June 22 Primary Election Calendar and Important Voting Related Deadlines

A drop-off box is placed near the entrance of the polling site at J.H.S 80 The Mosholu Parkway for absentee ballots during the special election for city council member representing District 11 in Norwood on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Additional neighborhoods in the district include Bedford Park, Kingsbridge, Riverdale, Van Cortlandt Village, Wakefield, and Woodlawn.
Photo by José A. Giralt

June 22nd Democratic Primary Election day is fast approaching, and voters are being encouraged to make a plan to vote. The upcoming primary elections will determine who the next mayor, public advocate, city comptroller, Bronx borough president, council members, and judges will be. Every citywide office and representation for the Bronx is on the ballot this June. Voters should mark their calendars with the following important dates.

June Primary Election Important Calendar Dates

Friday, May 28: voter registration deadline
Saturday, June 12: early voting begins
Tuesday, June 15: absentee ballot request deadline
Sunday, June 20: early voting ends
Tuesday, June 22: Election Day. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

June 22 primary election important dates
Image courtesy of the New York City Board of Elections

To vote in the June 22 Primary Election, voters must be registered to vote by May 28. We are just two weeks out from the voter registration deadline. Register to vote here.

Early voting for the election begins on June 12, less than a month away. There are 22 early voting sites throughout the Bronx and finding out which one is yours is simple. Visit find my poll site to find your early voting and election day poll site, and view a sample ballot. Check the hours and location of your poll site before you participate in early voting.

All registered voters can request an absentee ballot be mailed to them if they wish to vote by mail. The deadline to request a mailed ballot online, by email, fax, or by mail is Tuesday, June 15, 2021. You can submit your ballot request online or mail a paper request form to the New York City Board of Elections. Note the application request must be postmarked by June 15.

The deadline to mail or drop off your actual, completed, absentee ballot at any BOE office or at a poll site is June 22, Election Day. The completed ballot must be postmarked on this date.

Those voters in City Council Districts 11 and 15 who voted in the recent special elections on March 23 will be familiar with the new method of voting in New York City called ranked choice voting. For any voter who is not, note that New York City will use ranked choice voting in the upcoming primary elections on June 22, the first primary elections in the City to use this relatively new methodology.

Ranked choice voting allows voters to rank up to 5 candidates in order of preference, including a write-in, instead of choosing just one candidate. Voters may still vote for just one candidate, if that is their wish, in which case they should rank their preferred candidate first (as opposed to second, third, fourth or fifth).

Those who wish to rank other candidates in addition to their first choice may do so.

Learn more about ranked choice voting by clicking on this link.

To learn more about which candidates are competing in the citywide and Bronx races, please refer to our earlier story published last month which contains the list of candidates who made it on to the ballot in each applicable race.

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