Do absentee ballots get counted?

A change in the election law now requires all Boards of Election to canvass absentee ballots received in their office every 4 days. All absentee ballots that are to be counted, will be scanned before election day at the Board of Elections. No results can be printed until the close of polls on Election Night. Election Night results will include results from Early Voting, Election Day and Absentee ballots. Absentee ballots can still be received by the Board of Election up to 7 days after the election as long as they are postmarked no later than election day. After the 7 day deadline we open and count all valid absentee ballots received timely, any ballots that need to be counted manually, along with all valid affidavit ballots. Those results are included in the certified election result.

With this new law any Absentee voter, (including Permanent Absentee voters) who have been issued an Absentee ballot, will no longer have the ability to vote in person on the voting machine. If you wish to vote in person, either during Early Voting or on Election Day, it will be by Affidavit ballot only.

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1. What are the hours for voting on Election Day?
2. Can anyone vote in the General Election?
3. Can I vote in a Primary Election?
4. What is a Primary Election?
5. Where do I go to vote?
6. Am I registered to vote?
7. When I vote in the General Election do I have to vote for the party I am registered in?
8. How do I change my party?
9. I changed my party, why am I still listed as...?
10. Is it important to know my voting district?
11. My mother (or any voter) moved out of the county. Can you take her off the list?
12. I moved. Can I tell you my new address over the phone?
13. I'm disabled. Where can I vote?
14. I was convicted of a felony. Can I vote?
15. I recently moved to Steuben County. Does my voter registration follow me?
16. Do I need to let the post office know I moved?
17. If I add or drop a PO Box do I need to let you know?
18. Why does my son or daughter's name still appear in the poll book?
19. Why does my deceased neighbor's name still appear in the poll book?
20. Do I need to show ID when I vote?
21. Why do I receive this blue card in the mail every March?
22. Why did I have to vote by affidavit when I went to vote?
23. How do I vote if I go away to college?
24. How do I vote if I am in the Military?
25. How do I vote if I am living overseas?
26. Does Steuben County's Board of Election run village elections?
27. Does Steuben County's Board of Election run school elections?
28. Why are the results unofficial on election night?
29. Do absentee ballots get counted?
30. Where can I find election night results?
31. Where can I find past election results?
32. What do I do if I want to run for an office?
33. Do I have to file Campaign Finance paperwork if I run for an office?
34. How do I register for an absentee ballot to vote in my village election?
35. How do I register for an absentee ballot to vote in my school election?
36. Do I have to file Campaign Finance paperwork if I run for a Village Office?
37. How do I cancel my voter registration?