New York City Campaign Finance Board
  You have the right to vote in the November 5, 2002 general election if:
  • you registered to vote by October 11, and
  • you are in your polling place no later than 9:00 p.m. on November 5, 2002.


You also have a right to:
  • Get help from an interpreter supplied by the Board of Elections at some polling sites if you speak Spanish, Chinese, or Korean. Call the Board of Elections’ toll-free voter assistance number, 866-VOTE-NYC, for more information, including which polling sites will have interpretors available.
  • Bring anyone except your employer or union agent to help you in the voting booth if you are a person with a disability or if you cannot read the ballot, including someone to interpret the ballot for you.
  • Ask an election clerk how to use the voting machine.
  • Bring materials into the voting booth with you, including a Voter Guide.
  • Vote by paper ballot if the voting machine is broken.
  • Vote by "affidavit ballot" if your name is missing from the files. 

You do not have to show identification to vote.