New Yorkers Can Cast Absentee Ballots, Cuomo Says, As States Delay Elections

Cuomo announces all New Yorkers can vote absentee in June primaries, as other states delay elections

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks to the press at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York on March 27, 2020. Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on April 8 that New Yorkers would be allowed to cast absentee ballots in the June primaries. Other states said they would delay elections in response to the CCP virus pandemic.

An executive order to allow home votes would be issued imminently, said Melissa DeRosa, a top aide to Cuomo. It would allow absentee ballots to be cast for the state’s primary on June 23.