That would be the more salient point here. This is, from my understanding the deadline for new registrations and party changes state wide regardless of your party or what your planning to vote in. It’s a state level deadline. There’s a slightly different one for local elections iirc. But if your planning on voting in anything that happens this year or early next. And you either aren’t registered or need to change your party affiliation, address or anything it’s best to register now
Because these smaller elections and down ballot races are important. NY reliably goes left for presidential elections. And generally send more DNC senators and congressmen to Washington. But our state, county, And local governments are almost entirely controlled by the GOP. Because no-one participates in those elections. Where I’m at the school budgets get voted down like 8 times before they shrink enough to pass. Because only retirees who live here part time bother to turn up.
