Vote Yes for Clean Water, Proposition 2 in Suffolk County
Prop 2 would restore clean, healthy water by drastically reducing nitrogen pollution.
Why Do We Support Prop 2?
We all depend on clean water. For more than a decade, we’ve read about the harmful effects of excess nitrogen pollution in our water. Scientific research shows that nitrogen from sewage is suffocating our bays and harbors, contaminating our drinking water, and causing fishkills and harmful algae blooms. Restoring clean, healthy water requires drastically reducing nitrogen pollution from its main source: outdated wastewater systems.
After years of hard work by The Nature Conservancy, public officials, and many partners, Suffolk County voters now have the opportunity to restore clean water by voting yes on Proposition 2 on your general election ballot. Prop 2 would restore clean water to Suffolk County by making critical infrastructure updates not only possible but affordable to residents and businesses.
The Nature Conservancy urges you to VOTE YES on Proposition 2 on or before November 5.
What Would Prop 2 Do?
Prop 2 would restore clean water to Suffolk County by modernizing wastewater infrastructure; it would expand sewers and provide tax-free grants to homeowners to replace polluting septic systems with clean water technology.
If approved by voters, Prop 2 would create a dedicated fund, financed by an 1/8 penny increase to the county sales tax. The funding could only be used to improve water quality in Suffolk County. This local fund would unlock federal and state clean water funding to help with projects right here in Suffolk County.
These clean water projects will create thousands of good jobs, revitalize business districts, increase property values, and restore our local bays and harbors.
Prop 2 will safeguard our way of life, improve public health, and protect the waters we depend on.
What Can I Do?
If you live in Suffolk County, you can VOTE YES on Prop 2 on or before November 5. You have until October 26 to register to vote in the 2024 general election.
You have options on how to vote in New York State:
1. Vote by mail using a mail-in-in ballot. You can request an absentee or early mail ballot here. Please note that if you request an absentee or mail ballot, you will NOT be allowed to vote in person. If you or your family is overseas or serving in the military, you can request an absentee ballot here.
2. Vote early at an early polling location. Early voting begins on October 26 and ends November 3. You can view Suffolk County’s early voting locations and hours here, and you can find your polling place here.
3. Vote in person on November 5. Click here to find your polling place.
Be sure to vote and encourage others to VOTE YES too! We need your help getting the word out about this critical issue. Tell your friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors. We need to approve Prop 2 to secure a clean water future for all of Suffolk County.
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