The League of Women Voters encourages all eligible citizens to  register to vote. 

Your vote is your voice -- 

and your voice matters!

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Learn about LWVCC's new "Cortland Votes" program. 

We want every eligible voter in Cortland County to register and to vote!

November 3, 2026          General Election Deadlines

Mail Registration

Applications must be received by a board of elections no later than October 24, 2026 to be eligible to vote in the General Election.

In Person Registration

You may register at your local board of elections or any state agency participating in the National Voter Registration Act, on any business day throughout the year but, to be eligible to vote in the General Election, your application must be received no later than October 24, 2026.

Primary elections were held in NYS on June 23rd.

See the official results from Cortland County here.

On Saturday, August 8th, LWV Cortland County joined Leagues throughout the United States in a day of action to celebrate the signing of the Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965.  We wrote postcards to all registered voters in Cortland County who turned 18 after November 1st, 2024 and before November 3, 2026 to remind them to vote in the upcoming election.  Many thanks to the many community members who came to help, and to the Cortland Free Library for hosting this historic event. 

The Voting Rights Act was enacted to end discriminatory voting rights practices such as the poll tax in Mississippi.  Here is a link to President Lyndon B. Johnson's address to the nation upon the signing of this legislation. To quote President Johnson: "This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless.  It gives people, people as individuals, control over their own destinies."