and City Council. Ranked choice voting was approved for New York City municipal elections in 2019. The Source This article includes reporting from several New York City government websites, as well as information from NYC Votes.
Yahoo
28-05-2025
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Meet the Candidates Who May Decide What Happens With Your Electric Bill
Atlanta voters concerned about rising electric bills began casting ballots on Tuesday in a special election for the Georgia Public Service Commission, the administrative entity that regulates the state's energy prices. At stake is how much people pay for power in a state with some of the highest utility costs in America. PSC commissioners have taken heat this year for supporting six Georgia Power rate hikes since 2023, resulting in the average Georgia Power residential customer paying $516 more per year on their electric bill than they were two years ago. Georgia Power and some PSC commissioners have argued that rate increases were necessary to account for rising fuel costs and make power grid infrastructure investments that will keep Georgia's economy growing. But critics say the increases are unfair and too onerous. Last week, Georgia Power agreed not to raise its residential rates for the next three years. But next year, the company is expected to request that the PSC let it begin recouping major storm-related losses from customers over the next few years. The current five PSC members are due to vote on the proposed rate hike freeze on July 1. All registered Georgia voters are eligible to vote in this election, which will decide who will represent Districts 2 and 3. It is not necessary to live in the district to vote in the district's election. The general election is Nov. 4, but early voting in the primaries for each district began Tuesday and ends June 13. Primary Election Day takes place on June 17. Visit the secretary of state's Advanced Voting Location Information page to find out where to cast a ballot. Here are introductions to four candidates running for the PSC in District 3. Their interviews have been edited for clarity and length. The Georgia Secretary of State's office confirmed Wednesday afternoon via email that a fifth candidate, Daniel Blackman, had been ruled ineligible to run for the office because he has not lived in the district for at least a year prior to the general election in November. Capital B Atlanta has reached out to Blackman for comment. A future edition of this article will cover the candidates in District 2. Read More: How an Election Starting Today Impacts Your Power Bills Why Electricity Rates in Georgia Rose $516 Per Year on Average Name: Terrell 'Fitz' Johnson, 61 Where do you live: West Atlanta Current job title: Business owner, professional services Three priority issues?: Keeping rates affordable, grid reliability, sustainability Campaign website: Terrell 'Fitz' Johnson, the incumbent in District 3 originally appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp in 2021, is running unopposed in the Republican primary. His disproportionately Black district includes metro Atlanta. Johnson is a military veteran and owner of ASID Group International LLC., a professional services provider that specializes in information technology, health care, logistics, and administrative and management services for several federal government agencies. During a late April interview with Capital B Atlanta, Johnson acknowledged his constituents' frustration with recent-year Georgia Power rate hikes for which he voted. He attributed those increases to 'inflation' fueled in part by a gas surcharge mandated by the Georgia General Assembly and infrastructure costs for two new nuclear power plants, Plant Vogtle 3 and 4. Johnson said refusing to increase Georgia Power rates could lead to blackouts or economic downturns. 'You may have rolling blackouts like in California because your reliability goes out the window,' he said. 'You may have less jobs because businesses don't want to come here, because they know, 'If I go there, there's a chance that my electricity is going to go out,' or, 'They can't supply me the amount of electricity that I want.' That's not what our constituents want.' Elevator pitch to Black voters: '[Black voters] need someone looking out for them as ratepayers. We've got to make sure that we're delivering them affordable, safe, reliable energy. And we've got to make sure you have somebody that is going to get in their corner and understand and be able to explain all the different programs out there that we as ratepayers can afford ourselves to reduce our energy [consumption] and to use our energy more wisely. We want it to be clean. We want it to be affordable. We want it to be reliable. We want to make sure that the companies that are delivering it are also sustainable.' What is your stance on future Georgia Power rate increases?: '[PSC commissioners] sit and we hear testimony and we hear intervenors come in to testify against that testimony. I can't give you a decision without hearing all the testimony first. I will tell you my intent, to my eye, is looking at this and finding a way to not increase rates.' Name: Peter Hubbard, 45 Where do you live: Edgewood Current job title: Clean energy advocate and renewable energy project developer for Cygnus Solar Power, a solar and battery storage project developer Three priority issues: Stop rate hikes, accountability, a better energy plan for Georgia. Campaign website: Peter Hubbard, the founder of the Georgia Center for Energy Solutions, has spent the past six years arguing for lower costs and cleaner energy during PSC meetings at the group's offices in Atlanta. 