PLEASE NOTE:
Your party affiliation switch will now take effect immediately, with the exception every year of the time between Feb. 15 and seven days after the June primary. Requests for party changes made during that time will take effect on the seventh day after the June primary.

Voter registration form

Online absentee ballot application

Paper Absentee ballot application

Freedom of Information Act Form

Objective:

To provide for the registration of voters within Jefferson County and to conduct all federal, state, county, and town elections as required by law.

Types Of Services, Assistance:

To provide registration forms and assist those persons wishing to register.
Training of election inspectors in procedures used in elections and machine custodians in procedures of voting machines.
Hiring of election inspectors, custodians, and all election personnel.
Assistance to village clerks, school districts, and fire districts relative to their elections.
Statistical data on registration, enrollment and voting.
To provide a directory of elected officials in Jefferson County.
To provide assistance to candidates and potential candidates.
To aid political parties with the procedures of the election laws.

Jefferson County Enrollment as of 06/28/2022:

Party	Grand Total	Active	Inactive
Democratic	17,167	15,238	1,929
Republican	26,437	24,149	2,288
Conservative	1,074	966	108
Working Families	241	214	27
Green	124	100	24
Libertarian	221	187	34
Independence	2,570	2,246	324
SAM	3	1	2
Blank	2,844	2,542	302
Liberal	119	105	14
No party	13,630	11,070	2,560
Other	422	357	65
Right to Life	37	30	7
Women's Equality Party	27	19	8
Reform	6	4	2
Grand Total	64,922	57,228	7,694

If you are registering for the first time in Jefferson County you must register 25 days before any election to be eligible to vote in that election.
To be eligible to vote in a primary election, you must be registered in the party that is having the primary.
Please call the Board of Elections if you have any questions.

If this is your first time registering to vote in New York, you need to show identification or send a copy of your drivers license, or some form of ID with your name and address on it.