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Voting in New York.

Three ways to vote, three deadlines. ID rules and vote-by-mail policy below — verify the specifics with the New York Secretary of State at the link.

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Official source of record
New York State Board of Elections
Verify →
VOTER ID REQUIREMENTS
New York does not require photo ID. First-time voters who registered by mail without providing ID may need to show ID.
VOTE BY MAIL
Any registered voter can request an absentee ballot. Early mail voting available.
Register to vote →Find polling place →
3NCSL voter ID requirements2026-04-153NCSL absentee + VBM rules2026-04-15
Official action — NY

The state’s own tools, with links to verify.

Each card below routes to the official New York system. Where the state delegates to county Supervisors of Elections, the card says so honestly.

Statewide→
Check my registration
Name + DOB + county + address. Same page hosts ballot-tracker.
Statewide→
Register / update online
Runs through NY DMV / NY.gov ID. NYC has parallel: e-register.vote.nyc.
Statewide→
Find my polling place
NYC additionally: findmypollsite.vote.nyc.
County
Preview my ballot
No statewide tool. NYC: findmypollsite.vote.nyc returns sample ballot for boroughs.
State + county→
Request a mail ballot
NYC parallel system at requestballot.vote.nyc. NY now has no-excuse early mail.
Statewide→
Track my mail ballot
Tracker rolled into VoterLookup. NYC parallel: requestballot.vote.nyc/tracking.
Statewide→
See who's on the ballot
Statewide-office only — county/municipal candidates at the county board.
Statewide→
Statewide ballot measures
No 2026 statewide proposals identified yet as of 2026-05-01.
Statewide→
Live + past results
Live results. Historical 1994+: results.elections.ny.gov.
Statewide→
Election calendar
Local authorities — NY

First-class county / borough sources.

For some tasks — especially sample ballot, drop-box lists, and live local results — the county or borough is the authoritative source. We list them here as peer authorities, not delegates.

FIRST-CLASS
New York City Board of Elections
Single BOE covers all 5 boroughs. findmypollsite.vote.nyc beats the state's voterlookup. Lowest-friction tracker auth in the top-5.
~5,000,000 registered voters
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turnout.app/how-to-vote/ny · 2026-05-02 · NCSL
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