Board of Elections Report
Government Services
January 8, 2026
We are currently working on our end-of-the-year housekeeping as well as preparing for the next election cycle to begin. Petitioning will begin in February with Designating Petitions due by April!
Important Dates, Deadlines & Information:
v 2026 General Election: November 3, 2026
v 2026 Primary Election: June 23, 2026
v The “Even Year Law” is in effect. As such, several Town offices will be on the ballot again this November.
v February 14th - the last day for the BOE to RECEIVE a change of enrollment for the June Primary (any change of enrollment made between February 15th-June 30th, shall be effective on June 30th)
v Reminder: An Early Vote by Mail Ballot is available to any registered voter (no reason is required), and you will receive a postage paid envelope to return your ballot to the BOE
Ø Requests can be made by mail, in person or online via the Statewide Ballot Portal at: <https://ballotapplication.elections.ny.gov/home/earlymail>
v Reminder: Due to a recent change in election law, New York State voters are no longer permitted to cast a ballot on a voting machine if they have already been issued an Early Mail, Accessible, or Absentee Ballot for that election
v Voters can check their registration status as well as track their Absentee Ballot via the Board of Elections' Poll Site Search, Voter Registration, and Mail Ballot Tracker available at: <https://voterlookup.elections.ny.gov/>
General Election Statistics (November 4, 2025):
§ Total Number of Election Day Voters = 17,117
§ Number of Early Voters = 2,463
§ Number of Absentee Voters = 844
§ Number of Early Mail Voters = 1,853
§ Number of In Person Voters (on Election Day) = 11,804
Report by Board of Elections Intern Issaias Taylor-Ukoidemabia:
As of the end of 2025, these are the statistics related to party registration. Note that most of this data only includes both active and inactive voters. Among the two main parties, the Democratic Party had the edge over the Republican Party. The former had 34% of the county’s registered voters, while the latter had 33%. Meanwhile, there were 7% of registered voters who were registered in minor parties. This leaves us with 26% of registered voters that were not registered in any political party. These statistics vary greatly depending on whichever demographic is being analyzed. When broken down by gender, is it found that amongst men, 29% of them were registered Democrats, 36% of them were registered Republicans, 8% of them were registered in another party, and 27% of them were not registered in any political party. As for women, the respective breakdowns were 39%/29%/7%/26%. For people whose genders are either intersex, unknown, or unspecified, their breakdown is 26%/40%/6%/27%.
Then there are the age brackets. Generation Z (1997-2012) ended up with a breakdown of 24%/32%/6%/38%. Generation Y (1981-1996) had a breakdown of 32%/30%/8%/31%. Generation X (1965-1980) had a breakdown of 33%/37%/8%/23%. Baby Boomers (1965-1980) had a breakdown of 39%/33%/7%/20%. Finally, Americans that are older than boomers (1945 and before) had a breakdown of 40%/38%/6%/17%. Interestingly enough, the percentage of people registering as members of either of the two major parties has declined amongst younger generations, while independent registrations have gone up, and minor party registrations have remained stable.
When it came to records, among the villages, the one with the highest Democratic:Republican ratio was Monticello at 2.64:1, while the one with the most Republican:Democratic ratio was Ateres at 1.86:1. When it comes to towns, the one with the highest D:R ratio was Thompson at 1.5:1, while the one with the highest R:D ratio was Neversink at 1.57:1. Finally, for the county legislative districts, the one with the highest D:R ratio was the second district at 1.59:1, while the one with the highest R:D ratio was seventh district at 1.39:1. As for the most balanced ratios, all at around 1:1, are Jeffersonville for villages (1.03 R to 1 D), Rockland for towns (1.01 R to 1 D), and the fifth district for county legislative districts (1.03 D to 1 R). These are the only ratios that only include active voters, besides the town ratios.
