ELECTION 2026 · TOWN OF BABYLON

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, and the polls are open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Here is what is on your ballot and where you vote.

Your ballot depends on your address. The Suffolk County Board of Elections’ sample ballot booklet has five versions for the Town of Babylon. All five are in the 2nd Congressional District. For State Senate you are in the 4th or the 8th District, and for Assembly the 9th, 11th or 12th. No Town of Babylon offices are on the ballot this year, and the booklet shows no ballot proposals.

Candidates are listed in the order the Board lists them. Many appear on more than one party line, and your ballot shows every line.

Governor and Lieutenant Governor: Kathy C. Hochul and Adrienne E. Adams; Bruce A. Blakeman and Todd Hood.

State Comptroller: Thomas P. DiNapoli; Joseph Hernandez.

Attorney General: Letitia A. James; Saritha Komatireddy.

Congress, 2nd District: Patrick Halpin; Andrew R. Garbarino.

State Senate, 4th District: Monica R. Martinez; Brianne R. Wakefield. 8th District: Joshua James Taveras; Jarett C. Gandolfo.

Assembly, 9th District: Christopher J. Walis; Michael A. Durso. 11th District: Kwani B. O’Pharrow; Joseph R. Cardinale. 12th District: Craig G. Herskowitz; David D. Weber Jr.

County Clerk: Vincent A. Puleo, the only candidate. County Comptroller: Jon Estreich; Daniel P. Losquadro.

State Supreme Court, 10th Judicial District (vote for up to eight): Richard Ambro, Leonard D. Steinman, Mary E. Porter, Joy M. Watson, Stephen L. Ukeiley, Eric Sachs, William D. Wexler, John Kelly, Kelly A. Reape, Karen M. Wilutis, John Iliou, James A. McDonaugh, Mary Kate Mullen, Anthony R. Portesy.

County Court Judge (up to four): Daniel T. Driscoll, Anthony S. Senft Jr., Anna Acquafredda, James G. Chalifoux. Family Court Judge (up to three): Frank A. Tantone, William F. Garbarino, Evan S. Tanenbaum.

The races run across both sides of the ballot. Vote both sides.

Where you vote. On Election Day you vote at your own assigned poll site. That is different from early voting, when any site in the county will do. The state’s voter lookup shows your poll site and whether you are registered. Early voting runs through Sunday, November 1; our early-voting guide has the three sites in town and the hours.

Can I still register? Not for this election. Under state rules, applications had to be received by Saturday, October 24. You can still register for future elections any business day: online with a NY.Gov ID, by mail with the state form, or in person at the Board of Elections, a DMV office or a state agency registration center (or on the DMV website, with DMV-issued ID).

If your name is not in the book. State election law tells poll workers to check that you are at the right site for your address. If you are, and your name still cannot be found, you can vote by affidavit ballot, signing a sworn statement that you registered and still live in that district.

If you moved. Moved within the same election district? You vote as usual. Moved somewhere else in New York since you last registered? Go to the poll site for your new address; the same law lets you vote there by affidavit ballot, listing your old and new addresses. The state says a change of address the Board received at least 15 days before the election must be on the rolls in time.

Holding a mail ballot? An early mail or absentee ballot must be postmarked by November 3 and reach the Board by November 10. Mailing it on Election Day? Check the collection time on the box, because a late pickup is postmarked the next business day. Or hand it in: at the Board’s office in Yaphank by 9 p.m. November 3, at any Suffolk early-voting site through November 1, or at any Suffolk poll site by 9 p.m. on Election Day. Track it with the same voter lookup. If you were sent a mail ballot, you cannot use the voting machine, but you can still vote in person by affidavit ballot.

A problem at the polls? Call the Suffolk County Board of Elections at (631) 852-4500 (TTY (631) 852-4540). And if you are in line at 9 p.m., you have the right to vote. Stay in line.

Sources: Suffolk County Board of Elections, “2026 General Election Candidate List” · Suffolk County Board of Elections, 2026 General Election Sample Ballot Booklet · Suffolk County Board of Elections · NYS Board of Elections, Registration and Voting Deadlines · NYS Board of Elections, Request a Ballot · State of New York 2026 Election Law, § 8-302

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