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New York Election Law §3-110 allows employees who are registered to vote in New York up to three hours of paid leave to vote in any election in New York State, including primaries, with the exception of school elections and library elections. The time must be taken only at the beginning or the end of the workday.

Employees must provide their supervisors with at least two working days’ notice of the leave request. Whether the leave is to be taken at the beginning or the end of the employee’s regularly scheduled work shift is to be determined at the employer’s discretion and based on the operating needs of the department or college. While up to three hours of leave with pay is available for every election, not every employee’s situation will require the full three hours’ allotted leave.

Proof of voter registration or proof that an employee actually voted is not required.

Once the leave request is approved, employees should record the non-chargeable leave on their attendance record.

Please call Human Resource Management at 878-4822 with questions.