'What we have are energy plans that are bad for business, bad for affordable power bills, bad for fiscal conservatism, bad for national security, bad for human health, bad for climate change, and bad for Georgia,' Hubbard said. 'We need accountability in the commission, and that is the first thing I bring.' Elevator pitch to Black voters: 'Black voters feel the pain of high power bills more than most folk. They see more power cut-offs than most folk due to unpaid bills. … Black voters live next to — and breathe the air of — the polluting coal plants and gas plants that Georgia Power Company wants more of. Since 2019, I've been doing the work and showing up at the Public Service Commission to serve as an energy expert, and I am the only candidate who has boots on the ground. … I will improve your lives and the lives of your children by putting forward an honest clean energy plan that benefits all Georgians.' What is your stance on future Georgia Power rate increases?: 'For residential customers, yes, I would support blocking Georgia Power rate increases. They've already borne the brunt of these rate hikes. … As one commissioner, I'll keep it locked in place and encourage my colleagues to do the same.' Name: Robert L. Jones, 67 Where do you live: Brookhaven Current job title: Technology consultant, Acylic Management LLC Three priority issues: Limit price increases, rooftop solar energy, put investment risk back on the utility and off the backs of consumers. Campaign website: Robert Jones is a former California utilities regulator, solar energy advocate, and former Microsoft executive. He said he is campaigning to make Georgia the nation's leader in rooftop solar energy by enabling solar panel-owning rate payers to sell their excess solar electricity back to the utility company. Jones said he will refuse to accept campaign contributions from companies the commission regulates. If he wins this race, Jones said he will put greater emphasis on public input on rate hikes and on protecting the environment from polluters, while dialing back policies that he believes protect monopolies. 'What areas can we open up to competition in the marketplace that's going to now drive competitive prices, pressure and basically better innovation of delivery of services to the public?' he said. Elevator pitch to Black voters: 'With me, you get someone from the inside, working on your side.' What is your stance on future Georgia Power rate increases? 'I have a plan that is viable, that will stabilize rates for five to 10 years, but I can't make a commitment that, in fact, I will vote 'no' on a request for a price increase. It's not practical, and it's disqualifying in terms of being and performing the role of a commissioner to make that commitment.' Name: Keisha Sean Waites, 52 Where do you live: Capital View Current job title: Former Atlanta City Council member and former state legislator Three priority issues: Increasing transparency, subsidize tax rates for needy seniors, campaign finance reform Campaign website: Keisha Sean Waites has nearly 24 years of experience as an elected official at the city and state levels. If elected, Waites said she plans to advocate for creating subsidized tax rates for financially challenged senior citizens living on fixed incomes, arguing it's only fair since companies that own data centers receive similar tax breaks. 'What I am hoping is that the same way that we're giving these tax breaks to data centers, that data centers will pay their fair share, and we're able to pass these subsidies on to seniors and individuals,' Waites said. 'Obviously they can do it because they made the decision to do it for data centers in the state of Georgia.' Elevator pitch to Black voters: 'I've got a track record of fighting for working families and seniors. I think we all agree that deregulation did not serve the Georgia voters. In the last two years, we've had six rate increases. And so I think it's important that we have someone that has some level of policy experience to navigate the climate.' What is your stance on future Georgia Power rate increases? 'To make a statement that I would not support a rate increase in a six-year period of time is reckless and irresponsible because we don't know what the climate will hold. … What I will support is to ensure that working families and individuals who live on fixed incomes, that they, as we navigate any rate increase, that those families are not unnecessarily impacted.' The post Meet the Candidates Who May Decide What Happens With Your Electric Bill appeared first on Capital B News - Atlanta.
