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| Better Government in New York Depends on Higher Voter Turnout | Better Government in New York Depends on Higher Voter Turnout |
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| Preoccupied by daily concerns like paying astronomical sums of rent and deluged by the occasional barrage of apocalyptic wildfire smoke, the average New Yorker clearly wasn’t closely focused on the local primary elections of 2023. | Preoccupied by daily concerns like paying astronomical sums of rent and deluged by the occasional barrage of apocalyptic wildfire smoke, the average New Yorker clearly wasn’t closely focused on the local primary elections of 2023. |
| By 6 p.m. on Election Day, June 27, just 182,277 of roughly 2.8 million eligible voters had cast ballots, according to an unofficial count from the city’s Board of Elections. That’s a citywide turnout of about 6.5 percent. | By 6 p.m. on Election Day, June 27, just 182,277 of roughly 2.8 million eligible voters had cast ballots, according to an unofficial count from the city’s Board of Elections. That’s a citywide turnout of about 6.5 percent. |
| Turnout in New York elections is almost always depressingly low. Last week, it was abysmal, producing a slate of candidates chosen by just a handful of the millions of people who live in New York City. | Turnout in New York elections is almost always depressingly low. Last week, it was abysmal, producing a slate of candidates chosen by just a handful of the millions of people who live in New York City. |
| In Manhattan, the preliminary results show that just 5,688 Democratic voters cast ballots in a judicial primary for civil court judge, a position with a 10-year term. | In Manhattan, the preliminary results show that just 5,688 Democratic voters cast ballots in a judicial primary for civil court judge, a position with a 10-year term. |