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The gymnasium at Stony Brook University-Southampton campus on Tuckahoe Road will host early voting starting this weekend.
The early voting location in East Hampton is at 219 Accabonac Road at Windmill Village.
Early voting will be at 70 Tuckahoe Road, the gymnasium at Stony Brook University-Southampton campus.
New York State voters may begin casting their ballots in the 2020 election this coming weekend, the first time the state has offered early voting in a federal election year.
In Suffolk County, each town has just one early-voting location and each will be open every day starting this Saturday, October 24, until November 1 — nine days in all. But voting times do vary rather widely by day, so it is best to double check the voting times on the day you plan to cast an early ballot.
The full list of polling locations and times and other info on early voting is available on the Suffolk County Board of Elections website, www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/BOE/Early-Voting-FAQ.
The BOE has assured voters that all voting booths, pens and ballot sleeves will be sanitized after each use. Masks must be worn by all voters and social distancing guidelines will be enforced inside and outside the polling place.
There are two early voting locations on the South Fork and one in Riverhead, and a voter may cast an early ballot at any of the 12 early voting locations county-wide, regardless of where you are registered to vote.
In Southampton, the polling is being held in the gymnasium at the Stony Brook Southampton campus on the east side of Tuckahoe Road, adjacent the train tracks. The address is 70 Tuckahoe Road.
In East Hampton, early voting is taking place in the community room at Windmill Village housing complex at 219 Accabonac Road, just north of East Hampton Village.
In Riverhead, polls are set up at the Riverhead Senior Center, at 60 Shade Tree Lane, behind the Living Water Full Gospel Church on Hubbard Avenue, east of Route 105.
The early voting polling places will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday as well as next weekend, October 31 and November 1.
On Monday, October 26, they will be open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
On Tuesday, October 27, they will be open from noon until 8 p.m.
On Wednesday and Thursday, October 28 and 29, they will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Friday, October 30, polls will be open from noon until 8 p.m.
Any registered voter may cast their ballot at one of the early voting locations. No identification or proof of residency is necessary, unless you did not present an identification when you registered to vote and have never cast a ballot since registering.
If you have not mailed an absentee ballot, you may also deliver it to any of the early voting polling places and it will be inspected and held by the BOE until all absentee ballots are opened to be counted.
Votes cast at an early voting location will be held by the BOE until polls close at 9 p.m. on Election Day, at which time all in-person votes will be cast. Counting of absentee ballots will not begin until the following week.
Michael Wright on Oct 20, 2020