School District streamlines voter registration

Thinking outside of the box, the Port Jervis School City District is streamlining its voter registration to make the process more cost efficient and convenient for tax payers.

Instead of holding an annual voter registration day, the Board of Education approved a proposal at its Jan. 23 meeting to offer open registration.

In the past, the district paid two school board appointed election workers to man the registration booth for seven hours on the annual voter registration day. Since only a handful of residents were able to take advantage of the designated day each year, district officials are making it easier for community members to register by providing the public with more ways to obtain the voter registration form.

Residents now have several ways to register prior to this year’s May 20 budget vote and school board elections. Registration simply involves signing the New York State voter form that indicates you are a U.S. citizen, age 18 or older, who will have lived in the school district for 30 days prior to the May 20 vote.

Registration forms are available at:
• District Clerk’s Office
Administration Building
9 Thompson Street
Port Jervis, NY 12771
Weekdays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Board of Education meetings, Budget Development meetings, and all Community Budget
presentations.

• Port Jervis School District web site: voter registration form

Completed forms should be returned to the Orange County Board of Elections on the address provided on the form, one week prior to the vote.

District residents do not need to register if they have voted in either a school district election within the past year or a local general election anytime in the past four years.

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