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Governor: 'Sweeping
Reforms' Clear Way
For Absentee Voting
3 Ways Make It Easier To Get,
Submit Trump-vs-Biden Ballots
ALBANY – In what he termed "sweeping reform," Governor Cuomo today signed a law that will make it easier for New Yorkers to vote by absentee ballot in this fall's Presidential election.
According to the Otsego County Board of Elections, the package:
- Expands the definition of “Temporary Illness” on absentee ballot applications to include avoiding contracting an illness or disease (including COVID-19).
- Starting today, allows voters without an application form to request a ballot by letter, fax or email and an application will be included with their ballot.
- Moves the last day to postmark an absentee ballot to Election Day, Nov. 3.