Election 2022: East End Voter Guide

EAST END, NY — Election Day is Tuesday, November 8. East End residents will be heading to the polls to vote on several races.

Here is where to find your polling place. Polls are open Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Voting & Election Information in New York State Important Dates for the General Election - November 8, 2022.

• Nov. 7 - last day to apply in person for an absentee ballot.
• Nov. 8 - last day to postmark absentee ballot; must be received by the county BOE no later than Nov. 15.
• Nov. 8 - last day to deliver absentee ballot in person to your county BOE or to poll site by close of polls.

Who's on the ballot, for the East End 2022 election?it

Governor

Kathy Hochul (Democratic, Working Families)

Lee Zeldin (Republican, Conservative)

Lieutenant Governor

Antonio Delgado (Democratic, Working Families)

Alison Esposito (Democratic, Working Families)

Comptroller

Thomas DiNapoli (Democratic, Working Families)

Paul Rodriguez (Republican, Conservative)

Attorney General

Letitia James (Democratic, Working Families)

Michael Henry (Republican, Conservative)

United States Senator

Charles Schumer (Democratic, Working Families)

Joe Pinion (Republican, Conservative)

Diane Sare (LaRouche)

Justice of the Supreme Court, 10th Judicial District (Vote for 6)

Stacy Bennett (Democratic, Republican, Conservative)

Lisa Cairo (Democratic, Conservative, Republican)

Steve Hackeling (Democratic, Conservative, Republican)

Hector LaSalle (Democratic, Conservative , Republican)

Fran Ricigliano (Democratic, Conservative, Republican)

Frank Tinari (Democratic, Conservative, Republican)

Judge of Surrogate's Court

Vincent Messina, Jr. (Republican, Conservative)

County Court Judge

John Iliou (Democratic, Republican, Conservative)

Karen Wilutis (Democratic, Republican, Conservative)

Family Court Judge

Rosamaria Abbate (Democratic, Republican, Conservative)

County Clerk

Lisa Jimenez (Democratic)

Vincent Pule0 (Republican, Conservative)

County Comptroller

Thomas Dolan (Democratic)

John M. Kennedy, Jr. (Republican, Conservative)

Representative in Congress, 1st Congressional District

Bridget Fleming (Democratic, Working Families)

Nick LaLota (Republican, Conservative)

State Senator, 1st Senatorial District

Sklyer Johnson (Democratic, Working Families)

Anthony Palumbo (Republican, Conservative)

Member of Assembly, 1st Assembly District

Fred Thiele, Jr. (Democratic, Working Families)

Peter Ganley (Republican, Conservative)

Member of Assembly, 2nd Assembly District

Wendy Hamberger (Democratic)

Jodi Giglio (Republican, Conservative)

Town Justice, Shelter Island

Mary-Faith Westervelt (Democratic, Republican)

Bond Proposals

New York State Environmental Bond Act is Proposal Number One on your Ballot on Election Day.

- To address and combat the impact of climate change and damage to the environment, the "Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022" authorizes the sale of state bonds up to $4.2 billion to fund environmental protection, natural restoration, resiliency, and clean energy projects. Shall the Environmental Bond Act of 2022 be approved?

- Bond Proposal Number Two would cap the term limits for Suffolk County executive, comptroller, and legislator at 12 years.

- Bond Proposal Number Three would approve a Peconic Community Housing Fund, that would open the doors for new affordable housing opportunities across East End towns. According to those who crafted the legislation, the primary source of funding for the Community Housing Fund would be from revenues derived from a 0.5 percent real estate transfer fee paid by the purchaser — not the seller — similar to the current Community Preservation Fund transfer fee that helps to subsidize open space preservation and water quality protection programs.

The Community Housing Fund would not be financed from property taxes — and all revenues received by a town from the repayment of a Community Housing Fund loan would be deposited back into the fund.

The fund would help families seeking affordable housing on the East End and could be used for financial assistance to first-time homebuyers as a grant or loan; acquisition of existing units for community housing (sale or rental); production of community housing for sale; production and maintenance of community housing for rent; creation and maintenance of community housing through public/private partnerships; provision of housing counseling services; and rehabilitation of existing buildings and structures for conversion to community housing for sale or rental.
All community housing created by the fund will remain affordable in perpetuity by legally binding covenants and restrictions, officials said.

Certain exemptions will be afforded from paying the real estate transfer fee, an exemption will be raised by $200,000 to $450,000 in Southampton, East Hampton and Shelter Island and raised by $100,000 to $250,000 in Southold; also certain first-time homebuyers (depending on their household income and the purchase price of the property) are exempt from paying the transfer fee.

Who can vote? To vote you must:

• Be a United States citizen.
• Be 18 years old by the date of the general, primary or other election in which you want to vote (16 and 17-year-olds may pre-register).
• Live at your present address at least 30 days before an election.
• Not be currently incarcerated for a felony conviction.
• Not be adjudged mentally incompetent by a court • not claim the right to vote elsewhere.
• Be registered to vote.

How do I make sure I am registered to vote?

• Visit Voter Registration Search page on the NYS Board of Elections website.
• Call the Suffolk County Board of Elections 631 852-4500.

Where do I vote?

• Check postcard sent by county BOE prior to election with polling site location, dates of election and more.
• Visit Voter Registration Search page on the NYS Board of Elections website.
• Call the Suffolk County Board of Elections 631 852-4500.

How to vote

• Vote in person on primary or election day at the assigned polling place.
• Submit an absentee ballot application and vote by absentee ballot. If you apply for an absentee ballot and decide to vote in person, in-person vote will be by affidavit ballot.

How do I vote by absentee ballot?

• Meet one of the qualifications:
• 1. Absent from your county or, if a resident of New York City absent from the five boroughs, on Election Day.
• 2. Unable to appear at the polls due to temporary or permanent illness or disability (temporary illness includes being unable to appear due to risk of contracting or spreading a communicable disease like COVID-19).
• 3. Unable to appear because you are the primary care giver of one or more individuals who are ill or physically disabled.
• 4. A resident or patient of a Veterans Health Administration Hospital.
• 5. Detained in jail awaiting Grand Jury action or confined in prison after conviction for an offense other than a felony.
• Complete and mail absentee ballot application to your county BOE office.
• Return completed absentee ballot once received.

Do I need identification to vote?

• No. Your signature is your identification to vote
• You may be asked for identification if it is the first time you are voting in person and registered by mail.