One piece of advice: New York residents in counties declared disaster zones after Hurricane Sandy can go to polling places outside their districts to vote by affidavit.
Specifically, the bill, signed by President George W. Bush in 2006, kept in place Section 5 of the law, which says that certain jurisdictions, largely in the Old South, have to obtain the approval of the Justice Department before making any changes to their electoral rules, from the location of polling places to the boundaries of congressional districts.