Your Complete Guide to VOTING

Early Voting in New York is already in progress and Election Day is right around the corner on November 3.

NYPIRG and Purchase College want to make sure that you’ve got your plan set, so you are ready to make your voice heard!

Key Resources

• New York State Voter Lookup Tool, to verify your registration information and poll site location.
• NYPIRG’s website has a page dedicated to everything you need to knowabout voting this year, including a guide for making your own voter plan,and numerous resources and fact sheets with additional information.
• A website from the League of Women Voters,which allows you to look up all the candidates running for office in yourarea to help you plan out your votes.
• NYPIRG’s Student Voter Helpline for Election Day (11/3), open from 6am–9pm. Call our experts at 212-822-0282 to find out where your poll site is, log a complaint, be empowered if your right to vote is challenged, and more!

Early Voting Information

Westchester County

If you are a registered voter in Westchester County: You are able to vote at any Early Voting poll site listed here. Note that our campus poll site is not an Early Voting site!

Outside Westchester County

If you are registered to vote in another county or state, please consult your own county’s Board of Elections website for information on Early Voting. The Early Voting poll site hours and which poll sites within the county are available to you, may be different. Early Voting is available from now until Sunday, November 1st.

Voting on Campus on Election Day - November 3rd

As with every election, there will be a poll site at Purchase College. The Purchase College poll site location is only available to students who have registered to vote with their on-campus address.

In a change from previous years, the poll site will be located in the Physical Education Building (the Gym). The polls will be open from 6:00am to 9:00pm.

If you are registered to vote at an address that is not the Purchase College campus and you are voting on Election Day, you must vote at your designated polling place.

Post-Election Programming

Join us for the two part series, Come Together: Unpacking the Next Four Years, where we will discuss what the next four years may look like with the results of the election, hopes for the future, and what our community can do to contribute to create a positive society.

Hosted with the Counseling Center and the Office of Community Engagement.
Wednesday, November 4 at 1:00–2:30pm, via Zoom
Wednesday, November 11 at 2:00–3:00pm, via Zoom

Questions or Voting Concerns?

Do you have questions about voting during the Early Voting period or Election Day? Did you encounter an issue at the polls and you’re not sure what to do next?

NYPIRG is running office hours through the entire Early Voting period over Zoom. You’ll have an opportunity to connect with NYPIRG staff to get the answers to all of your voting questions!

Early Voting Office Hours will be hosted at the following times:
Thursday, October 29–Sunday, November 1: 12pm–1pm
Virtual Office Hours Link; passcode is 4321.

NYPIRG will also be running our phone helpline on Election Day from 6am–9pm. Call (212) 822-0282 from 6am–9pm on November 3.

Please contact purchase@nypirg.org for additional questions.

New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG)
Purchase College Chapter
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Campus Center North 1010
Purchase, NY 10577
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