VOTE IN NEW YORK

for 2020 General Election

Tuesday, November 3rd

VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE:

Friday, October 9th, 2020

HOW DO YOU PLAN TO REGISTER TO VOTE?

• VOTER REGISTRATION: ONLINE

  All voters wishing to vote in 2020 General Election must be registered to vote by Friday, October 9th. Click here to register to vote online.

• VOTER REGISTRATION: BY MAIL

  All voters wishing to vote in 2020 General Election must be registered to vote by Friday, October 9th. You can complete the voter registration form and send it to your county board of elections. To request a paper voter registration application be mailed to you, please call 1-800-FOR-VOTE or request through the voter registration request form.

• VOTER REGISTRATION: IN PERSON

  All voters wishing to vote in 2020 General Election must be registered to vote by Friday, October 9th by visiting your county board of elections or at any New York State Agency-based voter registration center. You can submit your voter registration form at DMV either in person or on their website.

HOW DO YOU PLAN TO VOTE?

• VOTE IN PERSON

  Polling place hours: 6 am – 9 pm for casting votes and dropping off mail-in ballots.

  New York does not require voters to present identification while voting.

  Special requirement for first-time voters:
  If a voter does not provide valid identification at the time of registration, he or she must show identification at the polling place when voting for the first time. Voters can present a current, valid photo ID – including but not limited to a drivers’ license or a DMV-issued non-driver photo ID – or a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document with the voter’s name and address.

• VOTE EARLY (IN PERSON)

  Early voting is available in every county in New York. Each County Board of Elections has designated an early voting site(s), as applicable, which can be found here after logging in. Early Voting will take place from October 24th through November 1st.

• VOTE BY MAIL

  All registered voters in New York may apply to vote by mail for the general election this year due to the risk of COVID-19. You may request the absentee ballot via online by Tuesday, October 27th. You may find more information on the mail-in ballot at this link.

  • Your mail-in ballot must be postmarked by November 3rd and received by November 10th.
  • You may also submit your ballot through ballot drop boxes located all across the state.

  If you need to change any of the information on your voter registration, you may do so a, you may do so at this link until Friday, October 9th.

MORE INFORMATION FOR NEW YORK VOTERS

• KOREAN LANGUAGE SERVICES

  VOTER REGISTRATION

  New York offers the voter registration & Absentee ballot applications in Korean.

  BALLOTS

  Korean-language ballots are available in Queens County in New York. 

  INTERPRETER AT POLLING PLACE

  If you require an interpreter at the poll site in Queens County, please request for one to a poll worker on site. You will be provided with an interpreter either in person or on the phone.

• Positions on the Ballot: 2020 General Election

  U.S. PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT
  ▹ Joe Biden & Kamala Harris (Democrat) vs. Donald Trump & Mike Pence (Republican)*

  U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  All positions in the 27 congressional districts of New York are on the ballot. Find your congressional district on the U.S. House of Representatives website. Below are the candidates to be voted in the 2020 General Election for select districts. Incumbents are denoted with an asterisk (*).
  ▹ 3rd Congressional District: Tom Suozzi (D)* vs. George Santos (R)
  ▹ 6th Congressional District: Grace Meng (D)* vs. Thomas Zimch (R)
  ▹ 12th Congressional District: Carolyn Maloney (D)* vs. Carlos Santiago-Cano (R)

  NEW YORK STATE SENATE
  All positions in the 63 state senate districts of New York are on the ballot. Find your district on the New York State Senate website. Below are the candidates to be voted in the 2020 General Election for select districts. Incumbents are denoted with an asterisk (*).
  ▹ 11th New York Senate District: John Liu (D)* vs. Elisa Nahoum (R)
  ▹ 16th New York Senate District: Toby Ann Stavisky (D)* No other candidate is on the ballot for this position.

  NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
  All positions in the 150 state assembly districts of New York are on the ballot. Find your district on the New York State Assembly website. Below are the candidates to be voted in the 2020 General Election for select districts. Incumbents are denoted with an asterisk (*).
  ▹ 13th New York Assembly District: Charles Lavine (D)* vs. Andrew Monteleone (R)
  ▹ 25th New York Assembly District: Nily Rozic (D)* No other candidate is on the ballot for this position.
  ▹ 26th New York Assembly District: Edward Braunstein (D)* vs. John-Alexander Sakelos (R)
  ▹ 40th New York Assembly District: Ron Kim (D)* vs. Steven Lee (Justice Peace Honesty)

  A complete list of all positions and candidates can be found on the New York State Board of Elections website. Information on all positions and candidates for local elections, including judges for the County Supreme Courts and County Civil Courts, will be provided by each county’s election office.

• Pre-Registration

  16-year-old New York residents may preregister to vote, but can only vote when they turn 18.

• Affidavit Ballot

  An affidavit ballot is a regular ballot that is placed in a special envelope prior to being put in the ballot box. It is available for the voters whose identification is not verified at a polling place. An affidavit ballot may be offered to those who believe they are registered to vote even though their names are not on the official voter registration list at the polling place and those who applied to vote by mail but would like to cast a vote in person.

  When a voter is issued an affidavit ballot, a poll worker must provide that voter with a website or phone number where he or she can check whether their ballot was counted.

• College Students & Voters Overseas

  If you are a New York resident away from home to attend a college, trade school or technical school, you may choose to register to vote using your home-away-from-home address you use while at school or your traditional home address. Choosing which address to use when you register to vote is a personal decision. Whatever you decide, you may not register to vote in two places during the same election cycle.

  If you are a student living temporarily outside the United States, you can register to vote and apply to vote by mail using the Federal Post Card Application (Absentee Ballot) that is used by all other New Yorkers who are living abroad.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

• How often do I need to register to vote?

  You are required to register to vote only once. However, if information like your name or address changes, you need to fill out the voter registration form again to keep your voter information up to date. Check your voter registration information at this link.

• Which party should I be affiliated with?

  KAGC does not endorse any party or candidate; as such KAGC does not guide anyone to vote for, or be affiliated with, any specific party. In most parts of the United States, the Republican Party and Democratic Party are two major political parties. Throughout U.S. history, 19 presidents have been Republican (including Presidents Lincoln, Reagan, Bush, and Trump) and 14 have been Democrats (including Presidents Franklin Roosevelt, Kennedy, Clinton, and Obama) You may find more information on their respective websites. When registering to vote in New York, you will have to disclose which political party you would like to enroll in.

• Am I limited to vote for the party I'm affiliated with?

  In New York, voters may vote for any candidate of their choice for each position on the ballot in the general elections. However, during the primary election, New York voters may only vote in the primary election of the political party they are affiliated with. 

• What is this year's election about?

  On top of the ballot across the U.S. this year will be the candidates for U.S. President / Vice President. In New York, there are also candidates for U.S. House of Representatives, New York Supreme Court Justices (Districts 5-10), New York State Senators, New York State Assembly, judges of the New York Civil Court, as well as several local positions and statewide ballot measures. For more information, please see the section above on this page.

• What is my district? Who is running in my district?

  To find your congressional district, visit the U.S. House of Representatives website and enter your zip code in the search bar on the top right-hand corner of the main page. For information on your New York legislative district, please visit the New York Senate and the New York Assembly.

• Must I vote for each position on the ballot?

  Voters are not required to vote for every single position listed on the ballot. You may skip any position you do not support any candidate for, and you may also write-in a candidate of your choice not listed on the ballot. In the general election, voters may also vote for any candidate of preference regardless of party affiliations.

• What happens if I move?

  Every time there is a change in your address, whether in-state or out of state, you must update the information by filling out a voter registration form. Government agencies often mail election-related information to your address on file, which sometimes requires a prompt response. When a response is missing for a certain period of time, your voter registration may be considered inactive and is subject to elimination.

• I registered to vote a long time ago. What should I do now?

  Please visit this website to check your voter registration status, as well as the information on your voter registration. If your status is inactive, your information does not appear, or any of your information is inaccurate, please fill out the voter registration form and submit it by the deadline. You can find them above under “How do you plan to register to vote?”.

• Does voting lead to a mandatory jury duty?

  No. Voter registration and jury duty have no correlation with each other. Jury duty selection is made based on a different database than the voter roll.