Suffolk elections officials schedule May 5 early-voting and Feb. 20 meetings

A public notice from the Suffolk County Board of Elections announced a meeting at the board’s Yaphank offices, stating: "The Suffolk County Board of Elections posted a public notice that a Special Meeting of the Board would be held on February 20, 2026, at 11:00 A.M. at the Board’s offices located at 700 Yaphank Avenue, Yaphank, New York 11980." The posting in the excerpt ends mid-sentence, with the fragment "The posting on the Board of Elections site lists log", and the provided text does not state an agenda for that Feb. 20 meeting.

County materials also include a separate notice tied to last year’s primary schedule. The county snippet reads in full: "A Special Meeting of the Suffolk County Board of Elections to designate early voting locations for the June 25, 2025 Primary Election will be held on May 5", the excerpt supplies the purpose (to designate early‑voting locations for the June 25, 2025 Primary Election) but does not include a year after "May 5" or a time and location in the provided text.

Taken together, the records in the excerpts describe two distinct special meetings: a May 5 meeting related to early voting for the June 25, 2025 primary and a separately posted Feb. 20, 2026 meeting at 700 Yaphank Avenue. The Feb. 20 posting is the most location‑specific item in the material provided, showing time, date, and street address, while the May 5 notice supplies a specific purpose, designation of early‑voting sites, tied explicitly to the June 25, 2025 Primary Election.

The research excerpts also include election‑board material from a different jurisdiction, the City of Suffolk, Virginia, which must not be conflated with Suffolk County, New York. That Virginia page includes procedural text such as "Electoral Board Meeting Information" and the schedule: "The Suffolk Electoral Board meets at 9:00 a.m. on the first Tuesday of every month, unless otherwise noted." The Virginia page specifies location details: "The meeting takes place at the General Registrar's Office, located at 440 Market Street, First Floor, Suffolk, Virginia." It also notes that "Agendas and meeting minutes are posted on the City of Suffolk Agenda Center webpage" and provides a captioned link: "Click Here to Read the Public Comment Policy for the Suffolk City Electoral Board Meetings."

The Virginia material further sets out appointment rules and membership by statute: "Each year, one member of the Electoral Board is selected for a three‑year term by the Circuit Court from a list of recommendations submitted by the local political parties," and "Two of the members on the Electoral Board represent the political party that cast the highest number of votes at the last preceding gubernatorial election. The third member represents the party that received the next highest amount of votes (Va. Code §24.2-106)." The Virginia board members listed in the excerpt are "Dr. Deborah Wahlstrom, Chair"; "Dr. Judith Brooks-Buck, Vice Chair"; and "Rev. Isaac Baker, Secretary." The Suffolk, Virginia page text includes navigation fragments such as "Loading" and "Skip to Main Content" in the provided copy.

The excerpts supplied do not include contact names, agenda text, minutes, or a full list of early‑voting locations. The Feb. 20, 2026 notice is the most precisely dated and located item in the material; the May 5 entry explicitly ties a special meeting to designating sites for the June 25, 2025 Primary Election but omits a year in the short excerpt. The Feb. 20 posting’s truncated "lists log" phrase indicates additional material was attached to the original posting but is not present in these excerpts.