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20-05-2025
- Politics
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Low turnout for Scranton primary race
SCRANTON (WBRE/WYOU)— It's Primary Election Day in Pennsylvania. Voters in Scranton are deciding who they want to represent their party in the race for mayor. Kathryn O'Leary and Gianna Galli are in Lackawanna County watching the Scranton mayoral race. Incumbent Paige Cognetti is seeking another term, while former school board president and retired police officer Bob Sheridan is hoping to unseat her. 28/22's Kathryn O'Leary has all you need to know on the Democratic candidates vying for a spot in November's general election. Both candidates say they're deeply invested in the future of Scranton but offer different approaches to getting there. Cognetti is running on her administration's record highlighting financial stability, a stronger credit rating, and no tax increase for 2025. Despite light turnout, voters value local elections She says she wants to continue investing in public safety, infrastructure, and making city government more efficient. Sheridan says it's time for new leadership pointing to concerns about crime, potholes, and blight. He believes the city needs a full-time mayor who's more present in neighborhoods and responsive to everyday issues. We caught up with both Cognetti and Sheridan, both say the day is filled with excitement and nerves. 'We're always anxious, of course you couldn't be in this business, if you're not anxious, we always, always run all the way through the tape, working hard all day, going all over the city greeting voters, thanking our volunteers, we can't think our volunteers are not out since before 7 am this morning,' voiced Mayor Paige Cognetti (D) Scranton. 'I feel great, it's in the air, supports in the air, win is in the air, people are coming out to vote. They're coming out, Bob, we're coming out to support you and vote for you. It feels fabulous,' stated Bob Sheridan (D), Scranton mayor candidate. Both Democratic candidates say they're running because they love Scranton and want to make it the best place it can be. On the Republican ticket for Scranton mayor, 28/22's Gianna Galli is working the race between two women fighting for the GOP nomination. The battle in this race is between accounting executive Patricia Beynon and business owner Lynn Labrosky. Labrosky tells 28/22 News she's ready to change the direction of Scranton's future. The mom to four is centered on improving infrastructure, combating crime and addressing homelessness concerns. She believes the root to several Scranton conflicts is because of ongoing mental health issues and drug use in the Electric City. The Scranton business owner believes bringing more people together is where positive change begins. 'I think first and foremost everyone needs to have a seat at the table. There's a lot of really smart people in our community and they have really good ideas, so I think bringing everyone to the table would bring solutions,' said Lynn Labrosky (R) Scranton mayor candidate. Beynon believes this city should be a place to call home. She says she wants to instill more resources to teenagers in the community, provide elderly with greater financial stability, and bring about improvement to city infrastructure. Beynon is leaning on her 30 plus years experience in accounting and construction management to benefit her in better organizing Scranton's finances. She says her daughter left the area when she was younger which is why she is now in search of making Scranton the place to stay. 'It's a nice area it just needs help at this point and I feel like I'm the person that could help the city, I know I am,' expressed Patricia Beynon (R) Scranton mayoral candidate. Beynon also says she wants to strengthen relationships with first responder unions. Labrosky says she has spent 8,000 on her campaign. Voter turnout here is still low. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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20-05-2025
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Despite light turnout, voters value local elections
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Voter turnout in Luzerne County is reported to be very light, which is not out of the ordinary for local elections. The ballot this Primary Election Day includes races for school board seats, judgeships, township supervisors, city and county council, and several referendums. Voters we talked to say the local elections have the most impact on their lives and communities. The I-Team's Andy Mehalshick reports live from polling places with what you need to know. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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20-05-2025
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Officials remind PA primary voters where to find election information
(WBRE/WYOU) — Ahead of the upcoming May 20 Primary election, Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt is reminding Pennsylvania voters they can find comprehensive information on voting online. In a release, officials say that ensuring elections are conducted fairly and freely, and that every eligible voter can make their voice heard, are top priorities of the Shapiro Administration. gives voters resources to verify their voter registration, find their voting place, and learn how to finish and return their mail-in ballot. is a one-stop shop for Pennsylvanians looking for trusted, official information about elections and voting. There, they can verify their voter registration, locate their polling place, learn how to complete and return their mail ballot, and even watch a video of how to cast a ballot on their county`s voting system. Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt This month's election is a closed primary, so only Republicans and Democrats can cast votes for their respective parties, officials say. Primary Election Day is this Tuesday However, all voters can cast their vote on any of the following if they also appear on the ballot: A constitutional amendment question A ballot question A special election in their district Every vote is precious, and municipal elections matter because officials who have direct impact on our daily lives those who set property taxes, oversee schools, and make public safety and local infrastructure decisions, for example are on the ballot. Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt Officials say the deadline for county election offices to receive completed mail ballots is 8:00 p.m. on May 20. Authorities say voters can also deliver their ballot in person to a designated ballot drop box or satellite office, or their county elections office if their county has those resources. Voters are advised to check online to determine if their county has ballot drop box locations and to find the hours for their county elections office. Less than 60% mail in ballots turned in before Primary Election Day Voters who got a mail ballot can vote in person on Primary Day on Tuesday if they bring their ballot materials, including the outer envelope with them to be turned in, officials explained. The press release says voters who requested a mail ballot but did to receive it or do not have it to surrender may vote by provisional ballot at their polling place on Tuesday. Voters who want to vote in person at their polling place can cast their ballot as polls will be open on Tuesday from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Voters can also call the Department of State's voter hotline all year round, at 1-877-868-3772. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
