Voter Registration: October 11th @ 5pm

Absentee Application: October 23th

Absentee Ballot Request: October 29th

First Day of Early Voting: October 26th

Last Day Early Voting: November 3rd

To qualify for voter registration in New York State, you must:

• be a United States Citizen;

• be 18 years old (you may pre-register at 16 or 17 but cannot vote until you are 18);

• be a resident of this state and the county, city or village for at least 30 days before the election;

• not be in prison for a felony conviction; learn more about felon registration rights

• not be adjudged mentally incompetent by a court; not claim the right to vote elsewhere

If you are unsure if you are already registered to vote, you can check your registration status here.

You may qualify to vote absentee for the following reasons:

• Absent from your county or, if a resident of New York City absent from the five boroughs, on Election Day.

• Unable to appear at the polls due to temporary or permanent illness or disability.

• Unable to appear because you are the primary care giver of one or more individuals who are ill or physically disabled.

• A resident or patient of a Veterans Health Administration Hospital.

• In jail or prison for any reason other than a felony conviction. This includes anyone who is awaiting grand jury action, awaiting trial, or serving a sentence for a misdemeanor.

Follow these steps below to vote absentee:

1. Be a registered voter in the state of New York

2. Fill out a Let It Resound Pledge to Vote Card

3. Apply for an absentee ballot:

   • Apply online

   • Go in-person to your local county board of elections

   • By designating another person to deliver your application in-person to your local county board of elections and receive your ballot

   • PDF Form

4. Once your receive the ballot, mark the ballot according to your choices for each office following the instructions on the ballot

5. Once you have completed marking your ballot fold it up and place it in the Security Envelope. (This envelope will have a place for your signature.)

6. Sign and date the outside of the Security Envelope.

7. Seal the Security Envelope.

8. All absentee ballots include a pre-paid Return Envelope. Place the Security Envelope in the Return Envelope. (This envelope will have the return address of your county Board of Elections on the outside and should have a logo that reads, “Official Election Mail”.)The Return Envelope does not require any additional postage.

9. Seal the Return Envelope.

Absentee Ballot Tracking

Voters can track their absentee ballot via the Board of Elections' Poll Site Search, Voter Registration, and Absentee Ballot Tracker available at https://voterlookup.elections.ny.gov/.