Early voting starts Saturday in New York City and runs for nine days through Sunday, Nov. 1. Voters should check the Board of Elections site to find their specific polling locations. Jarret Berg said that mail voting remains "a great option," but advised sending ballots early to avoid any postal delays.
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Elections wrap politics and policy choices together. We'll get to some of them. But there are mundane things to keep in mind, too, starting with early voting, which begins on Saturday in New York City and runs for nine days, through Sunday, Nov. 1.
Voting early: Where, when and who
The place to cast your early ballot in New York City may be different from your polling place on Election Day. You can put your address into this poll site locator from the Board of Elections to find out where you can vote early and when, because the hours will differ as the week goes on.
Jarret Berg, a co-founder of Vote Early New York, expects an uptick in the early voting turnout this year, in part because Zohran Mamdani's candidacy for mayor drew thousands of new voters last year. He also said that early turnout could reflect concerns about voting by mail. President Trump has long promoted baseless claims that mail voting is plagued by fraud.
Berg said that mail voting remains "a great option." But he advised sending in mail ballots early "so you're not relying on an underresourced post office," even though ballots postmarked by Election Day must be counted.
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