New York Voting Records

Online Resources

 * 1924 New York, New York, Voter List, 1924 at Ancestry - index and images ($)
 * 1944 New York State, Address Notification and Absentee Ballot Application Cards, 1944 at Ancestry - index and images ($)

Voting Rights History

 * By 1856: Universal white male suffrage
 * 1870: The 15th Amendment is passed and prohibits restricting suffrage based on race
 * 1920: Women are given the right to vote

What Can be Found in the Records
For more information about how Voter Records can help your genealogical research see United States Voting Records. Voting records often contain:
 * Name
 * Birth place
 * Residence
 * Years living in city, county, state
 * Whether naturalized, date, court

How to Find Voter Records
Most voter records were kept on the county level (for New England states this should be town level). To see what FamilySearch has for your county (town) of research follow these steps: Additionally, Manhattan voter registrations from 1925 to present can be found at:
 * Go to the FamilySearch Catalog and in the place field type in New York
 * Go to United States, New York
 * Once there, click on "Places within United States, New York"
 * Select the county that contains your town of interest
 * If FamilySearch has voter records for your county, they will be under "Voting Registers"
 * New York City Board of Elections (Manhattan) 200 Varick, 10th Floor New York, NY 10012 Telephone: 212-886-3800 Fax: 212-886-3820 Internet: http://vote.nyc.ny.us/