NOTICE IS GIVEN that Military Voters who are not currently registered to vote may register as a qualified voter of the District by contacting the District Clerk at 600 State Route 55, Eldred, NY 12732; Telephone (845) 456-1100, Ext. 5128 or email: sibirtzeffl@eldred.k12.ny.us, to receive an application to register as a qualified voter of the District for the Annual Meeting on May 17, 2022.  The Military Voter may indicate their preference for receiving the registration application by mail, by facsimile or electronic mail (email).  The application to register must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 PM on April 21, 2022.  The register of voters prepared and filed in the District Clerk’s office shall include the names of all military voters who submit a valid military voter registration.  A military voter means a qualified voter of New York State who is in actual military service and will, therefore, be absent from the District in which he or she is qualified to vote on the day of registration or election or is discharged from military service within 30 days of an election or a spouse, parent, child or dependent of the military voter if a qualified voter of New York State and a resident of the same school district as the military voter or military personnel residing on a military base within a school district in New York State for a period of 30 days immediately preceding the election. Military Voters who are qualified voters of the District may obtain an application for a military ballot from the District Clerk at 600 State Route 55, Eldred, NY 12732; Telephone (845) 456-1100, Ext. 5128 or email: sibirtzeffl@eldred.k12.ny.us by no later than 5:00 PM on April 21, 2022.  The Military Voter may indicate their preference for receiving the application for a military ballot by mail, by facsimile or email.  Military ballots will be mailed or otherwise distributed no later than 25 days before the election.  Military ballots must be received by the District Clerk (1) before the close of the polls on election day and showing a cancellation mark of the U.S postal service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the U.S. government or (2) by 5:00 PM on election day and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereof, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than the day before the election.  A list of all persons to whom military ballots shall have been issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the said Office of the District Clerk during regular office hours, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm, prevailing time, until the day of the Annual School District Election and Vote.   Eldred Central School District Eldred, New York Lisa Sibirtzeff, District Clerk