<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/downstate-update/2025/october/10-16-time-off-to-vote.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories/><pubDate>10/16/2025 10:14:18 AM</pubDate><title>Time-Off to Vote - N.Y. Election Law Section 3-110</title><sub-title/><description>If you do not have 4 consecutive hours to vote, either from the opening of the polls to the beginning of your working shift, OR between the end of your working shift and the closing of the polls, you may take off up to 2 hours, without loss of pay, to allow you time to vote if you are a registered voter.</description><author>Department of Human Resources</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="" alt=""/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/news-events/downstate-update/2025/october/10-16-time-off-to-vote.xml</loc><categories/></item>