Title ELN, Election

§ 17-144. Receiving consideration for franchise. Except as allowed by\nlaw, any person who directly or indirectly, by himself or through any\nother person:\n 1. Receives, agrees or contracts for, before or during an election,\nany money, gift, loan or other valuable consideratio…

§ 17-146. Offender a competent witness; witnesses' immunity. 1. A\nperson offending against any section of this article is a competent\nwitness against another person so offending and may be compelled to\nattend and testify on any trial, hearing or proceeding or investigation\ni…

§ 17-148. Bribery or intimidation of elector in military service of\nUnited States. Any person who, directly or indirectly, by bribery,\nmenace or any other corrupt means, controls, or attempts to control an\nelector of this state enlisted in the military service of the United\n…

§ 17-150. Duress and intimidation of voters. Any person or corporation\nwho directly or indirectly:\n 1. Uses or threatens to use any force, violence or restraint, or\ninflicts or threatens to inflict any injury, damage, harm or loss, or in\nany other manner practices intimidati…

§ 17-152. Conspiracy to promote or prevent election. Any two or more\npersons who conspire to promote or prevent the election of any person to\na public office by unlawful means and which conspiracy is acted upon by\none or more of the parties thereto, shall be guilty of a misde…

§ 17-154. Pernicious political activities. It shall be unlawful for\nany person to: 1. Intimidate, threaten or coerce, or to attempt to\nintimidate, threaten or coerce, any other person for the purpose of\ninterfering with the right of such other person to vote or to vote as he\…

§ 17-156. Political assessments. Any officer or employee of the state,\nor of a political subdivision thereof who, directly or indirectly uses\nhis authority or official influence to compel or induce any other\nofficer or employee of the state or a political subdivision thereof,…

§ 17-160. Procuring fraudulent documents in order to vote. 1. Any\nperson who knowingly and wilfully procures from any court, judge, clerk\nor other officer, any document with intent to enable himself or any\nother person to register for or vote at any election when he or such\n…

§ 17-162. Judicial candidates not to contribute. No candidate for a\njudicial office shall, directly or indirectly, make any contribution of\nmoney or other thing of value, nor shall any contribution be solicited\nof him; but a candidate for a judicial office may make such legal…

§ 17-164. Political contributions by owners of polling places\nprohibited. A person, who being the owner of premises contracted for or\nused as a place of registration or as a polling place for any election\nor official primary, who makes offers or promises to make a political\n…

§ 17-166. Penalty. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under this\narticle shall for a first offense be punished by imprisonment for not\nmore than one year, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars\nnor more than five hundred dollars, or by both such fine and\nimpris…

§ 17-168. Crimes against the elective franchise not otherwise provided\nfor. Any person who knowingly and wilfully violates any provision of\nthis chapter, which violation is not specifically covered by any of the\nprevious sections of this article, is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n…

§ 17-170. Destroying or delaying election returns. A messenger\nappointed by authority of law to receive and carry a report, certificate\nor certified copy of any statement relating to the result of any\nelection, who wilfully mutilates, tears, defaces, obliterates or\ndestroys …

§ 17-200. Legislative purpose and statement of public policy. In\nrecognition of the protections for the right to vote provided by the\nconstitution of the state of New York, which substantially exceed the\nprotections for the right to vote provided by the constitution of the\nU…

§ 17-202. Interpretation of laws related to the elective franchise. In\nfurther recognition of the protections for the right to vote provided by\nthe constitution of the state of New York, all statutes, rules and\nregulations, and local laws or ordinances related to the elective…

§ 17-204. Definitions. For the purposes of this title:\n 1. "At-large" method of election means a method of electing members to\nthe governing body of a political subdivision: (a) in which all of the\nvoters of the entire political subdivision elect each of the members to\nthe g…

§ 17-206. Prohibitions on voter disenfranchisement. 1. Prohibition\nagainst voter suppression. (a) No voting qualification, prerequisite to\nvoting, law, ordinance, standard, practice, procedure, regulation, or\npolicy shall be enacted or implemented by any board of elections or…

§ 17-208. Assistance for language-minority groups. 1. Political\nsubdivisions required to provide language assistance. A board of\nelections or a political subdivision that administers elections shall\nprovide language-related assistance in voting and elections to a\nlanguage-mi…

§ 17-210. Preclearance. 1. Preclearance. To ensure that the right to\nvote is not denied or abridged on account of race, color, or\nlanguage-minority group, the enactment or implementation of a covered\npolicy by a covered entity, as defined in subdivisions two and three of\nthi…

§ 17-212. Prohibition against voter intimidation, deception or\nobstruction. 1. (a) No person, whether acting under color of law or\notherwise, may engage in acts of intimidation, deception, or obstruction\nthat affects the right of voters to access the elective franchise.\n (b)…

§ 17-214. Enforcement. 1. Enforcement by the attorney general. If the\ncivil rights bureau concludes that a submission by a political\nsubdivision or any other party is insufficient to complete its review,\nthe civil rights bureau may request that the party provide additional\ni…

§ 17-216. Expedited judicial proceedings and preliminary relief.\nBecause of the frequency of elections, the severe consequences and\nirreparable harm of holding elections under unlawful conditions, and the\nexpenditure to defend potentially unlawful conditions that benefit\ninc…

§ 17-218. Attorneys' fees. In any action to enforce any provision of\nthis title, the court shall allow the prevailing plaintiff party, other\nthan the state or political subdivision thereof, a reasonable attorneys'\nfee, litigation expenses including, but not limited to, expert…

§ 17-219. Rules and regulations. The civil rights bureau may\npromulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate\nthe purposes of this title.\n

