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Countdown to Election Day Primary Election: Tuesday, September 9, 2008
General Election:  Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Information For Voters:

Elections are held in both even- and odd-numbered years. In every even-numbered year (2004, 2006, etc.) New York State citizens elect, to two-year terms:

  • all members of the U.S. House of Representatives who represent us in Washington
  • all members of the New York State Assembly and Senate who represent us in Albany.

In every other even-numbered year (2004, 2008, etc.) ballots are cast for President and Vice President of the United States.

In even-numbered non-presidential years (2002, 2006, etc.) New York State citizens elect:

  • Governor and Lieutenant Governor
  • Comptroller
  • Attorney General

U.S. Senators, who represent New York State in Washington, are elected to six-year terms in some even-numbered years (2004, 2006, etc.)

Ballots are cast for local town, city, and village officials in either even- or odd-numbered years as prescribed by their charters.  Some local elections are also held in March.

For additional information, contact your local Board of Elections:

Broome County Board of Elections
County Office Building, Second Floor
PO Box 1766, Binghamton, NY 13902
607-778-2172

Tioga County Board of Elections
56 Main Street
Owego, NY 13827
607-687-8261

For a Voter Registration Form........................click here---> Registration

For an Absentee Ballot Form...........................click here---> Absentee

For a Military Absentee Ballot Form...............click here---> Military Absentee

(this will require an Acrobat Reader, if you do not have one, click here to obtain it for no cost...---> Acrobat)

To find which

Congressional District,

State Senate District or

State Assembly District you are in...............click here--> District

 

To find Broome County election information
including your polling place, list of  officials, list of officials with terms expiring, and election results

    ........... click on Broome County Board of Elections

To find Tioga County election information
including your polling place, list of County officials, and election results

   ............click on  Tioga County Board of Elections

To find NYS State election information

   ............click on NYS Board of Elections