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What to know to vote by mail in Rochester & Monroe County



Applying for an Early Mail Ballot

📝 Ways to apply for an Early Mail Ballot:


📅 When is it due?

Applications requesting to receive an early mail ballot must be received by the Monroe County Board of Elections no later than ten days before the election. For early mail ballots to be received in-person, applications must be received by MCBOE no later than the day before the election.


📬 When will your ballot will be sent?

Your early mail ballot materials will be sent to you beginning 46 days before federal, state, county, city or town elections in which you are eligible to vote. If you applied after this date, your ballot will be sent immediately after your completed and signed application is received and processed by MCBOE.


🙋 Who can apply for an Early Mail Ballot?

Any registered voter may apply for an early mail ballot. Each person must apply for themselves. It is a felony to make a false statement in an application for an early mail ballot, to attempt to cast an illegal ballot, or to help anyone to cast an illegal ballot.


How to Vote Early By Mail

📑 Instructions

  1. Once your receive the ballot, mark your choices appropriately, following the instructions on the ballot.
  2. Once you have completed marking your ballot fold it up and place it in the Security Envelope. (This envelope will have a place for your signature.)
  3. Sign and date the outside of the Security Envelope.
  4. Seal the Security Envelope.
  5. All early mail ballots include a pre-paid Return Envelope. Place the Security Envelope in the Return Envelope. (This envelope will have the return address of the Monroe County Board of Elections on the outside and should have a logo that reads, “Official Election Mail”.) The Return Envelope does not require any additional postage.
  6. Seal the Return Envelope.
  7. Return your ballot using one of the methods below.

📩 Ways to return your ballot for the...

 📍 June 24, 2025 Primary Election:

 📍 November 4, 2025 General Election:


📡 Early Mail Ballot Tracking

Voters can track their early mail ballot via the NYS Board of Elections' Poll Site Search, Voter Registration, and Mail Ballot Tracker available at https://voterlookup.elections.ny.gov


📰 The text on this page has been adapted from the New York State Board of Elections Mail-In Voting Information Pages


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