Election Assistance Unit

In New York City, nearly half of all potential candidates face barriers to ballot access when running for elected office. Sometimes it is the result of serious mistakes during the petitioning and filing process. But more often than not, it occurs because of small technical errors that are easily corrected.

Grassroots Initiative has put together a variety of resources to make your efforts to gain ballot access easier and more organized. In addition, if you have problems at any juncture, we will do our best to help you along the way, ensuring that small mistakes are addressed before they become big problems