It’s Election Day! Are You Registered To Vote?

It’s Election Day! Are You Registered To Vote?

It’s Election Day! Are you registered to vote? If not, make today the day you register.

In order to participate in New York State or federal elections, you must register to vote either through Department of Motor Vehicle or New York Board of Elections.

In order to vote in New York State you must:
• Be a U.S. citizen (or born in Puerto Rico, Guam, or U.S. Virgin Islands).
• Be 18 years old by December 31st of the year that you register.
• NOTE: You must be 18 years old by the date of the election in order to vote.
• NOT be in prison or on parole for a felony conviction.
• NOT be adjudged mentally incompetent by a court.
• NOT claim the right to vote elsewhere.

Note that in order to be eligible to vote, you must register 25 days before the next election. In New York, you can register to vote online, in person, or by mail. You cannot register to vote by phone.

For more information on voting and registering to vote visit http://www.dmv.org/ny-new-york/voter-registration.php.

Written by: Amanda Haase