Make a Voting Plan

Once you are registered to vote, how do you want to cast your ballot? This year, New York voters can choose between these three options:

1. Voting in person during the early voting period:

• You can avoid longer lines and skip the post office by casting your ballot during New York's early voting period. Look up your early voting poll site here.
• Every county must have at least one early voting poll site.

2. Voting in person on Election Day:

• You can go to the polls on Election Day and cast your ballot.

*Your assigned early voting poll site may not be the same location as your Election Day poll site. Look up your poll sites for early voting and for Election Day.

3. Voting by mail using an absentee ballot:

• You can download an absentee ballot application (in English or Spanish), and get additional information and instructions, from the New York State Board of Elections absentee voting webpage.
• Or you can apply for an absentee ballot by visiting or contacting your county Board of Elections.
• Once your application is accepted, you will receive a hard-copy ballot through the mail.
• You can then complete your ballot and drop it off or mail it in.
• If mailed in, your ballot must be postmarked no later than Election Day. All absentee ballot return envelopes should have postage paid already. You should not need to add stamps. Contact your local Board of Elections if your absentee ballot return envelope is missing the postage paid mark.
• Your ballot can also be dropped off at an early voting poll site during the early voting period, or at an Election Day poll site on Election Day. Look up poll sites for early voting and for Election Day.
• If you are a New York City voter, you can track your absentee ballot application.

NYPIRG supports voter reforms, including: