Amid Ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic, Governor Cuomo Issues Executive Order Delaying School Board Elections and Budget Votes Until June 9th Village Elections Until September 15th

All School Board Elections and Budget Votes Will Be Conducted by Mail

Local Special District and Village Elections Will Be Delayed Until September 15, 2020

  In an effort to keep New Yorkers safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today issued an executive order delaying school board elections and budget votes statewide until June 9, 2020. The school board elections and budget votes will all be conducted by mail and all qualified voters will be sent an absentee ballot with return postage paid. The Executive Order also delays local special district and village elections until September 15, 2020.

"We've made great progress to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus, but we still don't know when this pandemic will end and we don't want to undo all the work we've already done to flatten the curve," Governor Cuomo said. "We don't want to put New Yorkers in a situation where they are possibly putting their health at risk, so we are delaying school board elections and conducting them by mail and delaying all local special district and village elections to help limit any unnecessary exposure to this virus among both voters and poll workers."

EDITOR'S NOTE:

Governor Cuomo has moved village special district and village elections back to September 15th not to infect or kill people during COVID-19. 

However while Governor Cuomo cares about people in the small villages of New York State, he does not care about the people of New York City, and continues to have the election on June 23rd and not move it back to September 15th like other areas of New York State.