NY-12 Voter Guide
Poll site, what to bring, and how to register

Vote in the NY-12 primary.

Register by
Sat, Jun 13 2026
10 days before Primary Day
Early voting
Jun 13 to 21
9 days, all NYC sites
Primary day
Tue, Jun 23 2026
Polls 6 AM to 9 PM

Make sure you're registered.

Deadline to register or update: Sat, Jun 13 2026.

Check my registration →
I need to register Check my party
Remind me before Jun 13: Google Calendar
Three ways to register
  1. Online: fastest, if your signature is on file at the DMV (~3 minutes). elections.ny.gov
  2. By mail: form must be received by Jun 13. Mail to: Board of Elections in the City of New York, 32 Broadway, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10004. Download form (PDF) (other languages)
  3. In person: any NYC BOE office, any DMV, libraries, post offices, IDNYC sites. NYC BOE page
Who can register
  • U.S. citizen, age 18 by the next general election (Nov 3, 2026).
  • NY resident for at least 30 days before the election.
  • Not currently serving a felony sentence in prison (parolees can vote).
  • Not adjudged incompetent by a court.
Moved to the district? Registered somewhere else?

If you live in NY-12 now but you're still registered at an old address (even elsewhere in New York), you can update your registration to your current address. This works whether you're in the same county or a different one (e.g. Westchester → Manhattan).

Address-change deadline: Mon, Jun 8 2026. This is earlier than the new-registration deadline (Jun 13). Update your address by June 8 to vote at your new poll site in this primary.

How to update:

  1. Online (fastest): fill out a new voter registration at elections.ny.gov with your current NY-12 address. Your old registration is automatically canceled.
  2. By mail: submit a voter registration form with your new address. Must be received by the NYC BOE by Jun 8.
  3. In person: any NYC BOE office or DMV.

Important: this only works if you're already a registered Democrat (or registering for the first time as a Democrat). If you're registered with another party, the party-change deadline was Feb 14 — too late for this primary. See "Party rules" below.

Party rules (this is a closed primary)

Only registered Democrats can vote in the Democratic primary; only registered Republicans can vote in the Republican primary. "No party" or third-party voters can't vote in either June primary, but can still vote in November.

Want to change parties? Too late for this primary. Under NY Election Law §5-304(3), party-enrollment changes had to be filed by February 14, 2026 to take effect on June 23. Any change filed after that takes effect June 30, 2026 (one week after Primary Day). For this primary you'll vote under whatever party you were enrolled with on Feb 14. (New registrations are different: a brand-new voter can register with a party as late as Jun 13.)

Find your poll site.

Use your location, or type your NYC address.

or type it in

Or vote by mail.

Any registered NY voter can request a mail ballot — no excuse needed. Request must be received by Sat, Jun 13 2026.

Request a mail ballot →
Application forms (PDF) Track my ballot
Two kinds of mail ballot (you only need one)
  • Early Mail Ballot — any registered voter, no reason required. Added by NY in 2023.
  • Absentee Ballot — for voters who are ill, have a disability, are caring for someone who is, are out of the county on Primary Day, or are detained. Same deadlines as above.

Both arrive looking the same and count the same. Pick whichever the form lets you check off.

How to request one
  1. Online (fastest): requestballot.vote.nyc. Must be submitted by Jun 13, 2026.
  2. By mail: download the application form (PDF, multiple languages) and mail it to the NYC BOE. Must be received by Jun 13 — mail it about a week early to be safe.
  3. In person at any NYC BOE office: through Jun 22 (the day before Primary Day).
How to return your ballot
  • By mail: must be postmarked by Jun 23 and received by the BOE within 7 days. Drop it in a USPS box, not your home mailbox.
  • In person at any NYC poll site: hand it to a poll worker any day of early voting (Jun 13–21) or on Primary Day (Jun 23) before 9 PM.
  • At a BOE office: drop off through 9 PM on Jun 23.
  • Sign the outer envelope. Unsigned ballots get rejected; the BOE will try to contact you to cure it, but don't count on it.
Got a mail ballot but want to vote in person instead?

Once the BOE has issued you a mail ballot, you can't vote on a poll-site machine for this election — even if you bring the unvoted ballot with you. You can still vote in person, but only by affidavit ballot. The BOE checks that you didn't also return your mail ballot, then counts the affidavit. If your mail ballot is in hand and unvoted, the safest path is to just fill it out and drop it off at any poll site or BOE office.

Show up to vote.

You can vote early in person (Jun 13–21) or on Election Day (Jun 23). Pick how you're voting to see the details.

Get reminded before each deadline.

Up to 3 messages: register-by-Jun-13, early voting opens, and "the primary is tomorrow." Then we delete the list.

We'll send a confirmation first — you only get reminders after you tap to confirm. Texting is new for us; if carriers don't approve our number in time, you'll still get the emails. Msg & data rates apply; reply STOP to cancel. Every email has a one-click unsubscribe. We never share your info.

How this works & what gets shared
  1. Your address stays in your browser. We only use it to ask OpenStreetMap to standardize it, and to pass it to findmypollsite.vote.nyc, the official NYC Board of Elections poll-site lookup.
  2. "Use my current location" asks your browser for GPS. You can refuse; typing your address works just as well.
  3. Autocomplete suggestions come from OpenStreetMap's free Nominatim service, restricted to the five boroughs of NYC.
  4. We don't log, store, or send your address anywhere else. There's no tracking or analytics on this page.
  5. Reminders are the one exception: if you sign up above, we store the email/phone you give us, send up to 3 voting reminders for this primary, and then delete the list. Your address lookup is never stored, and signups are never shared or sold.