NEW YORK NURSE SUMMER 2024
2024
General Election Voter Guide
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ur ability to strengthen our public health infrastructure — our social safety net — and support frontline workers depends on electing candidates who support nurses, healthcare professionals and our communities. As the 2024 election season heats up, this is our chance to get involved and help elect NYSNA champions who will make a difference in the lives of nurses, healthcare workers and our patients! NYSNA is proud to announce our endorsements for the 2024 general election. These candidates share nurses’ values of community and compassion and are committed to uplifting working people everywhere. Help us build political power for our union and make sure we elect pro-worker, pro-healthcare representatives to office so we can hold employers and special interests accountable.
NYSNA Treasurer Margaret Franks, BSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC, attended a GOTV event for Yvette Valdes Smith along with labor and healthcare champion Sen. Michelle Hinchey.
HOW TO VOTE Key Dates l Oct. 26: last day to register to vote, in person or by mail l Oct. 26-Nov. 3: early voting l Nov. 4: last day to apply in person for a ballot l Nov. 5: Election Day! Last day to postmark ballot/last day to deliver ballot in person to county board of elections or your poll site Absentee Voting Information You may qualify to vote absentee for the following reasons: 1. Absent from your county or, if a resident of New York City, absent from the five boroughs on Election Day. 2. Unable to appear at the polls due to temporary or permanent illness or disability. 3. Unable to appear because you are the primary caregiver of one
or more individuals who are ill or physically disabled. 4. A resident or patient of a Veterans Health Administration Hospital. You may apply for an absentee ballot in any of the following ways: l Apply online at https:// ballotapplication.elections. ny.gov/home/absentee. l Go in person to your local county board of elections. (For more information, visit https:// elections.ny.gov/.) l Designate another person to deliver your application in person to your local county board of elections and receive your ballot. l Download a PDF version of the New York State Absentee Ballot Application Form: https:// elections.ny.gov/.
You can track your absentee ballot via the Board of Elections’ Poll Site Search, Voter Registration and Absentee Ballot Tracker available at https://voterlookup.elections. ny.gov/. You may return the ballot in any of the following ways: 1. Put it in the mail, ensuring it receives a postmark no later than Nov. 5. The County Board of Elections must receive it no later than Nov. 12. 2. Bring it to your County Board of Elections Office no later than 9 p.m. on Nov. 5. 3. Bring it to an early voting poll site in your county between Oct. 26 and Nov. 3. 4. Bring it to a poll site in your county by 9 p.m. on Nov. 5. CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
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