- Meet one of the qualifications:
- Absent from your county or, if a resident of New York City, absent from the five boroughs on Election Day
- Unable to appear at the polls due to temporary or permanent illness or disability (temporary illness includes being unable to appear due to risk of contracting or spreading a communicable disease like COVID- 19)
- Unable to appear because you are the primary care giver of one or more individuals who are ill or physically disabled
- A resident or patient of a Veterans Health Administration Hospital
- Detained in jail awaiting Grand Jury action, trial, or disposition of a case but not yet convicted
- Confined in prison after conviction for an offense other than a felony
- Download and complete an absentee ballot application
- Apply for an absentee ballot online at https://www.elections.ny.gov/VotingAbsentee.html