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What Queens voters need to know ahead of Nov. 2 election
BY ANGÉLICA ACEVEDO
aacevedo@schnepsmedia.com
@QNS
New Yorkers will head to the polls once
again to vote on the general election next
month. Here’s what you need to know if
you’re voting in Queens.
Election Day is on Tuesday, Nov. 2, with
polls open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Early voting
will take place from Saturday, Oct. 23,
to Sunday, Oct. 31.
To fi nd your poll site, visit fi ndmypollsite.
vote.nyc.
Th e deadline to request an absentee ballot
online or by mail from the city’s Board
of Elections was on Oct. 18, but New
Yorkers can request an absentee ballot in
person up until Nov. 1. Absentee ballot
holders must mail in their ballots by Nov.
2, which is also the last day to have the
absentee ballot postmarked.
While the competitive primary election
in June used ranked-choice voting (RCV)
for the fi rst time, the general election will
not. Voters will choose one candidate for
each seat on their ballot.
Here’s a refresher on who is running for
what in Queens.
Queens borough president
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE:
Donovan Richards (incumbent)
REPUBLICAN/CONSERVATIVE/
SAVE OUR CITY CANDIDATE:
Th omas Zmich
City Council District 19
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE: Tony
Avella
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE: Vickie
Paladino
CONSERVATIVE/SAVE OUR CITY
CANDIDATE: John-Alexander Sakelos
City Council District 20
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE:
Sandra Ung
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE:
Yu-Ching Pai
City Council District 21
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE:
Francisco Moya (incumbent)
City Council District 22
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE:
Tiff any Cabán
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE: Felicia
Kalan
GREEN PARTY: Edwin DeJesus
City Council District 23
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE: Linda
Lee
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE: James
F. Reilly
City Council District 24
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE: James
F. Gennaro (incumbent)
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE:
Timothy Rosen
CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE:
Mujib U. Rahman
City Council District 25
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE:
Shekar Krishnan
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE: Shah
Shahidul Haque
DIVERSITY CANDIDATE: Fatima
Baryab
City Council District 26
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE: Julie
Won
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE: Marvin
R. Jeff coat
City Council District 27
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE:
Nantasha Williams
City Council District 28
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE:
Adrienne E. Adams (incumbent)
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE: Ivan D.
Mossop
City Council District 29
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE: Lynn
Schulman
REPUBLICAN/CONSERVATIVE/
SAVE OUR CITY CANDIDATE:
Michael Conigliaro
City Council District 30
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE:
Robert Holden (incumbent)
City Council District 31
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE:
Selvena Brooks-Powers (incumbent)
REPUBLICAN/CONSERVATIVE/
SAVE OUR CITY CANDIDATE:
Vanessa Pollie Simon
City Council District 32
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE: Felicia
Singh
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE: Joann
Ariola
COMMUNITY FIRST CANDIDATE:
Kenichi Wilson
Mayor (citywide)
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE: Eric
Adams
REPUBLICAN/INDEPENDENT
CANDIDATE: Curtis Sliwa
HUMAN UNITED PARTY
CANDIDATE: Raja Flores
EMPOWERMENT PARTY
CANDIDATE: Quanda Francis
SAVE OUR CITY PARTY
CANDIDATE: Fernando Mateo
CONSERVATIVE PARTY
CANDIDATE: William Pepitone
LIBERTARIAN PARTY
CANDIDATE: Stacey Prussman
PARTY OF SOCIALISM AND
LIBERATION CANDIDATE: Cathy
Rojas
OUTLAWBREAKER PARTY
CANDIDATE: Skiboky Stora
Public advocate (citywide)
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE:
Jumaane Williams
REPUBLICAN/SAVE OUR
CITY CANDIDATE: Dr. Devi
Nampiaparampil
CONSERVATIVE AND
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE:
Anthony Herbert
LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE: Devin
Balkind
Comptroller (citywide)
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE: Brad
Lander
REPUBLICAN/SAVE OUR CITY
CANDIDATE: Daby Benjamine
CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE: Paul
Rodriguez
LIBERTARIAN/INDEPENDENT
CANDIDATE: John A. Tabacco Jr.
Photo by Gabriele Holtermann
A voter fi lls out his ballot on primary election day at P.S. 122 in Astoria.
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