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The governor can serve up to four consecutive four-year terms.
The governor can serve up to four consecutive four-year terms. The last day for a candidate to file for governor is the day before the primary election, which takes place on September 12 of each year. Election returns are certified by the Secretary of State, and then those results are sent out through an official press release from New York City’s Board of Elections (BOE).
In addition to being elected as your state’s chief executive officer and commander-in-chief, you’ll also be responsible for appointing judges who will oversee legal proceedings in your state—which means that if you’ve ever been arrested or faced criminal charges related to anything at all (even parking tickets), then it’s likely that some judge has had something to do with them!
In New York, the last day for a candidate to file for governor is the day before the primary election.
To run in the Democratic primary, a candidate must be eligible to vote in New York and register by June 26.
The first day to file for governor is July 1, 2018. This is a Saturday morning, so multiple candidates may have filed by then (though we will know later).
The election returns are certified by the Secretary of State.
Election results are certified by judges in each county.
The governor appoints judges in each county. They are not elected or receive any money from taxpayers or public funds. Their salaries come from the state, so you can pay them something other than your average taxes on income.
Governor must be eligible to serve again to run.
You must be at least 30 years old, a United States citizen, and a New York state resident for three years before the election.
There are lots of ways New York’s governor can serve up to four consecutive four-year terms.
There are lots of ways New York’s governor can serve up to four consecutive four-years.
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