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Absentee Voting Information
Qualifications for Absentee Voting
If you cannot get to the polls on budget and trustee vote day, you may still vote by using an absentee ballot. However, you must meet the following qualifications to vote via absentee ballot:
- Absent from Nassau County due to employment or business reasons, duties, studies, or vacation on the date of the vote. OR
- Unable to appear at the polls due to temporary or permanent illness or disability. OR
- Detained in jail awaiting Grand Jury action or awaiting trial or confined in prison after conviction for an offense other than a felony.
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Instructions for Voting by Absentee Ballot
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1. Obtain an Absentee Ballot Application
- Click Here for an English Syosset Central School District Absentee Ballot Application
- Click Here for a Spanish Syosset Central School District Absentee Ballot Application, OR
- Call the Office of the District Clerk at 516-364-5758 to request an Absentee Ballot Application. OR
- Mail a request for an Absentee Ballot Application to the Office of the District Clerk, South Woods Middle School, 99 Pell Lane, Syosset, NY 11791. (The completed application must be received no later than seven days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed.)
- If you are permanently ill or disabled, you have the right to receive an Absentee Ballot for each subsequent election without further application. Simply fill out an application and send it to the Nassau County Board of Elections. Please note that a power of attorney or printed name stamp is not allowed for any voting purpose.
- Click Here for an English Nassau County Absentee Ballot Application
- Click Here for a Spanish Nassau County Absentee Ballot Application
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2. Return the Completed Application
- Return your completed Syosset Central School District Absentee Ballot Application to the Office of the District Clerk, South Woods Middle School, 99 Pell Lane, Syosset, NY 11791. After review of your application and once the ballots are ready, your absentee ballot will be available.
- If you wish your Absentee Ballot to be mailed to you, the application must be received at least seven days before the election and the Absentee Ballot will be mailed to you at least six days before the election. OR
- If you or your agent wish to pick up the Absentee Ballot in person, the application must be received no later than the day before the election. You may pick it up from South Woods Middle School, 99 Pell Lane, Syosset, NY 11791.
- Note: An Absentee Ballot can only be delivered to the individual applying for the Absentee Ballot or his/her designated agent.
- Return your completed Syosset Central School District Absentee Ballot Application to the Office of the District Clerk, South Woods Middle School, 99 Pell Lane, Syosset, NY 11791. After review of your application and once the ballots are ready, your absentee ballot will be available.
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3. To actually VOTE
- Place the completed ballot in the official ballot envelope.
- Sign and Date the back of the official ballot envelope that the ballot was placed in.
- Seal the official ballot envelope.
- Insert the sealed and completed official ballot envelope in the envelope addressed to the District Clerk, Syosset Central School District, which is provided.
This envelope may be hand-delivered or postage may be affixed to the envelope and mailed to the District Clerk, Syosset Central School District, South Woods Middle School, 99 Pell Lane, Syosset, NY.In accordance with the law, the office of the District Clerk must receive the absentee ballot no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 1, 2024.
