Absentee ballot (non-political)

emilybee
Sat, 22 Oct 2016 14:04:43 +0000

@techmom99, I’m in NY and I miss the lever machines, too. I’m surprised you think lines will be very long. I’m in a suburb if Cap District and I’ve never waited in a line more then a few minutes, if that. Our ballots are very short with none of the dozens of propositions so many states have. It takes about a minute to fill in ballot here.

As for absentee ballots in NY we have strict rules on who can vote absentee:

"To vote absentee in New York, you must meet one of the following qualifications:

Be absent from your county or the city of New York on Election Day, Nov 8
Be unable to vote in person because you have a temporary or permanent illness or disability or because you’re the primary caregiver of one or more individuals who are ill or physically disabled
Be a patient or inmate in a Veterans Administration Hospital
Be detained in jail, awaiting trial or Grand Jury action, or in prison conviction for an offense that isn’t a felony"

I think we also have many more polling places in NY then it seems like they have in a lot of other states. I’ve also never heard of polling places being shut down to make it more difficult (and cause long lines) for people to go vote as I seen reported for many years now in other states, Iirc, that was a situation in Arizona during their primary this year.