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Voting
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Register to Vote
Apply for an Absentee Ballot
Register to Vote
Qualifications How & Where
bluestar Be a U.S. citizen
bluestar Be 18 years old by December 31 of the year in which you file this form (note: you must be 18 years old by the date of the general, primary or other election in which you want to vote)
bluestar Live at your present address at least 30 days before an election
bluestar Not be in jail or on parole for a felony conviction and
bluestar Not claim the right to vote elsewhere
bluestar You can register in person at your county Board of Elections
Suffolk County Board of Elections
Yaphank Avenue, Yaphank, NY 11980-0700
Phone: 631.852-4500 - Fax: 631.852.4590
631.852.4540 TTY - Google Mapnewwin
bluestar Or at any New York State Agency-Based voter registration center
bluestar You can enter your name directly into the NYS Board of Elections mailing list databasenewwin
bluestar You can call the 1-800-FOR-VOTE hotline to request a voter application
bluestar You can download a PDF version of the New York State Voter Registration Form
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Print the form, complete and sign it, and mail it to your county Board of Elections
bluestar Alternatively, you can complete the form on your computer using these large file PDF fill-in forms
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Once the form is completed, you need to print the form and sign it. Then, mail the form to your county Board of Elections
Apply for an Absentee Ballot
bluestar You must be a registered voter in Suffolk County
bluestar Pick up an Absentee Ballot Application Form at Suffolk's County Board of Elections or download a PDF form
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bluestar Call the Phone Banknewwin and they will send you a postage-paid Absentee Ballot Application form in the mail.
Toll Free: 1.866.VOTE-NYC (1.866.868.3692)
Outside of New York City: 1.212.VOTE-NYC
TDD: 1.212.487.5496
bluestar Complete your application in blue or black ink and get it to your county Board of Elections either by the seventh (7) day before the election, if you are mailing it, or by the day before the election, if you are delivering it in person. Do not Fax.