Voters will head to the polls across New York state on Tuesday for primary day.

The New York State Board of Elections has some information to pass along.

“We always like to remind voters that New York state is a closed primary state, so you’re only eligible to participate in the elections if you are a registered voter of the party holding the election," said New York State Board of Elections Public Information Office Deputy Director Jennifer Wilson.

Turnout is generally low, particularly during what’s considered an off-year.

“This is a local year, so our local primaries are typically not as busy, not as active as our years when we have congressional, state Senate and state Assembly,” said Wilson. “So, it is certainly a quieter year for voting. A number of counties don’t have primary elections at all, there’s not contested races within the parties.”

Almost 79,000 people have taken advantage of early voting and already cast a ballot for the primary.

“The numbers this year are comparable to other local election years,” said Wilson. “It is hard, it’s a little bit of apples to oranges because there are places that don’t have elections, or there isn’t a major party having an election, it might be one for the minor constituted parties. So, it is hard to compare but we would say that it is about average for primary turnout on a local year.”

While all systems are go, the BOE says there are contingency plans should any glitches pop up.

“We have relationships, as do our counties, with Department of Public Services to make sure that if power goes out or if something is going wrong that we can get people there quickly to get them back, so that they can actually be processing their ballots and that the electric is on and the poll books are working,” said Wilson. “We also have provisions in the law that if somebody goes to vote, it is a paper ballot, so they can still fill out their ballot and put it in a secure envelope and have it counted later.”

Whichever party you are registered with, the New York State Board of Elections is hopeful you will exercise your right to vote on primary day.

“We just hope to see that voters who are eligible to participate in this election get out there and they vote for these local offices, because they really are the elected officials that are making a difference on your everyday day-to-day lives,” said Wilson. “So we hope that folks will take the opportunity to participate in this election.”

Unofficial results will be known for most races Tuesday night. For close races, however, it may take longer, as absentee ballots need to be counted as well.

The official certification for the primary will be complete in early September.