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Board of Elections upholds staff finding that April 2025 ballot-access objections are invalid
Summary
State Board of Elections staff told commissioners that several objections to April 2025 filings lacked required information or proof of service and were recommended as invalid; the board approved the prima facie report unanimously.
The New York State Board of Elections voted unanimously to approve a prima facie report from election operations staff finding that several objections to April 2025 filings were invalid.
Cochair Henry Berger opened the meeting and introduced the prima facie report prepared by staff for the board's ruling on ballot-access determinations. An election operations staff member told the board, "We have, we have objection filed, for judicial delegate, which did not include any district information," and said that a subsequent specification of objection for judicial and alternate judicial delegates lacked proof of service and therefore was found invalid.
A commissioner asked whether the report's "on/off" column referred to petitions or to objections; the staff clarified that "off" indicated that an objection was not valid and did not mean a candidate was removed from a petition. After brief clarifying questions, the board moved, seconded and approved the staff report by voice vote. The chair recorded the action as approved unanimously.
The staff recommendation resolves the listed prima facie objections for the April 2025 filings; the board did not record any dissenting votes during the roll call. The board did not specify additional remedies or next steps for affected filings during the meeting.
