Voting

Check these sites for voting regulations by state, as well as military and overseas voting.

• Voting Rules and Regulations in your state
• VOTE411
• 2020 Federal Elections: Key Dates and Information - from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission
• How to Vote In The 2020 Election - from 538.com
• How to Vote - from rockthevote.org
• Black Voters Matter Voting Toolkit -(using the toolkit will result in receiving a few emails, and text messages/calls if you supply your cell number)

Election Dates and Deadlines for all states
Polling Place locator Check this page for Covid-19 election updates by state

Voter Education - from SUNY Potsdam.  Concentrates on New York.

New York voter registration and poll site search 
Early voting in New York - 10/24 through 11/1.  Site includes locations and times for each county.
Voting Absentee in NY

• Deadlines - Absentee ballots must be requested by 10/27 (in person 11/2)  or postmarked by 10-27 (for most), and received by 11/3.
• Absentee Ballot Electronic Portal
• COVID-19:  Absentee ballets may be requested for reasons of health or temporary illness: "temporary illness includes being unable to appear due to risk of contracting or spreading a communicable disease like COVID-19."

Can I return an absentee ballot in person in New York?

     You may return the ballot in any of the following ways:

• Put it in the mail ensuring it receives a postmark no later than November 3rd.
• Bringing it to the County Board of Elections Office (the county where you are registered to vote) no later than November 3rd by 9pm.
• Bringing it to an early voting poll site between October 24th and November 1st
• Bringing it to a poll site on November 3rd by 9pm

Stamps for absentee ballots:

     A few states have postage paid election mailing (not New York though all registered voters are being sent postage paid absentee ballot applications)
     How many stamps do I need to put on the ballot if it isn't prepaid in my state?

• It depends on how heavy the ballot is, one stamp per ounce.
• Stamps cost 55 cents.
• Stamps can be purchased at Student Mail Service, 111 Barrington Student Union and the U.S. Post Office, 21 Elm Street.  Grocery stores also often sell stamps.

Absentee and Early Voting - information for all states and territories, from usa.gov.

Absentee ballots don't need to be returned through the mail. Here are other options. - Article from CBS news.

Stamps for absentee ballots:

     A few states have postage paid election mailing (not New York though all registered voters are being sent postage paid absentee ballot applications)

     How many stamps do I need to put on the ballot if it isn't prepaid in my state?

• It depends on how heavy the ballot is, one stamp per ounce.
• Stamps cost 55 cents.
• Stamps can be purchased at Student Mail Service, 111 Barrington Student Union and the U.S. Post Office, 21 Elm Street.  Grocery stores also often sell stamps.