How To Register To Vote Change From State To State

Annals to Vote

Qualifications to Register to Vote

be a U.s.a. citizen;
be eighteen years old (you may pre-register at 16 or 17 merely cannot vote until yous are 18);
resident of this state and the county, city or village for at least 30 days before the election;
non be in prison for a felony conviction;
not exist adjudged mentally incompetent by a court;
not claim the right to vote elsewhere.

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How and Where to Register to Vote (Deadlines)

Yous can register in person at your county board of elections or at whatever New York State Agency-Based voter registration center.
You may besides submit your voter application form at the Department of Motor Vehicles, either in person or on their web site if you already have DMV-issued identification.
You tin request a New York State Voter Registration grade past mail by inbound your proper noun directly into our mailing list database.
You can call our 1-800-FOR-VOTE (1-800-367-8683) hotline to request a voter application.

New York State Voter Registration Form

You lot may register to vote using the New York State Voter Registration Grade accessible at the links below. You can complete a PDF version of the New York Country Voter Registration Form on-line by clicking on the link below, typing the necessary information and selecting the appropriate boxes. Alternatively, yous tin can print the course to complete by hand.
You can also complete an Accessible version of the New York Country Voter Registration Course on-line by clicking on the link below, typing the necessary data and selecting the advisable boxes.
- Accessible English Grade On-line
- Attainable Spanish Form On-Line
- Once the course is completed, you demand to impress the form and sign and appointment it. Then, mail service the form to your county lath of elections.

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How to Make Changes to Your Registration

Change of Proper noun and/or Address

The voter registration grade should be used as a change of address form. Notices of change of address from registered voters received at least xx days earlier a special, principal or general election by a county board of elections must be processed and entered in the records in time for that election.

Change of Party Enrollment

The voter registration class should be used to modify your party enrollment from 1 party to another or to enroll for the first time in a political party. An awarding to change one's political party enrollment for the chief election in 2022 must exist received by the lath of elections no later on than February xiv, 2022. Changes received on or after Feb 15th until seven days afterwards the June Primary will be fix bated and opened the 7th 24-hour interval following the June Primary and entered in the voter's registration record. Delight see Deadlines referenced above.

How to Cancel Your Registration

In social club to have your name removed from the voting rolls, pursuant to N.Y. Election Police department v-400, y'all must ship a written letter to the local board of elections where you lived requesting to have your registration cancelled. You must send a written letter, you cannot accomplish this via email. Contact information for all local boards is available at the county board of elections page.

Victims of Domestic Violence

N.Y. Election Law (v-508) allows victims of domestic violence to employ for a confidential registration by delivering a sworn argument to their local canton Board of Elections stating they are a victim of domestic violence and they wish to have their voter registration record kept confidential because of the threat of physical or emotional harm to themselves or a family unit or household member. Their voter registration record will exist kept separate and apart from other registration records for 4 years and not exist fabricated bachelor for inspection or copying past the public or whatever other person, except election officials acting within the class and scope of their official duties. Under a separate section of the constabulary (11-306), they can too be excused from going to their polling identify to vote and get a special election. For further information, please contact your local board of elections for their confidential registration and special ballot procedures.

New York State Statement of Confidential Voter ( pdf 138KB)