Talk:2022 New York's 19th congressional district special election

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Write-in option for this office[edit]

Rob Dunn. Constitutional Conservative with some Libertarian views.

This keeps getting deleted from the main page. If anyone cares about election integrity, please take the LIBERTY of adding that name to the candidate list. SaveTheRepublic NY19 (talk) 11:36, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Replied to at User talk:SaveTheRepublic NY19. Please follow the discussion there. —CX Zoom[he/him] ^{(let's talk • {C•X})} 13:13, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Results source[edit]

There are some discrepancies between the results from the New York Times and the New York Board of Elections; even more weirdly, the BOE reported fewer votes, even though it's updated more recently. Which of these should be used? —twotwofourtysix^{(talk || edits)} 09:10, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen NYT make mistakes before. If I had a choice, I'd choose the more official source for reporting numbers. —CX Zoom[he/him] ^{(let's talk • {C•X})} 10:26, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Photo[edit]

@GeorgeBailey I'm not sure why you keep insisting on an old, horrible-quality photo over a very high-quality official photo which was taken only a couple months after the election. Usually the best, timely photo is used and this one is both high-quality and timely. Kingofthedead (talk) 10:44, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's a general rule of thumb that you use a photo taken before an election occurs for the infobox of that election if such a photo is available. For example, in this article, Pat Ryan's congressional photo is not used for the infobox, a 2018 photo is. This trend is also seen in articles such as 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries, 2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia, and 2017 Montana's at-large congressional district special election. But if you think bucking that trend for the sake of photo quality is the right call, I won't object. GeorgeBailey (talk) 03:26, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Stormy160: Also lots of counter-examples, see 2020 United States Senate election in Alabama, 2020 United States Senate election in Colorado, 2022 Alaska's at-large congressional district special election, etc. I think the best photo should be used regardless of if it was taken before or after the election and this one is obviously better resolution. Kingofthedead (talk) 22:41, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In my opinion, we should use the most recent image preceding the election day, provided that it is not impossible to see the face. If such image is unavailable, only then we should use newer images. —CX Zoom[he/him] ^{(let's talk • {C•X})} 14:11, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Why? It's not an established precedent. I don't see the reason for using low quality images over high quality ones. Kingofthedead (talk) 07:54, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]