Vote and advocate

Make your voice heard in local, state, and national elections

You have the right to make your voice heard through local, state and national elections. In partnership with the and the Broome County Board of Elections, the Center for Community Engagement鈥檚 nonpartisan voting program is committed to helping students be engaged and informed voters. Stop by the CCE in UU-137 for help registering to vote or requesting an absentee ballot, to drop off your completed form or to ask questions about voting or registering to vote.

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What's on the ballot

Get out the vote

Be sure to review important dates and deadlines, below.


You have a choice!

You can register at your home address (typically a parent's address) or at your on-campus or off-campus address. Students who register at home will need to request an absentee ballot if they cannot return home to vote. If you register with your on-campus address, you will vote in the University Union for general elections. Off-campus students will vote at a polling site near their residence. 

Out-of-state students can register using their Broome County address. Registering locally will not impact your residency status for tuition purposes or impact your federal financial aid. In rare cases, certain scholarships could be impacted by changing your voter registration (for example, a scholarship based on your home-state residency that uses voter registration as part of a residency determination).

You must be 18 in order to vote, but if you are 16 or 17 you can submit your voter registration form and it will become active once you turn 18.

You can change your registration by filling out a new voter registration form (note Important Dates and Deadlines listed below). You can only be registered and vote in one location. Completing a new voter registration form will update your voter registration address. Not sure if you're registered?

Voter registration records are one of several ways that individuals may be identified for jury duty. Students should respond promptly to any jury summons and provide the required information if they are unable to serve.


Important dates and deadlines for New York Elections

November 3 Election: Polls Open 6a.m.-9p.m.

October 24

Last day for your board of elections to receive voter registration

October 24

Last day for your board of elections to receive early mail or absentee ballot application by mail or through the early mail or absentee ballot request portal

October 24鈥� November 1

Early Voting

November 2

Last day to apply in person for a mail ballot

November 3

Election Day

November 3

Last day to postmark mail ballots or deliver your ballot in person to the local board of elections or to any poll site in your county. To ensure your mail ballot is postmarked by this deadline, we highly recommend taking it to a  in person and requesting a postmark. 

Note: You cannot drop off an absentee ballot from another county at the campus polling place or any other polling place in Broome County.


Have additional questions or need assistance with the voting process?

  • Contact the at 607-778-2172 or in their offices at 60 Hawley St, 91社区. 
  • Find contact information for your .
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  • Visit the CCE in UU-137 or email the CCE at cce@binghamton.edu or 607-777-4287.
  • Check out the Andrew Goodman Foundation's one-stop-shop to make sure you're ready to vote!

Partnerships and awards

If you or your student organization would like to partner with the CCE's nonpartisan voter engagement and education initiatives, email cce@binghamton.edu.

Building an Institutionalized Approach to Student Voter Engagement on 91社区鈥檚 Campus

The Center for Civic Engagement has worked over the year to boost voter participation on campus. Learn more about the progress of civic engagement at 91社区.

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The CCE supports student Vote Everywhere Ambassadors who register voters and reduce voting barriers.

Important voting dates and deadlines

Oct
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The CCE will accept paper voter registration forms for New York counties other than Broome County until 12pm on October 20.
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The CCE will be open from 10am to 2pm on Saturday, October 24 to take voter registrations for Broome County only and answer questions about voting. You can register and vote early on October 24 by going to any early voting site in Broome County; visit for details.
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痴颈蝉颈迟听聽to request your New York mail ballot online.
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Oct
27
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If you use Campus Mail Services to return your mail ballot, it is recommended that you deliver your completed, sealed ballot to them at least a week before the New York ballot postmark deadline (November 3). 聽 Voting by mail in another state? Ballot return rules vary by state. Visit vote.gov for state-specific election information.
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If you are returning your New York mail ballot within a week of the November 3 deadline, please bring it in-person to a and request a postmark on your election mail. The #5 and #47 BC Transit routes travel directly from campus to nearby post offices. (Campus Mail Services in the Union cannot apply postmarks to mail.)
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Get out and vote! New York polls are open from 6am to 9pm. If voting on Election Day, you must vote at your assigned poll site for your current address: visit voterlookup.elections.ny.gov to find your poll site. If you live on campus and are registered to vote on campus, your poll site is in the Mandela Room in the University Union.

See full details on dates and deadlines on the Vote and Advocate homepage.