Qualifications to Register to Vote:

• be a United States citizen;
• be 18 years old (you may pre-register at 16 or 17 but cannot vote until you are 18);
• resident of this state and the county town or village for at least 30 days before the election;
• Not be in prison for a felony conviction; 
• Not be adjudged mentally incompetent by a court;
• Not claim the right to vote elsewhere.

• You can register online here. To register online you will need to use a NY.Gov ID. If you have previously used a NY.Gov ID with another agency, you may use the same login to access the Online Voter Registration portal. If you have not used a NY.Gov ID you will need to create an account.
• You can register in person at your county board of elections or at any New York State Agency-Based voter registration center.
• You can complete a PDF version of the New York State Voter Registration Form online by clicking here. Type the necessary information and select the appropriate boxes. Once the form is completed, you need to print the form and sign it. We can not accept any kind of digital or Adobe-generated signature. Then, mail the form to your county board of elections. Alternatively, you can print the form to complete by hand.
• You can request a New York State Voter Registration form by mail by entering your name directly into the New York State Board of Elections mailing list data base here.
• You can also complete an Accessible version of the New York State Voter Registration Form on-line here, typing the necessary information and selection the appropriate boxes.

Change of Name and/or Address

The voter registration form should be used as a change of address form. Notices of change of address from registered voters received at least 10 days before a special, primary or general election by a county board of elections must be processed and entered in the records in time for that election.

Change of Party Enrollment 

Any change of enrollment must be received by the Board of Elections no later than February 14th and will not take effect until 7 days after the Primary Election.

You can find your registration status and poll site information here.

Click here for information provided by the NYS Board of Elections.
Anyone who may want to run for a local office such as County, Town or Village please contact the Franklin County Board of Elections for information.