Politics & Government

Early Voting To Begin For 2024 Presidential Primary In Rockland County

Democrats and Republicans have voting options for the primary. Not registered? You have till Saturday.

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ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY — The presidential primary in New York will be held Tuesday, April 2, and voters registered as Democrats or Republicans in Rockland have options for casting their ballots for presidential candidates.

There’s early voting, which begins Saturday, and early mail and absentee ballots. Of course, you can always go to the polls on the actual day of the primary.

Important deadlines for the presidential primary election are:

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  • Registering to vote for the first time: March 23
  • Submit an absentee ballot application by mail; must be received by your county board of elections on or before March 23
  • Submit an absentee ballot application in-person to your county board of elections: April 1
  • Return your voted absentee ballot by mail: Postmarked by April 2; your county board of elections must receive your ballot by April 9
  • Return your voted absentee ballot in-person: April 2 by close of polls at 9 p.m.

Instructions on requesting early mail or absentee ballots can be found here.

There will be eight days of early voting:

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  • Saturday, March 23, 2024 from 9AM until 6PM
  • Sunday, March 24, 2024 from 9AM until 6PM
  • Monday, March 25, 2024, from 8AM until 5PM
  • Tuesday, March 26, 2024, from 11AM until 8PM
  • Wednesday, March 27, 2024, from 8AM until 5PM
  • Thursday, March 28, 2024, from 11AM until 8PM
  • Friday, March 29, 2024, from 8AM until 5PM
  • Saturday, March 30, 2024, from 9AM until 6PM

Rockland voters registered in either party can vote at any one of five early voting centers:

▪ Clarkstown Town Hall, 10 Maple Ave., New City, NY 10956
▪ Haverstraw Town Hall, 1 Rosman Rd., Garnerville, NY 10923
▪ Orangetown Town Hall, 26 W. Orangeburg Rd., Orangeburg, NY 10962
▪ Ramapo Town Hall, 237 Route 59, Suffern, NY 10901
▪ Stony Point Kirkbride Hall, 5 Patriot Hills Ln., Stony Point, NY 10980

Presidential Primary Sample Ballots are available on Polling Site Lookup & Sample Ballots.

To confirm you are registered to vote, use this form. It will also tell you where you can participate in early voting, where your polling site is for Tuesday, April 2 and who is on the ballot for the party in which you are registered.

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