Here’s How to Register on National Voter Registration Day

September 22, 2020 is National Voter Day. Have you registered? Will you be voting? Any election where you can help to decide the changes that are going to take place on a local or national level is important.

How do you go about getting yourself registered? In New York State, you can register through the Department of Motor Vehicles (Motor Voter Rule). You can also reach out directly to the county within which you lives Board of Elections.

Are you already registered to vote and need an absentee ballot? Click here. 

Do you want to help out in your community for the election and be a poll worker, yes you will get paid, click here. 

To be eligible to register to vote, you must meet the following criteria:

• Be a US Citizen
• Be 18 years of age or older
• A resident of that particular state, county or city at least 30 days prior to the election
• Not claim the right to vote anywhere else

Are you registered? The deadline to register to vote for the November election is October 9, 2020 for the postmark if you are mailing the application and received by the Board of Elections for by October 14, 2020  for you to be eligible to vote in the General Election.