Voting
Upcoming Elections
2025 Election Dates
General Election
November 4, 2025
VOTING INFORMATION
**Important Information Regarding Changes In Absentee Voting**
New York State has recently enacted a law that will change the ability of voters who have applied for an absentee ballot to vote in person on the voting machine.
In the past, voters who applied for an absentee ballot could change their minds and vote in person on a voting machine either during early voting or on Election Day. Their absentee ballots, if completed and sent in to the Board of Elections, would then be set aside unopened.
With this new law, voters who have applied for an absentee ballot may still go to the polls on Election Day, but they will no longer be able to vote on the machine. If they wish to vote in-person, it will be by affidavit ballot only. If you have any questions about this law, please call the Board of Elections at (607) 274-5522.
Additional details for this and future elections are posted on the
Tompkins County Board of Elections website
=> in the left-hand column, under the heading Political Calendars.
Voters’ Guide
Voters’ Guide
A Voters’ Guide for the Primary Election, on June 24, 2025, will be available by June 6.
VOTE411’s Voter Guide is a national, non-partisan election resource that provides a “one-stop shop” for election related information, including when, where, and how to vote, in-person or with an absentee ballot. Up-to-date information needed for each election, including how to register; candidate profiles; early and absentee voting opportunities; and election day polling places, dates, and times are also available.
A week to ten days before each election, voters can go to WWW.VOTE411.ORG and simply enter their home address to learn which elections are being held within their specific districts and the names and political parties of each candidate. Additional information about candidates, including their backgrounds, and answers to questions on their priorities and issues of concern to voters, will also be provided by the candidates who respond to their personal invitation, sent by the League, to participate.
In addition, VOTE411 includes information on public forums and debates. To find information on local forums hosted by the Tompkins County League, you can also check https://lwvtompkins.org/voting/#votingforums
Launched as a community service in 2006 by the League of Women Voters, VOTE411 has helped millions of people participate in elections, whether they are first-time voters or seasoned veterans at the ballot box.
Read More about Vote411 History => Our Favorite Vote411 Moments
Candidate Forums and Recordings
LWVTC was invited to Moderate Candidate Forums for the Democratic Party primaries taking place in:
County Legislative Districts 3 and 13
Danby Town Council
Ithaca City Alderpersons: Wards 1 and 5
No Republican primaries are taking place in these areas.
RECORDINGS ARE HERE:
June 4, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Candidate Forums at Danby Community Church, 1859 Danby Road
Written questions may be submitted in person at these events.
Questions may also be submitted IN ADVANCE, up until 9 pm on June 3, to pres.tclwv@gmail.com
RECORDING:
https://youtube.com/live/NUrzWCf5PLs
County Legislative District 13: Caroline and Danby – starting at 7:00 pm
Candidates for District 13:
Kyle Emily Erickson, Matt Sullivan, Irene Weiser
Danby Town Council – starting at 8:10 pm
Candidates for Danby Town Council:
Zachary Larkins, Mark Pruce, James Tyler Stein
June 5: 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Candidate Forum at GIAC, for County Legislative District 3
Written questions may be submitted in person at this event.
Questions may also be submitted IN ADVANCE, up until 9 pm on June 4, to pres.tclwv@gmail.com
RECORDING:
https://youtube.com/live/QNM7GKEdhwk
Candidates for District 3:
Iris Packman, Pierre Saint-Perez
June 11: 7 – 9 pm
Candidate Forums for Ithaca City Alderpersons at GIAC
Written questions may be submitted in person at these events.
Questions may also be submitted IN ADVANCE, up until 9 pm on June 10, to pres.tclwv@gmail.com
RECORDING:
https://youtube.com/live/ACIlqCz3Zc4
for City Ward 1
Candidates for City Ward 1:
George Defendini, Leon Holden, Alejandro Santana
for City Ward 5
Candidates for City Ward 5:
Deborah A Fisher, Hanna Shvets, G P Zurenda Jr
LWV, Tompkins, often facilitates candidate forums in weeks before elections.
Upcoming forums and recordings of past forums are posted here on our
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@tompkinslwv
Voting in Tompkins County
Tompkins County Board of Elections:
https://www.tompkinscountyny.gov/All-Departments/Board-of-Elections
128 East Buffalo Street, Ithaca, NY 14850
607-274-5522
Provides a wide array of important information for voters including, local election calendars, offices to be filled, registration and absentee ballot forms and directions.
Board of Elections sources:
Check your registration status and find out where to vote https://voterlookup.elections.ny.gov/
How to register to vote https://www.elections.ny.gov/VotingRegister.html
Absentee ballots https://www.elections.ny.gov/VotingAbsentee.html
Absentee deadlines https://www.elections.ny.gov/VotingDeadlines.html#AbsenteeDeadlines
Voter Registration Forms:
Tompkins Court House Annex
128 E. Buffalo St.
Ithaca, NY 14850
Election District Maps
NOTE: Candidates running in the 2025 Primary and General elections will be running within the election districts adopted for 2026
Tompkins County Election Districts and Maps
Map showing Clear District Boundaries and Numbers
Map showing District boundaries and Polling locations
New York State Election District Maps (Assembly, Senate Congressional)
Map showing U.S. Congressional Districts (upstate NY)
Redistricting
All of Tompkins County will be in the newly created:
52nd NY State Senate District
and
19th Congressional District (Federal U.S. House of Representatives)
For information about Redistricting 2021-2022 & People Powered Fair Maps NYS,
see the NY State League’s 2021-22 Redistricting
View the 2023 Assembly Plan Interactive Map Link Here
The League of Women Votes of Tompkins County (LWVTC) together with LWV of Cortland County worked intensively during the State redistricting process to ensure the voices of all members of our two counties were heard by the NYSIRC.
Find Your Elected Officials
Federal & State Officials
Tompkins County Elected Officials (list of all the Elected Officials)
Identify your Election Districts by:
Voting Contacts
Tompkins County Board of Elections
128 East Buffalo Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: 607-274-5522
New York State Board of Elections
40 North Pearl Street – Suite 5
Albany, NY 12207.
Phone: 518-474-6220; For TDD/TTY, call the NYS Relay 711
The League of Women Voters of Tompkins County
Voter Services Committee:
The League of Women Voters of Tompkins County, Voter Services Committee, needs new members! We have many requests for assistance. Please send a note if you are a member of, or would like to join, the League, and can help with one or more activities.
Contact: lwvtompkins@gmail.com