Had dinner with a friend who's a NYS Election Judge this week...

[brooklynite]

In the upcoming Primaries (June and August), if you request an Absentee Ballot, you CANNOT then come in to the polls on Election Day or during early voting. You MUST vote the Absentee Ballot.

[mitch96]

1. So can you fill out the absentee ballot and take it to the board of elections office

and put it in their mail box? That's what I did in Florida and it was counted.
No lines, just a little ride..easy peasy...
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[brooklynite]

2. Yes, but not the polling station.

[mitch96]

3. got it, tnx..nt

[Maeve]

4. Also true in Ohio

Vote the absentee ballot and return it by mail or to the main Board of Elections office. Otherwise, if you show up in person, it will be a provisional ballot you fill out and it will only count after it is determined you did NOT send in the absentee ballot.

[hlthe2b]

5. And what if you don't RECEIVE that Absentee Ballot?

The obvious remedy is to go to the polls on election day and vote on the provisional ballot. Is he saying they can't even do THAT? I find that hard to believe.

[brooklynite]

7. In that case, you would go to the polls and file a Provisional Ballot.

That said, NYC does not have a record of not delivering Absentee Ballots.

[hlthe2b]

9. I just said that. But no, provisional ballots must be counted if it is verified that an absentee

ballot WAS NOT CAST--i.e., NOT that it was not delivered to the voter. The latter is NOT the standard. Is this precinct judge saying otherwise?

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Same in NJ

[jimfields33]

8. Seems reasonable.