Voting Preparation

What’s On My Ballot?

Before you vote, take time to learn about your specific ballot, important deadlines, and where you’ll vote.

Registering is step one. Knowing what you're actually voting on is step two.

LA lot of first-time voters know about the highest-profile race on the ballot and not much else which means a lot of people skip voting in the races that affect their daily life the most.

In New York City, a single ballot can include:

  • Federal races (President in presidential years, U.S. Senate, U.S. House)
  • State races (Governor, State Senate, State Assembly)
  • City races (Mayor, Comptroller, Public Advocate, Borough President, City Council)
  • Judicial races, which are on nearly every ballot and rarely get any attention
  • Ballot propositions, direct yes/no questions on things like city charter changes

Local and judicial races are often decided by a few thousand votes, sometimes fewer, which means an individual vote carries more weight there than in a presidential race.

Before you vote, look up your specific ballot, sample ballots showing exactly what will appear for your address are available for free, nonpartisan review at Ballotpedia’s Sample Ballot Lookup and Vote411, run by the League of Women Voters. Both let you preview every race and question before you’re standing in the booth.

1 Citizen at a Time is strictly nonpartisan. We help people register and pre-register to vote, and we help people prepare for their citizenship interview. We do not support or oppose any candidate, party, or ballot measure, in any of our programs or materials.

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