The 2024-2025 Cohoes City School District budget vote and board election will be held from Noon – 9pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.
Absentee ballots are issued no earlier than thirty (30) days before the vote, upon request, to residents of the school district who will be out of town or unable to vote in person due to illness or disability. To vote via absentee ballot, district residents must first complete and sign an absentee ballot application.
Applications for early mail and absentee ballots will be obtainable during school business hours from the District Clerk beginning May 9, 2024. Completed applications must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter May 14, 2024 or the day before the election, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter, May 20, 2024. Early mail and absentee ballot applications cannot be returned to the District Clerk prior to April 22, 2024. Early mail and absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on May 21, 2024.
Early Voting Application
The new Early Mail Voter Act effective Jan. 1, 2024, also allows for early voting via mail without any reasons needed for voting early. A completed application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the vote if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter or the day before the vote if the ballot is to be picked up at the district office. The ballot itself must be returned to the district clerk no later than 5pm on the day of the vote.
A military voter may elect to receive their absentee ballot application and absentee ballot by mail, email or fax. The military voter must, however, return their original military ballot application and military ballot by mail or in person, regardless of how the absentee application or ballot was received. The District Clerk will send the ballot no later than April 21, 2023. The District Clerk must then receive the military voter’s military ballot no later than 5pm on the day of the vote.
Mary Rumsey, District Clerk
mrumsey@cohoes.org
Cohoes City School District
21 Page Avenue
Cohoes, New York 12047