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REGISTRATION, ENROLLMENT, VOTING You can register to vote at any time during the year. To vote you must be a U. S. citizen, a resident of New York City for 30 days by Election Day, 18 years of age by Election Day, and you must be registered. You can register in person, or mail your completed Registration Form. Once registered, your registration remains in effect as long as you have not moved, changed your name or are serving a sentence for a felony conviction. You may register at your borough Board of Elections (or any agency participating in the National Voter Registration Act) on any business day throughout the year. Forms are available from your borough Board of Elections (see addresses below), town and city hall, post office, political parties, various state offices, and the League of Women Voters. Click here to print a blank Registration Form. For a Spanish, Chinese or Korean Registration Form go to http://vote.nyc.ny.us/publications.html. If you are registering for the first time you must provide a valid photo ID. Click here to print a blank Absentee Ballot APPLICATION Form. For a Spanish, Chinese or Korean Absentee Ballot Application Form go to http://vote.nyc.ny.us/publications.html . HOW TO VOTE BALLOT-MARKING DEVICES This election, Ballot Marking Devices (BMDs) are also available at polling sites to assist voters, especially those with disabilities, to vote. BMD ballots will be counted with paper ballots. For more information about BMDs, call 866-VOTE-NYC (212-487-5496 for the hearing impaired) or visit www.vote.nyc.ny.us/bmdenglishfaqtxt.html. POLITICAL PARTIES IN NEW YORK If you are a registered voter and are enrolled in a political party (Conservative, Democratic, Independence, Republican, Working Families) you can vote in your party's primary. (You can still vote for any party's candidate in the general election.). What if You Move Under the provisions of the National Voter Registration Act, if you move within your county and have not had the opportunity to notify the Board of Elections, you can go to the polling place in your new location and vote by Affidavit Ballot. This ballot will be sent to the Board of Elections, which verifies the new address. Once verified, the vote will be counted and the change of address noted. VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT IN THE PRIMARY Getting an Absentee Ballot APPLICATION In order to vote with an absentee ballot you must first get an absentee ballot APPLICATION. A written request for an absentee ballot APPLICATION for the September 14th Primary Election must be postmarked no later than September 7, 2010, or you can Click here to print a blank APPLICATION form. For a Spanish, Chinese or Korean Absentee Ballot Application Form go to http://vote.nyc.ny.us/publications.html . After completing the absentee ballot APPLICATION return it to your borough Board of Elections (the addresses are at the bottom of the form). The APPLICATION must be mailed to your county Board of Elections no later than 7 days before the Primary Election. The last day to personally deliver an absentee ballot APPLICATION to the borough office for the Primary is September 13, 2010. You will be sent an absentee ballot form to complete. Voting by Absentee Ballot Mark your votes on the absentee ballot you receive from the Board of Elections by filling in the boxes near your choices, fold the ballot and put it in a smaller envelope. Sign and date the back of the envelope. Seal the envelope and put it in the larger envelope addressed to the Board of Elections. Make sure you mail or deliver your ballot by these deadlines: Absentee ballots for the September 14 Primary Election must be postmarked no later than September 13, 2010. An Absentee Ballot may be delivered to the borough office for a voter who is unable to vote at the polls no later than 9:00 p.m. on September 14, 2010. BOROUGH BOARDS OF ELECTION: Bronx - 1780 Grand Concourse (10457) 718/299-9017 Brooklyn - 345 Adams Street (11201) 718/797-8800 Manhattan - 200 Varick Street (10014) 212/886-2100 Queens - 126-06 Queens Blvd (11415) 718/730-6730 Staten Island - 1 Edgewater Plaza (10305) 718/876-0079 The General Office of the Board of Elections at 32 Broadway (10004) 7th Fl., is open for extra hours on the days before elections to accept last minute registrations. 212-VOTE-NYC (212-868-3692). Website: http://vote.nyc.ny.us. On this site, you can print out Registration forms and Absentee Ballot Application Forms in English, Spanish, Chinese, and Korean by clicking on Publications and Forms in the left column.