With less than 24 hours to the 2012 U.S. presidential election, potential voters living in a New York disastrous area hardest hit by superstorm Sandy still have no idea where to cast their ballots, or have no interest at all, as they have a much bigger concern -- the power supply.

Across the street of a voting station designated by the Board of Elections (BOE) in the City of New York, Philippine immigrant Sanchez Leonidas, 40, was busy moving the water-soaked furniture and other debris from the basement of a two-story house to the pavement, waiting for the sanitary workers to collect.

"I don't know where to vote, just think of when I can have power," said Leonidas, with gloved hands occupied with the cleaning work. The father of two kids said he has been trapped in the trying situation for more than a week. "It's freezing 30 F at night indoors" because there is no power supply, said Leonidas.

Leonidas, a nurse at a nearby hospital, said he doesn't have to worry about commuting to work, which is a just 20-minute drive from his home but still closed after being severely hit by the flood.

Leonidas is just one of tens of thousands of Rockaway residents who have just survived the last hurricane attack, but still desperately eager for the resumption of power. Tortured by the ongoing difficulties, they can't spare additional time for the elections. "I haven't decided on whom I'll vote for, maybe tomorrow morning," said Leonidas.

Just opposite to Leonidas' house erect the newly set-up tents by the BOE, which, as the BOE announced on its website, will be used as a makeshift voting station for the presidential elections.

Leonidas' neighbor, who is only known by her name Teresa, also said she knew nothing about the polling station. "Information here runs very slowly, all the information are basically from 'rumor'," said Teresa, a middle-aged school teacher. "We don't know what's going on, and what's going to happen. Rumor says we have to wait for another one month or two before the power resumes."

Although confused on where to vote, Teresa said she will certainly cast her ballot for the president who can bring them power.

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that he is signing an executive order that will allow registered New York voters to vote by affidavit Tuesday at any polling place.

This came a day after the city Board of Elections announced that numerous poll sites were moving or combining across the five boroughs, in part due to storm damage.

People on the Rockaway Peninsula have always felt isolated from the rest of the city. And since Sandy hit, the area has looked like what one resident described as a "dead zone."

On Monday, as other districts of New York City already start preparing for the next day voting for U.S. president, the town of Rockaway by the Atlantic Ocean is shrined in an exceptionally quiet atmosphere.

The shoulders of streets in this town are piled with garbage, fire engines can be seen almost everywhere, traffic lights are still off, and nearly all shops are still closed.

In front of a house stands a placard which reads "FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), please help us." All these remind visitors this is a town that was just ravaged by a deadliest storm.

The massive storm that slammed the East Coast killed at least 106 people in the United States. More than 1.3 million homes and businesses remained in the dark, down from a peak of 8.5 million.

U.S. Postal Service officials announced Monday tentative parcel deliveries across Rockaway on Tuesday, which have been delayed for more than a week.

At the entrance to one of the major post offices in Rockaway, people lined up in a queue stretching about half a mile, waiting to pick up their long-awaited letters or packages.

Macbaker, a 50-year-old African American woman, said she encountered lots of "Nos" these days -- no water, no gas, no mail, and above all, no power, which forced her to suspend the once-every-two-day physical treatment for Asthma.

It's not just the Rockaway residents who are facing voting challenges. At the BOE Queens Borough Office, which is open for early voters, a man and a woman in their 50s, who claimed themselves just as "citizens," complained that they were denied the right to vote, simply because the BOE staff cannot find their names in their computers.