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Education and Information for greater Participation Primary Voting Dates EARLY VOTING PRIMARY ELECTION DATE Saturday, June 12, 2021 – Sunday, June 20, 2021 Tuesday, June 22, 2021 Absentee Ballots can be requested now from the Board of Elections. June 15 is last day to request an Absent Ballot; must be postmarked or delivered to the Board of Elections by June 22. You can now rank up to five candidates in order of preference. Mayor, Comptroller, Public Advocate, Borough President and Councilmember District Attorney position is not in Ranked Choice. WHEN WE VOTE, WE WIN! LEARN HOW TO VOTE DON’T BE CONFUSED – THE BALLOT WILL LOOK DIFFERENT Education and Information for greater Participation Harlem Community Newspapers | May 6. 2021 Step 1: Pick your 1st choice candidate and fill in the oval next to their name un- der the first column. Do not fill in any other ovals under the 1st choice column. Step 2: If you have a 2nd choice candidate, fill in the oval next to their name under the 2nd choice column. Do not fill in any other ovals under the 2nd choice column Step 3: You can rank up to five choices in the same way You can still vote for just one candidate if you prefer, but if that candidate doesn’t come in first, you will lose the opportunity for your 2nd choice candidate to move up to 1st. 3 HARLEM COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS EXPRESSION With no disrespect to fa- make it through or perhaps Mother’s Day Second Sunday in May thers and the men who often you can set up a face-to-face By Hazel Rosetta Smith duce the idea. take their place, mothers are family zoom. Jarvis campaigned the glue of the Black family. Send a store-bought card to establish Mother’s Day as Whether it is Mama or Big that states your feelings or a U.S. national holiday and Mama raising children by her- create one of your own. then later as an international self or whenever possible with Have a bouquet delivered holiday, which was declared help from the village, they had with a family picture at- officially by the state of West to take care of business and tached. Whatever you chose Virginia in 1910, and nu- hold it together in phenomenal to do, remember Mother’s merous other states quickly ways with little means. Day is not about you. Mama picked up the banner. We cannot deny their will love whatever it turns In 1912 Anna Jarvis strength and conviction, and out to be and she will appre- trademarked the phrases most of all, we cannot down- ciate your effort to make it other’s Day was Second Sunday in May and play their faith.