Your Vote Counts!

This fall, New Yorkers will make history. We will help elect the next president of the United States as well as our representatives in Congress and in the state legislature in Albany. The decisions we make as voters can help to shape the course our lives will take for years to come.

Tuesday, November 8 is National Election Day!

It’s never too early to make a plan to vote!

1. Use the nonpartisan NYC Votes Voter Guide to learn about the candidates (www.nyccfb.info/voterguide).

2. Look up your poll site at nyc.pollsitelocator.com.

3. Polls will open at 6:00 a.m. and close at 9:00 p.m. on Nov. 8. Know your rights:

• You have the right to bring materials, including the NYC Votes Voter Guide, into the polls when you vote (be sure to take it with you when you leave).

• You have the right to ask an election worker how to vote.

• You have the right to assistance if you need help voting. Assistance can be provided by a person of your choice (except your employer or union representative), including poll workers.

• If you need an interpreter, call the NYC Board of Elections (866-Vote-NYC) for more information.

• You have the right to cast a ballot, known as an “affidavit bal lot,” if a machine is broken or your name is missing from the list of voters at your poll site.

• There is no voter identification requirement in New York State. (However, if you did not include your Social Security number or driver’s license number on your voter registration form, you will be asked to present identification when you vote for the first time only.)