§ 17-220. Applicability. The provisions of this title shall apply to\nall elections for any elected office or electoral choice within the\nstate or any political subdivision. The provisions of this title shall\napply notwithstanding any other provision of law, including any othe…

§ 17-222. Severability. If any provision of this title or its\napplication to any person, political subdivision, or circumstance is\nheld invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or\napplications of this title which can be given effect without the invalid\nprovi…

§ 2-100. Party committees; provision for. Party committees shall\nconsist of a state committee, county committees, and such other\ncommittees as the rules of the party may allow.\n

§ 2-102. State committee; creation. 1. The members of the state\ncommittee of each party shall be elected from such units of\nrepresentation as the state committee shall by rule provide. The number\nof members representing each unit may vary, but each member shall be\nentitled t…

§ 2-104. County committee; creation. 1. The county committee of each\nparty shall be constituted by the election in each election district\nwithin such county of at least two members and of such additional\nmembers as the rules of the county committee of the party within the\nco…

§ 2-106. State and county committees; election of members. 1. Members\nof the state and county committees shall be elected at the primary\nelection as herein provided.\n 2. Members of the state committee shall be elected biennially.\n 3. Members of county committees shall be ele…

§ 2-108. State and county committees; new party. The state committee\nand county committees of a new political party, which meet prior to the\nfirst primary for which members of such party shall have become\nenrolled, shall be formed as provided by the rules of such party.\n

§ 2-110. Committees other than state and county; creation. 1. All\ncommittees other than state and county committees shall be formed in the\nmanner provided for by the rules of the party.\n 2. In the city of New York there shall be the party positions of\nassembly district leade…

§ 2-112. Committees; organization. 1. Every committee shall meet and\norganize by electing a chairman, a secretary, a treasurer and such other\nofficers as they may pursuant to their rules.\n (a) Every state committee shall meet no earlier than September\nseventeenth and no late…

§ 2-114. Committees; rules of. 1. Each committee may prepare rules for\ngoverning the party within its political unit. Within ten days after the\nadoption of any rule or amendment thereto a certified copy thereof shall\nbe filed by the state committee in the office of the state …

§ 2-116. Committee; removal of member. A member or officer of a party\ncommittee may be removed by such committee for disloyalty to the party\nor corruption in office after notice is given and a hearing upon written\ncharges has been had. The hearing shall be held by the committ…

§ 2-118. Committees; vacancies, how filled and effect of change of\nboundaries. 1. In the case of the death, declination, enrollment in\nanother party, removal from the unit or removal from office of a member\nof a committee, or the failure to nominate or elect a member, the\nva…

§ 2-120. Party positions; to be filled at primary election, time for\nfiling statement as to. 1. The chairman of the county committee of each\nparty or such person as may be designated by the rules of the county\ncommittee shall file with the board of elections not later than tw…

§ 2-122. National party conventions; delegates, election. Delegates\nand alternates to a national convention of a party shall be elected from\ncongressional districts, or partly from the state at large and partly\nfrom congressional districts, as the rules of the state committee…

§ 2-124. Party names and emblems; provision for. 1. The state\ncommittee of a party shall select a name and emblem to distinguish the\ncandidates of the party for public office in all districts of the state,\nand shall file in the office of the state board of elections, a\ncerti…

§ 3-100. New York state board of elections; membership; organization.\n1. There is hereby created within the executive department a New York\nstate board of elections, hereafter referred to as the "state board of\nelections", composed of four commissioners appointed by the gover…

§ 3-102. State board of elections; general powers and duties. In\naddition to the enforcement powers and any other powers and duties\nspecified by law, the state board of elections shall have the power and\nduty to:\n 1. issue instructions and promulgate rules and regulations re…

§ 3-103. Computerized record keeping; sharing information in database.\n1. The state board of elections shall promulgate rules and regulations\nsetting minimum standards for computerized record keeping systems\nmaintained by county boards of elections. Such standards shall inclu…

§ 3-104. State board of elections; enforcement powers.\n 1. (a) There shall be a unit known as the division of election law\nenforcement established within the state board of elections. The head of\nsuch unit shall be the chief enforcement counsel.\n (b) The state board of elect…

§ 3-104-a. Compliance unit; compliance procedures. 1. There shall be\na compliance unit within the board of elections. The compliance unit\nshall examine campaign finance statements required to be filed pursuant\nto article fourteen of this chapter. If such statements are found …

§ 3-105. Administrative complaint procedure. 1. The state board of\nelections shall establish and maintain a uniform, nondiscriminatory\nadministrative complaint procedure pursuant to which any person who\nbelieves that there is a violation (including a violation which has\noccu…

§ 3-106. Fair campaign code. 1. In addition to the powers and duties\nelsewhere enumerated in this article, the state board of elections,\nafter public hearings, shall adopt a "fair campaign code" setting forth\nethical standards of conduct for persons, political parties and\nco…

§ 3-107. Powers and duties of the state board of elections respecting\nelections and crimes against the elective franchise. Authority is hereby\nconferred upon the state board of elections to appoint a special\ninvestigator to take charge of the investigation of cases arising un…

§ 3-108. Disaster; additional day for voting. 1. A county board of\nelections, or the state board of elections with respect to an election\nconducted in a district in the jurisdiction of more than one county\nboard of elections, may determine that, as the direct consequence of a…

§ 3-110. Time allowed employees to vote. 1. If a registered voter does\nnot have sufficient time outside of his or her scheduled working hours,\nwithin which to vote on any day at which he or she may vote, at any\nelection, he or she may, without loss of pay for up to two hours,…

§ 3-112. State board of elections; uniform standards for processing\ndata requests and duty to send data and information to statewide\ndatabase. 1. For the purposes of this section the term "election\nauthority" shall mean any local government entity primarily responsible\nfor m…