Erie County Clerk
Erie County, New York
My vote power
Above average
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: Above average · 64 out of 100
This district is a good deal smaller than its state, so each vote here carries more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 950,622 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(19,852,366 ÷ 950,622) ÷ ln(50,000) = 64.04, measured against a statewide vote in NY (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
Above average representation → My vote power: Above average.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information.
About this office
- Issuing marriage licenses and keeping property filings
- Running county elections, in many counties
- Handling business filings, permits, and licenses
Affects: Anti-Corruption, Government Efficiency, Election Integrity,
Candidates
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Michael Mickey Kearns is the Erie County Clerk and previously served on the Buffalo Common Council and in the New York State Assembly. His office highlights auto bureau modernization, records digitization, and REAL ID compliance.
Records: Government Efficiency 2 for
Democratic · declared
Steven Meyer is an elected Village of Williamsville trustee and a small-business owner. He backs transparent records and compliance and modernizing constituent services.
Sources: elections.erie.gov23 · www3.erie.gov