It's fast and easy to register to vote. Deadline this year: October 26.
If you're not sure if you're registered, you can check here.
You can also sign up to get text or email reminders about elections.
FALL 2024!
Early Voting Period is Saturday, October 26 - Sunday, November 3 (hours vary and are listed here). Your early voting site may be different from you election day site, so check your voting site here.
Election Day is Tuesday, November 5. Polls will be open from 6am to 9pm. Find your polling place here.
CAN I vote?
To be eligible to vote in New York state, you must:
* The NYC City Council voted in Dec. 2021 to allow green card holders and DACA recipients to vote in city elections--but in June 2022 a judge struck down the law as against the NY State constituion. In July 2022, the City appealed this ruling, but lost in February 2024. So green card holders and DACA recipients are not allowed to vote in any election.
If you are currently homeless or worry that you might be by the time election day comes, you still absolutely have the right to vote. When you register, include a mailing address where the BOE can send you notices. See this Coalition for the Homeless page for more information on your rights.
NYC Votes has more information about voting rights.
You can request an absentee ballot if you will be:
* Absent from NYC on Election Day.
* Unable to vote in person due to temporary or permanent illness or disability.
* Unable to vote in person because you are the primary care giver for someone 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.
The deadline to request an absentee ballot online is October 26th. You can apply in person at your borough's board of elections up until November 4th. The deadline to mail your absentee ballot is Tuesday, November 5th, but it's better to mail it in a week earlier to make sure it arrives on time.
When you send in your ballot, make sure to sign and date the back of the envelope. You can track your ballot after you send it here.
In addition to the presidential election, there will be state and local elections. Keep an eye on the NYC Votes page on candidates, where they will post information soon.
Find your representatives on mygovnyc.org, a site run by the League of Women Voters and the CUNY Grad Center.
Find out who will be on the ballot by entering your address at Ballotpedia, a respected non-partisan website.
U.S. Congress
Senate - Kirstand Gillibrand is an incumbent senator and a Democrat; he is running against Mike Sapraicone (Republican) and Diane Sare (Independent/LaRouche).
House of Representatives - find your Congressional representative here by entering your zip code. Representatives in the House have to be re-elected every two years, so your representative and their opponent(s) will be on your ballot.
Check Ballotpedia for other important races like New York State representatives and NYC courts.
There are also six ballot proposals to vote YES or NO on:
* to add anti-discrimination provisions to the state constitution
* to expand and clarify the Department of Sanitation’s power to clean streets and elsewhere and to require disposal of waste in containers
* to require additional fiscal analysis from City Council and the Mayor's office before hearings and votes on local laws
* to require additional public notice and time before the City Council votes on laws about the public safety operations of the Police, Correction, or Fire Departments.
* to require more detail when assessing maintenance needs of City facilities, mandate that facility needs inform capital planning, and update capital planning deadlines
* to establish the position of Chief Business Diversity Officer (CBDO), authorize the Mayor to designate the office that issues film permits, and combine archive boards.