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Voting information
This page contains information on the voting process for our budget vote and Board of Education election, which will be held on Tuesday, May 21.
Absentee/early voting ballots
Mail-in voting now available to all!
Albany voters will have a new and convenient option for casting ballots in this spring’s school budget vote and Board of Education election – early voting by mail.
Early voting by mail will work much the same way that absentee voting traditionally has. The main change for this year is that the vote-by-mail option now is available to everyone.
The ²Ê̳ÖÁ×ð will continue to automatically send absentee ballots to people the Albany County Board of Elections designates as having a permanent disability or are in the military.
However, everyone else also can vote by mail now, too.
Applications for vote-by-mail and absentee ballots are available below. You also can call (518) 475-6015 and ask to have a vote-by-mail or absentee application mailed to you.
If you want a vote-by-mail ballot sent to your home, the district clerk must receive your completed application at least seven days before the vote – by Tuesday, May 14 at 4 p.m.
If you want to pick up your vote-by-mail ballot in-person at the district headquarters in Academy Park, you must have your completed application to the clerk by 4 p.m. the day before the budget vote – Monday, May 20.
All absentee and vote-by-mail ballots must be received in the clerk’s office by 5 p.m. on the day of the vote – Tuesday, May 21.
You can call the board clerk with any questions at (518) 475-6015.
In-person voting
The district will conduct voting on May 21 at locations throughout the city. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 9 p.m.
Ward | Districts | Voting Location |
---|---|---|
1st | All |
New Hope Church |
2nd | All | Giffen Memorial Elementary School 274 South Pearl St. |
3rd | All | Sheridan Preparatory Academy 400 Sheridan Ave. |
4th | All | North Albany Middle School 570 North Pearl St. |
5th | All | Arbor Hill/West Hill Library 148 Henry Johnson Blvd. |
6th | All | William S. Hackett Middle School 45 Delaware Ave. |
7th | 1-5 | Delaware Community School 43 Bertha St. |
7th | 6-8 | William S. Hackett Middle School 45 Delaware Ave. |
8th | 1-4 | NEW LOCATION Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School 100 Elbel Court |
8th | 5-9 | Albany School of Humanities (ASH) 108 Whitehall Road |
9th | All | New Scotland Elementary School 369 New Scotland Ave. |
10th | All | Pine Hills Elementary School 41 North Allen St. |
11th | All | Albany High School's Abrookin Career and Technical Center 99 Kent St. |
12th | 1-3 | Italian American Community Center 257 Washington Ave. Extension |
12th | 4-9 | Montessori Magnet School 45 Tremont St. |
13th | All | Pine Hills Elementary School 41 North Allen St. |
14th | All | NEW LOCATION Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School 100 Elbel Court |
15th | All | Eagle Point Elementary School 1044 Western Ave. |
If you are unsure of your voting location, .
Have questions?
Board Clerk