New Yorkers have three ways to vote in this year’s general election on Nov. 3.
Absentee ballots
This year, any voter may receive an absentee ballot if they are concerned about the spread of COVID-19 at polling places.
Voters may request absentee ballots from their county board of elections by mail, email, fax, telephone or by visiting.
Absentee ballot applications may be downloaded in English or in Spanish at...read more ››
Nancy Goroff is the best prepared and most knowledgeable newcomer at any level of Long Island politics in years.
The Stony Brook University chemistry professor is a scientist. And she’s running against an incumbent, Lee Zeldin, who twists himself like a strand of DNA trying to support a president who does not believe in science — to the detriment of the nation.
Goroff, 52, a Democrat from Stony Brook who’s on leave from her job...read more ››
VOTERS' GUIDE
Whether you're voting by mail, voting early, or voting on Election Day, read all about the candidates who are looking for your vote and where they stand on the issues. If you have questions about how to vote this year, read about the 3 ways you can vote.read more ››
New Yorkers have three ways to vote in this year’s general election on Nov. 3.
This year, any voter may receive an absentee ballot if they are concerned about the spread of COVID-19 at polling places.
Voters may request absentee ballots from their county board of elections by mail, email, fax, telephone or by visiting.
Absentee ballot applications may be downloaded in English or...read more ››
The following information is from the Suffolk County Board of Elections. Shelter Island will not have an early voting site, but you may vote at any of the listed locations on the BOE website. They include one in Mattituck, Southampton and East Hampton.
2020 Early Voting FAQ
2020 General Election – November 3, 2020
What is Early Voting?
Early voting is a nine (9) day period where voters can vote in-person before...read more ››
Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party’s presidential ticket and acknowledging the vital role Black voters will play in his bid to defeat President Donald Trump.
In choosing Harris, Biden is embracing a former rival from the Democratic primary who is familiar with the unique rigor of a national campaign. The 55-year-old...read more ››
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday was on his way to adding New York delegates to his campaign for the Democratic nomination for president, but final results in several other congressional and local primaries on Long Island are likely at least a week away.
The Associated Press declared Biden the winner of the New York presidential primary shortly after the polls closed. But there still are 1.8 million absentee ballots statewide...read more ››
Governor Cuomo announced that we can vote by absentee ballot for the June 23rd primary. I've attached the link for the Board of Elections which has the details about how to download the form, fill it out and where to send it. These are difficult times in Suffolk County and we want everyone to be safe and well, but we also want to make sure that our fundamental right to vote is protected.
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New Yorkers looking to use absentee ballots to vote rather than going to polling places during the COVID-19 outbreak need only fill out an application for a mail-in ballot, according to the state Board of Elections.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s executive order temporarily suspends a portion of state election law. The order will allow voters to apply for absentee ballots because voting in person could make them susceptible to contracting the...read more ››
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed an executive order Saturday temporarily modifying election procedures to help reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Under the new order, the candidate petitioning process will be suspended effective 5 p.m. Tuesday for the June primaries for congressional, state senate, state assembly and judicial races.
In addition, the signature requirements for ballot access will also be modified under the new...read more ››
