10/05/2024
Presidential Primary – Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Federal, State and Local Primaries - Tuesday, June 25, 2024
General Election – Tuesday, November 5, 2024
FOR WHOM/WHAT WILL I BE VOTING
ON IN THE 2024 ELECTION?
• One US Senate seat
• All members of the US House of Representatives
• All NYS Assembly Members and NYS Senators
• Some village, town, county, special districts
• Constitutional Amendment on NYS Equal Rights Amendment
• Go to www.vote411.org for all ballot info
WHO CAN VOTE? To vote you must:
• be a United States citizen
• be 18-years old by the date of the general, primary or
other election in which you want to vote (16- and 17-year-
olds may pre-register)
• live at your present address at least 30 days before an election
• not be currently incarcerated for a felony conviction
• not be adjudged mentally incompetent by a court
• not claim the right to vote elsewhere
• be registered to vote
HOW DO I REGISTER?
• Online through the NYS Board of Elections website, https://elections.
ny.gov/voter-registration-process (must create a NY.gov account)
• Online through NYS Department of Motor Vehicles website, https://
dmv.ny.gov/more-info/electronic-voter-registration-application(must
have a NYS driver’s license, Learner Permit or Non-Driver ID)
• In person on any business day at your county board of elections (BOEs)
or any state agency participating in the National Voter Registration
Act (including State University and City University campuses); see list
of agencies here: https://elections.ny.gov/national-voter-registra-
tion-act-nvra
• By mail by completing a voter registration form available at BOEs,
libraries, town halls, post offices, and the League of Women Voters
https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/download/voting/votereg-
form-eng-fillable.pdf
HOW DO I MAKE SURE I AM REGISTERED TO VOTE?
• Visit Voter Registration Search site on the NYS Board of Elections
website, https://voterlookup.elections.ny.gov/
• Call your county BOE
WHERE DO I VOTE?
• Check the notice/postcard sent by your county BOE prior to the
June Primary Election with polling site locations, dates of elections
and more
• Visit Voter Registration Search site on the NYS Board of Elections
website https://voterlookup.elections.ny.gov/
• Call your county BOE
FOUR WAYS TO VOTE (2 IN PERSON, 2 BY BALLOT)
• Vote in person on primary or election day (assigned poll sites) at
polling place or vote early in person during nine days leading up to
election days (only 8 days in advance for Presidential primary as
there is no voting on March 31). In NYC, you must vote at an assigned
poll site during early voting; elsewhere in the state, you can vote
early at any poll site in your county.
• Submit absentee ballot application or submit early mail application
online at state Board of Elections (https://elections.ny.gov/re-
quest-ballot) and vote by absentee ballot or vote by early mail ballot.
If you apply for an absentee ballot or early mail voting and decide to
vote in person, you will vote by affidavit ballot.
HOW DO I VOTE BY ABSENTEE BALLOT?
Meet one of the qualifications:
1. Absent from your county or, if a resident of New York City,
absent from the five boroughs, on Election Day
2. Unable to appear at the polls due to temporary or permanent
illness or disability
3. Unable to appear because you are the primary care giver of one or
more individuals who are ill or physically disabled
4. A resident or patient of a Veterans Health Administration Hospital
5. 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.
HOW DO I VOTE BY EARLY MAIL BALLOT?
• Any registered voter may apply to vote by early mail ballot
• No excuse or qualification is required to vote by early mail ballot
PROCESS FOR ABSENTEE BALLOT AND VOTE BY
EARLY MAIL BALLOT
You may apply for an absentee ballot or vote by early mail ballot
in any of the following ways:
• By using the online portal: https://elections.ny.gov/request-ballot
• If you are visually impaired and require a ballot with accessible
features, you may apply by using the online Accessible Absentee
Ballot Application portal: https://absenteeballot.elections.ny.gov/
home/accessible
• By going 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
• Return absentee ballot or vote by early mail ballot once received
and completed; follow instructions provided.
DO I NEED IDENTIFICATION TO VOTE?
• NO! Your signature is your identification to vote.
• You may be asked for identification if it is the first time you are
voting in person and you registered by mail.
Find information on requesting an early mail or absentee ballot.