Remember to Vote in the General Election

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Election Day: Tuesday, November 7, 2023
In-person voting only at your designated polling location

Saturday, October 28, 2023 through Sunday, November 5, 2023
Early voting at any of 24 designated early polling locations

The ballot for Scarsdale residents will include four different races and two proposals. 

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OFFICES ON THE BALLOT:

  1. Supreme Court Justice, 9th Judicial District (vote for 4)
  2. Westchester County Court Judge (vote for 1)
  3. Westchester County Legislator, District 5 (vote for 1)
  4. Scarsdale Town Justice (vote for 2)

PROPOSal 1: remove small city school districts from special constitutional debt limitation

Question as it Will Appear on Ballot: The proposed amendment to Article 8, section 4 of the Constitution removes the special constitutional debt limitation now placed on small city school districts, so they will be treated the same as all other school districts. Shall the proposed amendment be approved?

Description of Proposal: The State Constitution limits how much debt a small city (a city with less than 125,000 people) school district is allowed to incur. State law says their debt must not be greater than five percent of the value of taxable real property, subject to certain exceptions. No other type of school district is subject to this constitutional debt restriction. Instead, all other types of school districts are regulated by state law that currently provides that a school district’s debt must not be greater than ten percent of the value of taxable real property within the school district. If this Constitutional Amendment passes, small city school districts would be eligible to have the same debt limit as that imposed through legislative action on all other types of school districts.

PROPOSal 2: extend the sewage project debt exclusion from debt limit

Question as it Will Appear on Ballot: The proposed amendment to Article 8, section 5 of the Constitution extends for ten years the authority of counties, cities, towns, and villages to remove from their constitutional debt limits debt for the construction of sewage facilities. Shall the proposed amendment be approved?

Description of Proposal: The State Constitution limits the debt that counties, cities, towns, and villages can incur. This debt limit excludes from the calculation the amount of debt incurred for sewage treatment and disposal construction projects. The current sewer debt exclusion expires on January 1, 2024. This amendment extends the sewer debt exclusion for ten more years until January 1, 2034.

THREE WAYS TO VOTE

  1. By absentee ballot;
  2. In person during Early Voting; or
  3. In person on Election Day. 

Absentee Ballot Information

  • Monday, November 6, 2023: Last day to apply in person at the Westchester County Board of Elections, 25 Quarropas Street, White Plains, NY 10601, for the General Election absentee ballot.
  • Tuesday, November 7, 2023 (General Election Day): Last day for your completed absentee ballot to be postmarked or hand-delivered to the Board of Elections or dropped off at any polling location in the County. Please note that mailed absentee ballots must be received by Tuesday, November 14, 2023, to be counted.

In Person Voting

Saturday, October 28, 2023, through Sunday, November 5, 2023:  Early voting at any of the 24 designated polling locations and times in Westchester County.

Tuesday, November 7, 2023 (General Election Day): In person voting only at your assigned polling location.

Due to a recent change in law, New York State voters are no longer permitted to cast a ballot on a voting machine if they have been issued an absentee ballot for that election. Voters who were issued an absentee ballot may cast an affidavit ballot in person, to be counted only if the voter’s absentee ballot has not been received. If a voter requests a second absentee ballot, any previously issued absentee ballot that is returned by the voter will be set aside. If both ballots are received before the return deadline, the ballot with the later postmark date will be accepted unless the first ballot has already been opened. If a voter submits more than one timely absentee ballot and casts an affidavit ballot, the last received ballot, either submitted in person during the election or by mail within the absentee return deadline, will be canvassed.

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