Early Voting in NEW YORK

In person - A registered voter may vote early in person at his County Board of Elections office if he will be unavoidably absent from his county on Election Day. The voter may vote no earlier than 30 days before the election and no later than the day before the election. The voter must fill out an application for an absentee ballot, stating why he cannot vote on Election Day, then receive his ballot, and turn it in at the Board of Elections office. A directory of Board of Elections offices is available at http://www.elections.state.ny.us/CountyBoards.html.
 

By mail - A registered voter may vote early by mail if he will be unavoidably absent from his county on Election Day, unable to vote due to illness or disability, in a Veterans Administration Hospital, or in jail but still eligible to vote. The voter should download an absentee ballot application at www.elections.state.ny.us/NYSBOE/download/voting/absentee.pdf in PDF format and mail it to his County Board of Elections no later than seven days before the election.  The voter may also request in writing an absentee application; such written request must be received by the County Board of Elections no later than seven days before the election. A directory of County Board of Elections offices is available at http://www.elections.state.ny.us/CountyBoards.html.

Ballots must be received by a Board of Elections office or postmarked the day before the election.

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