Access To Voting In The June 23 New York Primary

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There will be two ways to vote from home in the June 23 New York Primary.

  1. All eligible voters will be sent an application for an absentee ballot. If you want one just mail back the request. Read more about this from the New York State Board of Elections here.

  2. Request an electronic ballot, if your disability makes it harder for you to complete a paper ballot without help. The flier below explains the details.

Make sure to email your request form to your county Board of Elections by June 16.

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Text of the above flier:

How To Get An Accessible Absentee Ballot

Accessible Absentee Ballots are now available for New York voters with disabilities for the June 23, 2020 Primary Election.

1. A voter who is unable to mark a paper ballot because of a disability can request an accessible absentee ballot using the request form found here: https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/download/Voting/NYAccessibleElectronicAbsBallotApp.pdf. You may need to download this form to your device and open in Adobe so you can complete and send by email.

2. The voter must email their completed request form to their county BOE on or before June 16. Voters can sign the request form with text input or e-signature.

3. The county BOE will email the accessible absentee ballot to the voter as soon as possible after it receives the voter’s request form. The county BOE also mails a postage paid return envelope and oath envelope to the voter.

4. On the electronic ballot, the voter can mark their selections on the computer and print it out at home.

5. The voter must sign the oath envelope anywhere on the envelope, then put the ballot in the oath envelope. The voter must put the oath envelope in the larger envelope provided with paid postage by the county BOE. A voter must get the ballot in the mail by June 22, or hand-deliver it to the county BOE by June 23, 2020.

If you have questions about New York’s new accessible absentee ballot process, contact DRNY’s Voting Hotline at (800) 993-8982 (M-F 9am to 5pm), email PAVA@drny.org, or submit an intake here: https:/www.drny.org/intake.php.