Garden City Republicans & Kemp Hannon Voter Registration Made Easy

On Saturdays, September 22 & September 29, the Garden City Republicans in conjunction with Senator Kemp Hannon will be at their campaign headquarters, 648 Franklin Avenue, Garden City from 9:30 am until 5:30 pm for the purpose of providing residents with voter registration forms and absentee ballot applications. These forms are always available there as well as at the Nassau County Board of Elections (BOE) located at 240 Old Country Road and at Senator Kemp Hannon’s Community Office, 595 Stewart Avenue, Suite 540.  You may call the

1-800-FOR-VOTE  hotline to request a voter application. You can also download both applications by pasting these links into your browser: http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/BOE/documents/VoterRegistrationFormEnglish_000.pdf and http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/download/voting/Absentee06152010.pdf.

“Every year many residents turn 18, between being a senior in high school or a freshman off to college, they may not have had the time to register to vote. Conversely, others already know they will be elsewhere on Election Day and if they want to vote, they need to request an absentee ballot to allow them the flexibility to vote in this election,” said Senator Hannon.  “We just want to make it easier for people by making this service available, they can stop in any day at my campaign headquarters and pick up the forms they want and return them to the Board of Elections by mail in plenty of time for the November 6 election, “Hannon concluded.

A voter application must be postmarked no later than October 12th and received by the BOE no later than October 17th to be eligible to vote in the General Election. You may register at the BOE or any state agency participating in the National Voter Registration Act, on any business day throughout the year but, to be eligible to vote in the November General Election, your application must be received no later than October 12th except, if you have been honorably discharged from the military or have become a naturalized citizen since October 12th, you may register in person at the board of elections up until October 26th. 

You may also notify the BOE of your change of address but to be recorded properly for the General Election, notices of change of address from already registered voters must be received by October 17th by the BOE in order to be processed and entered in the records in time.

Those who will be unavoidably absent on November 6, but wish to exercise their right to vote may do so by making an absentee ballot application to the BOE.  This application request must be postmarked by October 30, 2012 by mail or by visiting in person up until November 5, at the Nassau County BOE, 240 Old Country Road, 5th Floor. November 5, is also the last day to postmark the ballot once you have it and the BOE must receive it no later than November 13.  If you wish you may also hand deliver the ballot to the BOE on November 6th.

Military voters are extended extra time. If one is not previously a registered absentee you can submit a new application for your absentee ballot up until October 27th and whereas those previously registered have until October 30, and the last day to apply in person at the BOE is November 5.  

For other election related information about Kemp Hannon please visit www.electhannon.com.