2 • The WESTCHESTER County Press • Thursday, • OCTOBER 19, 2023
Final Call for Voter Registration and Absentee Ballot Voting for the November 7, 2023 General Election REGISTRATION DEADLINES
sentee Ballot Application Portal By sending an email request to BOE-WestAbMonday, October 23, 2023 is the last day change sentee@westchestergov.com of address must be received by the Board of ElecBy sending a fax request to (914) 995-7753 or tions for the General Election. (914) 995-3190 By going in-person or mailing a paper appliSaturday, October 28, 2023 is the last day a cation to the Westchester County Board of Elecvoter registration application must be received by tions, 25 Quarropas St., White Plains, NY 10601 the Board of Elections to vote in the General Election. You can download a pdf version of the NYS Absentee Ballot Application Form: NEW ABSENTEE BALLOT PROCEDURE Download English Form Due to a recent change in law, New York State Download Spanish Form voters are no longer permitted to cast a ballot on Download Military/Federal/UOCAVA Form a voting machine if they have already been issued an absentee ballot for that election. Voters who *The letter must contain the following informahave already been issued an absentee ballot can tion: still vote in person using an affidavit ballot. Name and date of birth of the voter Qualifications to vote by Absentee Ballot: The address where you are registered An address where the ballot is to be sent Absent from your county on Election Day. The reason for the request, and Unable to appear at the polls due to temporary The signature of the voter or permanent illness or disability. An application form will be mailed with your Unable to appear because you are the primary ballot. The application form must be completed care giver of one or more individuals who are ill and returned with your ballot. or physically disabled. A resident or patient of a Veterans Health Ad- If you cannot pick up your ballot, or will not be ministration Hospital. able to receive it through the mail: You have the Detained in jail awaiting Grand Jury action or right to designate someone to pick it up for you. confined in prison after conviction for an offense Only that person designated on your application other than a felony. may pick up and deliver your ballot. Please note: The maximum amount any person can pick up Absentee Ballot Deadlines: is five (5) ballots including their own. If you are permanently ill or disabled you have the right to Oct. 23, 2023 is the last day for Board of Elec- receive an Absentee Ballot for each subsequent tions to RECEIVE application or letter of applica- election without further application. Simply file tion* by mail or online portal for general ballot. an application with the Westchester County Board Nov. 6, 2023 is the last day for an applicant or of Elections indicating permanent illness or physagent to apply in person at the Board of Elections ical disability. You will then automatically receive for the General Election absentee ballot. an absentee ballot for every election until your Nov. 7, 2023 is the last day to postmark the registration is cancelled. General Election absentee ballot by mail. The ballot must be received by the Board of Elections Accessible Absentee Voting: at 25 Quarropas St., White Plains, NY, 10601 no later than Nov. 14, 2023. Voters with a visual impairment that require a balNov. 7, 2023 is the last day to deliver the Gener- lot with accessible features may apply using the al Election absentee ballot in-person to the Board online Accessible Absentee Ballot Application of Elections or at any poll site throughout the portal. County, by the close of the polls on Election Day. In-person voting using an accessible Ballot MarkYou may apply for an absentee ballot in any of the ing Device (“BMD”) during early voting or on following ways: Election Day is still available to voters with a disability who do not want to vote by absentee ballot Electronically through the New York State Ab- using the accessible absentee ballot system.
Download the Accessible Absentee Ballot Application Download the Spanish Accessible Absentee Ballot Application How to cast an Absentee Ballot: Please carefully review and follow the instructions below. Each step is important and required. Once you have received the ballot, mark the ballot according to your choices for each office following the instructions on the ballot. Once you have completed marking your ballot, fold it up and place it in the Security Ballot Envelope. This envelope will have a place for your signature. Sign and date the outside of the Security Ballot Envelope. Seal the Security Ballot Envelope. Place the Security Ballot Envelope in the Return Ballot Envelope. (This envelope will have the return address of the Westchester County Board of Elections on the outside and should have a logo that reads, “Official Election Mail”) Seal the Return Ballot Envelope.
You may return the ballot in any of the following ways: Put it in the mail ensuring it receives a postmark no later than Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. Bringing it to the Westchester County Board of Elections’ Office no later than Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023 by 9 p.m. Bringing it to any General Election day poll site within Westchester County on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023 by 9 p.m. Mail time considerations when returning an Absentee Ballot When mailing your completed ballot, the USPS recommends that voters allow enough time for ballots to be returned to the Board, which is generally fifteen (15) days ahead of the General Election. New York State requires your ballot to be both postmarked by Nov. 7, 2023 and received by our Board Nov. 14, 2023. Voters who mail in their ballots on Election Day must be aware of the posted collection times on collection boxes and at the Postal Service’s retail facilities, and that ballots entered after the last posted collection time will not be postmarked until the following business day.
