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The policies governing voter participation are enacted and enforced primarily at the land level. These policies, which include voter identification requirements, early voting provisions, online voter registration systems, and more, dictate the conditions under which American citizens cast their ballots in their respective states.

This article includes the following data virtually voting policies in New York:

  • Voter registration details, including deadlines and eligibility requirements.
  • In-person voting details, including identification requirements, poll times, and early voting provisions.
  • Absentee/postal service-in voting deadlines and rules.
  • Details about convicted felons' voting rights.
  • Contact information election agencies.
  • Summaries of noteworthy policy-related events.

Encounter Election administration in New York for more than additional data about election administration in the state, including voter list maintenance policies, provisional ballot rules, and post-election auditing practices.

Voter registration

The table below displays voter registration information specific to New York's 2022 primary election.

Voter registration in New York
Registration URL Due north/A
Registration status URL Link
Registration update URL Link
In-person registration deadline June 3, 2022
Mail registration deadline June 3, 2022
Mail postmark or receipt deadline Postmarked
Online registration deadline June 3, 2022
Same-24-hour interval registration No
Early voting same-day registration No

Eligibility and registration details

To vote in New York, i must be a United states citizen, a resident of the county, urban center, or village for at least 30 days prior to the ballot, and at least 18 years old by the date of the election. Individuals who are in prison or on parole for a felony conviction and those who have been declared mentally incompetent by a court are ineligible to register to vote. One cannot register to vote in New York while challenge the correct to vote elsewhere.[ane] Registration applications are available at the county lath of elections or whatsoever agency-based voter registration middle. Forms are besides available online, or prospective voters can request the form past mail.[one] Completed forms returned by mail must exist postmarked at least 25 days prior to the election. The form must and then be received by election officials at to the lowest degree 20 days before the election. A registration washed in person must be completed at to the lowest degree 25 days prior to the ballot.[2] Residents may also register to vote online through the DMV Electronic Voter Registration Application. These applications are forwarded to the board of elections; applicants should allow up to vi weeks for processing.[three]

In-person voting

The table below displays in-person voting information specific to New York'south 2022 primary election.

In-person voting in New York
All voters required to show ID No
ID types

Hover or tap hither to encounter valid forms of voter ID (i) a driver's license or section of motor vehicles non-commuter photo ID card or other electric current and valid photo identification; (ii) a re-create of a current utility bill, banking concern argument, government check, paycheck or other authorities certificate that shows the proper noun and address of the voter.

ID source URL Link
Early on voting beginning engagement June 18, 2022
Early on voting terminate date June 26, 2022
Weekend voting? Due north/A
Early voting source URL N/A
Ballot Twenty-four hours poll times 6 a.grand. to 9 p.m.

Poll times

See also: State poll opening and closing times

For principal elections, polls open at 6:00 a.1000. and close at ix:00 p.m. in New York City and the counties of Dutchess, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, and Erie. Polls open at 12:00 p.m. and shut at 9:00 p.one thousand. in all other counties. Polls open at half-dozen:00 a.one thousand. and shut at 9:00 p.m. for full general elections. An individual who is in line at the time polls close must be allowed to vote.[4]

Voter identification

See also: Voter identification laws by state

New York does not crave voters to present identification while voting.[5] However, if a voter does not provide valid identification at the time of registration, he or she must show identification at the polling place when voting for the offset time.[6] [7]

Voters can present the following forms of identification:

  • A current, valid photo ID, including but not limited to a drivers' license or a DMV-issued non-driver photo ID
  • A current utility bill, banking company statement, government check, paycheck, or other government certificate with the voter's name and address

Early on voting

See also: Early on voting

Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) signed a beak into law on January 24, 2019, establishing a 10-mean solar day early on voting period. The bill was scheduled to take total effect on January 1, 2020.[viii] [9]

Absentee/mail-in voting

Run across also: Absentee/postal service-in voting

The table beneath displays absentee voting information specific to New York's 2022 main election.

