§ 9. Freedom of elections. All elections ought to be free; and no person by force of arms, malice, menacing, or otherwise, should presume to disturb or hinder any citizen of this state in the free exercise of the right of suffrage.
N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 9, under Bill of Rights.
N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 9
§ 9. Freedom of elections. All elections ought to be free; and no person by force of arms, malice, menacing, or otherwise, should presume to disturb or hinder any citizen of this state in the free exercise of the right of suffrage.