Guest View: Changes are coming to your polling place
New York already has embraced one progressive move to increase voter turnout, allowing for early voting. Now, a commission empowered to study two other potential changes is taking testimony that will be given…
City of Rochester calls for more early voting poll locations
There are seven early voting locations in Monroe County, chosen by commissioners on the county board of elections, and only one of these locations is in downtown Rochester. That concerns some city voters.
Editorial: Early voting off to a rocky start on Long Island
When State Senate Democrats marked their first day in power by passing a slate of voting reforms in January, it was heralded as a landmark change. After years of…
Larchmont-Mamaroneck Gets Its Own Early Voting Site
In the coming November election you’ll be able to cast your vote ten days early if you wish, and you’ll be able to do it close to home.
Early voting: When to do it, where to do it and other things to know
New Yorkers will make history this year when they vote at polling places before Election Day for the first time. Early voting, signed into law in January by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, was part of a package that…
BOE preps for first year of early voting
Amid state-wide controversy surrounding the implementation of swift voting reform policies instituted by state leaders earlier this year, Oswego County Board of Elections officials said they feel “confident” coming…
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT EARLY VOTING
This year’s Election Day is on Tuesday, November 5th, but New York residents can start voting on October 26th. A new law established a 10-day early voting period. If you do plan on voting early, be prepared for…
New York unlikely to combine two primary elections next year despite push from Cuomo
New Yorkers will likely have two primaries next year despite a recent push from Gov. Cuomo to combine elections that would otherwise be just a couple of months apart.
Early voting has arrived in New York: Here's what that will mean in Monroe County
There will be nine days for early voting between Oct. 26 and Nov. 3. The General Election is on Tuesday, Nov. 5. All the usual neighborhood polling places will be in use on that day, and you can vote at those locations…
Monroe Democrats push for more early-voting sites this fall
Democratic leaders say Monroe County is woefully short of early-voting locations and are pushing to more than double the number of sites where voters can cast their ballots this fall.