Absentee Ballots, Early Voting In Rockland County

NYACK, NY — Rockland County will be participating in early voting for the Nov. 2 general election and, for 2021 only, residents of Piermont and the Nyacks may apply for an absentee ballot via mail, email, fax, or via the State Board of Elections electronic portal.

For the November 2021 general election only, you may submit a ballot application electronically, with an electronic signature.

You may also request an absentee ballot by sending a letter or email. The letter or email must include: your name and date of birth, the address where you are registered, an address where the ballot is to be sent, and the reason for the request. The deadline to apply by letter/email is Oct. 18.

The email/fax request is valid for the 2021 General Elections only. All future elections will require an absentee application or a letter with the necessary information and an original signature.

The Rockland BOE email is VoterInfo@co.rockland.ny.us and its fax is 845-638-5196.

If you did not use the electronic portal for your absentee ballot application, you must mail it to or hand-deliver it to the Board of Elections. Then a ballot will be mailed to you. BOE officials urge residents using the post office to apply early and return the completed ballot quickly, to allow for any mail delays.

How to cast an absentee ballot

• Once you receive the ballot, mark the ballot according to your choices for each office following the instructions on the ballot.
• Then fold it up and place it in the Security Envelope. (This envelope will have a place for your signature.)
• Sign and date the outside of the Security Envelope. Seal it.
• Place the Security Envelope in the Return Envelope. (This envelope will have the return address of your county Board of Elections on the outside and should have a logo that reads, "Official Election Mail")
• Seal the Return Envelope.

To return your ballot, click here for alternatives.

Early voting

If you plan to vote in person, you will be able to cast your ballot early over nine days prior to Nov. 2. Rockland has four early voting centers, and you may use any one of them:

1. Clarkstown Town Hall, 10 Maple Avenue, New City, New York 10956
2. Haverstraw Town Hall, 1 Rosman Road, Garnerville, New York 10923
3. Orangetown Town Hall, 26 West Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, New York 10962
4. Ramapo Town Hall, 237 Route 59, Suffern, New York 10901

Hours for early voting in 2021 are:

• Saturday, October 23, from 9AM until 2PM
• Sunday, October 24, from 9AM until 2PM
• Monday, October 25, from 9AM until 5PM
• Tuesday, October 26, from 12Noon until 8PM
• Wednesday, October 27, from 9AM until 5PM
• Thursday, October 28, from 12Noon until 8PM
• Friday, October 29, from 9AM until 5PM
• Saturday, October 30, from 9AM until 2PM.
• Sunday, October 31, from 9AM until 2PM.

Who's on the ballot

In Clarkstown, three of the four town council seats are contested, as is town supervisor, town clerk and town justice.

State Supreme Court Justice, 9th Judicial District (Vote for up to five)

• Thomas R. Davis - Democratic, Republican
• Robert M. Berliner - Democratic, Republican, Conservative
• James L. Hyer - Democratic, Conservative
• Christie L. D'Alessio - Democratic, Conservative
• Thomas Quinones - Democratic, Conservative
• James M. Hendry, III - Republican
• Mark T. Starkman - Republican
• Richard J. Guertin - Republican, Conservative

Rockland County Executive (Vote for 1)

• L'Tanya M. Watkins - Democratic, Working Families
• Ed Day - Republican, Conservative

Clarkstown Town Supervisor (Vote for 1)

• Jeffrey Greenberg - Democratic
• George A. Hoehmann - Republican, Conservative, Working Families

Clarkstown Council Ward 1 (Vote for 1)

• Adam S. Kaufman - Democratic
• Frank Borelli - Republican, Conservative, Working Families

Clarkstown Council Ward 2 (Vote for 1)

• Shari Lin Fischberg - Democratic
• Mike Graziano - Republican, Conservative, Working Families

Clarkstown Council Ward 3 (Vote for 1)

• Samuel Salgado-Hernandez - Democratic, Working Families
• Donald Franchino - Republican, Conservative

Clarkstown Council Ward 4 (Vote for 1)

• Patrick Carroll - Democratic, Conservative, Working Families

Clarkstown Town Clerk (Vote for 1)

• Justin L. Sweet - Democratic, Conservative
• Lauren M. Wohl, Republican, Equal Treatment
• Michael P. Brennan - Working Families

Clarkstown Town Justice (Vote for 2)

• Nabeela McLeod - Democratic
• Aimee Pollack - Democratic
• Scott B. Ugell - Republican, Conservative, Working Families
• Leslie Kahn - Republican, Conservative, Working Families

Clarkstown Superintendent of Highways (Vote for 1)

• Bob Milone - Republican, Conservative, Working Families

Orangetown has a race for town council. The elections for town supervisor, town justice, town clerk and town superintendent of highways are uncontested.

Orangetown Town Council (Vote for 2)

• Lisa M. DeFeciani - Democratic
• Thomas F. Diviny - Republican, Conservative
• Brian M. Donohue - Republican, Conservative

In Nyack, Mayor Donald Hammond is uncontested in his bid for re-elction, and Marie Lorenzini and Joseph Rand are uncontested for two village trustee seats.

In Piermont, Mayor Bruce Tucker is uncontested, Mark Blomquist and Michael Wright are running uncontested for two village trustee seats, and Marc Ruby is running uncontested for village justice.

In South Nyack, Mayor Bonnie Christian is uncontested for re-election and Catherine McCue and Michael Lockett are uncontested for trustee. The village is scheduled to be dissolved March 31, 2022. Residents who wanted to end the village-level layer of local government, leaving just the town of Orangetown, filed a petition with enough signatures to force a referendum. In December, the residents of South Nyack agreed by a vote of 508 to 292.