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New York elections, 2013
New York election information for 2013 is listed below.
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2013 elections
There were several special elections scheduled in 2013 for the state of New York.
Special elections
State Assembly
State Assembly
State Assembly District 2
- Rep. Daniel Losquadro (R) resigned in March after being elected Superintendent of Highways in Brookhaven Town.[1]. A special election was called for November 5, 2013, which Anthony Palumbo won.[2][3]
State Assembly District 86
- Rep. Nelson Castro (D) resigned on April 8, 2013, following his role in the bribery scandal that saw fellow Assemblyman Eric Stevenson (D) charged. Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for an election concurrent with municipal elections on November 5. An open primary took place on September 10, which Victor Pichardo won.[4] Pichardo, Rene Santos and Jose Marte faced off on November 5 special election, which Pichardo won.
State Assembly District 53
- Rep. Vito Lopez (D) resigned on May 20 amidst a sex scandal. An open primary was held on September 10, which Maritza Davila won.[5][6] Davila and Jason Otano faced off in the November 5 special election, which Davila won.
Statewide ballot measures
Statewide ballot measures in New York
- See also: New York 2013 ballot measures
Six measures were certified for the November 5, 2013 statewide ballot in New York.
New York's state legislative session began January 9, 2013, and went into recess on June 22, 2013, meaning no further ballot measures may be submitted by the legislature.[7] All six measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments, and in an unusual turn of events, four were passed unanimously by both chambers of the state legislature.
Topics on the ballot included: budgets, veterans, state judiciary, forests and parks and gambling.
Proposal 1 was by far the widest-covered by media and most discussed ballot measure of 2013 in New York. The measure drew criticism to the state's methods of writing ballot measure language, how the measures are ordered on the ballot, and the process' transparency. First, the measure's language and precedent rewriting had been deemed controversial by opponents and some supporters, but no individual or government agency came forward as the rewriter of the measure's language. Second, ballot measures have customarily been placed on the ballot in order of approval by the state legislature, but in 2013, they were not. Third, when the measure's rewording was approved, the public was not made aware of this until after the date by which a lawsuit against the measure could commence.
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRCA | Proposal 1 | Gambling | Allows casino gambling statewide | |
| LRCA | Proposal 2 | Veterans | Gives veterans with combat-related disabilities extra points when competing for civil service promotions | |
| LRCA | Proposal 3 | Budgets | Allows municipalities to continue exceeding their debt limits for sewage facilities | |
| LRCA | Proposal 4 | Forests and parks | Attempts to solve a dispute with private landowners over property in the Adirondack forest preserve | |
| LRCA | Proposal 5 | Forests and parks | Allows a land exchange involving the Adirondack forest preserve with NYCO Minerals | |
| LRCA | Proposal 6 | State judiciary | Raises the mandatory judicial retirement age in the state to 80 | |
- Related: 2013 ballot measures
Voting in New York
- See also: Voting in New York
Important voting information
- New York uses a closed primary system, meaning voters must register with a party to be able to vote in their primary election.
- New York has implemented an online voter registration system. Residents can register to vote by visiting this website. New York's online registration is paperless from the user's experience, but it is not fully automated. The voter fills out the online form and submits it electronically to the DMV. The DMV then attaches a digital signature, prints it out, and sends it on for processing and review before the voter is added to the statewide database.
Voting absentee
- See also: Absentee voting by state
For information about eligibility, deadlines, military and overseas voting and updates to the voting laws in New York, please visit our absentee voting by state page.
Voting early
New York is one of 14 states that do not permit no-excuse early voting.
Elections Performance Index
New York ranked 50th out of the 50 states and District of Columbia in the Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index (EPI), based on the 2012 elections. The EPI examined election administration performance and assigned an average percentage score based on 17 indicators of election performance. These indicators were chosen in order to determine both the convenience and integrity of these three phases of an election: registration, voting and counting. New York received an overall score of 45 percent.[8]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Patchogue Patch, "Losquadro Sworn In As Highway Super," March 14, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2013
- ↑ riverheadlocal.com, "Second Assembly District race: McManmon vs. Palumbo," November 4, 2013
- ↑ hosted.ap.org, "Unofficial election results," November 5, 2013
- ↑ nydailynews.com, "Gov. Cuomo opts against special election for open Bronx Assembly seat," April 26, 2013
- ↑ Associated Press, "NY Assemblyman accused of sex harass resigns," May 18, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2013
- ↑ theepochtimes.com, "Maritza Davila Wins Special Election for NY Assembly District 53," September 10, 2013
- ↑ MultiState.com, "2013 State Legislative Session Dates"
- ↑ Pew Charitable Trusts, "Election Performance Index Report," accessed April 23, 2014
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