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Registration deadlines for Nov. 7 election

Oct 05, 2017 1:12 pm
Anyone wanting to vote in the Nov. 7 election must be registered, and the deadlines are next week. Oct. 13 is the deadline for registering at local board of elections offices. Registration by mail must be received by a board of elections office no later than October 18. Notices of change of address from registered voters must be received by October 18 by a county board of elections office. To change a party enrollment, it must be before Oct. 13. Also Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the winning design for the "I Voted" sticker the state will give out this year. The sticker celebrates the Centennial of women voting in elections in the United States. The sticker that will be given out at many polling places Nov. 7 features "General" Rosalie Jones, a New York suffragist and organizer. In December, 1912, Jones led a two-week, 150 mile-long hike, on foot, from New York City to Albany. Upon arriving in Albany, the women presented a petition to Governor-elect Sulzer, who expressed his support for women's suffrage. The winning sticker will be printed and distributed to the Boards of Election in each county across New York. County Boards of Election may distribute the stickers at polling places across the State on Election Day, November 7. The New York State Women's Suffrage Commission, chaired by Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, is organizing programs to commemorate women's suffrage between 2017, 100 years from when women won the right to vote in New York State, and 2020, which will be a century after the 19th Amendment was ratified. The Commission's programs celebrate the accomplishment of women's suffrage and the central role of New Yorkers and New York State in this milestone, while also helping shape the future to ensure a more just and equitable society for all. To learn more, visit www.ny.gov/suffrage.