Absentee voting in New York
Are there limits on who tin can request a ballot? N/A
Mail request deadline June 13, 2022
Asking postmark or receipt deadline Postmarked
Mail service return deadline June 28, 2022
Render postmark or receipt deadline Postmarked
Notary/witness requirements N/A

A voter in New York is eligible to vote absentee in an election for any of the following reasons:[10]

  1. Absence from the county (or, if a resident of New York Urban center, the city) on Ballot Day
  2. Illness or inability, or acting as the primary caregiver for an sick or disabled person
  3. Patient care at a Veteran's Administration hospital
  4. Incarceration for offenses other than felonies or pending grand jury action

Absentee ballot applications must be mailed to the county lath of elections no later than the 7th day earlier the election. Alternatively, applications delivered in person must be received no later on than the day before the election. A voter may as well request an absentee election by sending a alphabetic character to the county board of elections. The letter of the alphabet must be received by the canton board no earlier than 30 days and no later than seven days before the election. An application course will be mailed with the absentee ballot. The application form must be completed and returned with the ballot.[ten]

If sent by mail, a returned ballot must be postmarked by the day of the election and received no later than the seventh day afterward the election. If submitted in person, the ballot must be received past close of polls on Ballot Day.[eleven] [12]

Bedevilled felons' voting rights

See too: Voting rights for bedevilled felons

On May 4, 2021, Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) signed S830 into constabulary, providing for the automatic restoration of voting rights for individuals convicted of felonies upon completion of their prison sentences. Previously, state police force provided for the restoration of voting rights later completion of both prison fourth dimension and parole.[13]

Voting rights for convicted felons vary from state to state. In the majority of states, convicted felons cannot vote while they are incarcerated but may regain the right to vote upon release from prison or at some signal thereafter.[xiv] [xv] [16]

Election agencies

Seal of the U.Due south. Election Assist Committee

Come across as well: State election agencies

Individuals seeking boosted information almost voting provisions in New York can contact the following state and federal agencies.

New York State Board of Elections

40 Steuben St.
Albany, New York 12207-2108
Principal phone: 518-474-6220

U.Southward. Election Assistance Committee

1335 E West Highway, Suite 4300
Silverish Spring, Maryland 20910
Telephone: 866-747-1471

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 New York State Board of Elections, "Register to Vote," accessed Oct four, 2019
  2. New York State Board of Elections, "Voter Registration Deadlines," accessed October 4, 2019
  3. New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, "Annals to Vote Online - Electronic Voter Registration Application," accessed Oct 4, 2019
  4. New York Country Board of Elections, "Often Asked Questions," accessed October 17, 2019
  5. National Conference of Land Legislatures, "Provisional Ballots," accessed Oct 7, 2019
  6. FindLaw, "New York Consolidated Laws, Ballot Police - ELN § five-210. Registration and enrollment and change of enrollment upon application," accessed Nov 12, 2019
  7. FindLaw, "New York Consolidated Laws, Election Law - ELN § viii-302. Voting;  verification of registration," accessed November 12, 2019
  8. NY 1, "It's Official: Early Voting is Coming to New York," Jan 24, 2019
  9. New York Land Senate, "Voting Packet Summary and Analysis," January 14, 2019
  10. 10.0 10.1 New York State Board of Elections, "Absentee Voting," accessed December 16, 2013
  11. New York State Board of Elections, "Voting Deadlines," accessed November 14, 2019
  12. New York Consolidated Laws, "Election 8-412," accessed July 26, 2021
  13. The New York Country Senate, "Senate Neb S830," accessed May 9, 2021
  14. NYCourts.gov, "Voting," accessed October 20, 2019
  15. National Briefing of State Legislatures, "Felon Voting Rights," accessed July 15, 2014
  16. American Civil Liberties Union, "State Criminal Re-enfranchisement Laws," accessed September 13, 2019