Title ELN, Election

§ 5-604. Enrollment lists; publication of. 1. The board of elections\nshall also cause to be published for each election district a complete\nlist of the registered voters of each election district. Such list\nshall, in addition to the information required for registration lists…

§ 5-606. Lists; certification of. 1. The board of elections shall\ncertify to the correctness of any transcript of original registration or\nenrollment entries, or of any part thereof, on the payment of one cent\nfor every twenty names contained in the transcript.\n 2. The board…

§ 5-608. Replacement of registration and enrollment records; damaged,\nunusable or lost. 1. If the registration or enrollment records of any\nvoter shall be lost, mutilated, defaced or destroyed, the board of\nelections shall, except as provided in subdivision two hereof, requir…

§ 5-610. Registration records; new election district. When an election\ndistrict is created, abolished or altered in any way, the board of\nelections shall do all things necessary to transfer the affected\nregistration records to conform to the new plan of election districts\nan…

§ 5-612. Registration records; use by town or village clerks and for\nschool district, improvement district and fire district elections. 1.\nThe board of elections shall, not later than the twentieth day before a\nspecial town election and not later than the seventh day before a…

§ 5-614. Statewide voter registration list. 1. There shall be one\nofficial record of the registration of each voter. Such record shall be\nmaintained in an interactive, statewide, computerized, voter\nregistration list. Such statewide voter registration list shall\nconstitute t…

§ 5-700. Checks on registration. The board of elections shall permit\nonly those persons to register or to remain registered who have the\nqualifications prescribed by this article.\n

§ 5-702. Voters' check cards; investigation. 1. The board of elections\nshall cause a bipartisan team of regular or special employees of such\nboard to conduct an investigation of the qualifications to register and\nvote, or cause a voter's check card to be prepared for each vot…

§ 5-704. Notification to jurisdiction of prior registration. 1. Each\nboard of elections shall, at least once a month, transmit to the\nappropriate boards of election, a list of all persons who have\nregistered with such board of elections and stated that they were\npreviously r…

§ 5-708. Change of voter status; reports of. 1. It shall be the duty\nof the state health department and the department of health of the city\nof New York to deliver to the state board of elections, at least\nmonthly, records, in a format as mutually determined by both agencies,…

§ 5-710. Check of registrants; personal. 1. A special door to door\ncheck of all the registered voters in any or all of the election\ndistricts including election districts previously checked shall be\nconducted in any year upon the written filed request of any one member\nof th…

§ 5-712. Confirmation notices. 1. The board of elections shall send a\nconfirmation notice by forwardable first class or return postage\nguaranteed mail to every registered voter or applicant for registration,\nat the address at which the voter is registered or the address on th…

§ 5-800. Electronic voter registration transmittal system. In addition\nto any other means of voter registration provided for by this chapter,\nthe state board of elections shall establish and maintain an electronic\nvoter registration transmittal system through which applicants…

§ 5-802. Online voter registration application. 1. A voter shall be\nable to apply to register to vote using a personal online voter\nregistration application submitted through the electronic voter\nregistration transmittal system when the voter:\n (a) completes an electronic vo…

§ 5-804. Failure to provide exemplar signature not to prevent\nregistration. 1. If a voter registration exemplar signature is not\nprovided by an applicant who submits a voter registration application\npursuant to this title, the local board shall seek to obtain such\nexemplar s…

§ 5-900. Integrated personal voter registration application required.\n1. In addition to any other method of voter registration provided for by\nthis chapter, state and local agencies designated in subdivisions\nthirteen and fourteen of this section shall provide to the state bo…

§ 5-902. Failure to receive exemplar signature not to prevent\nregistration. If a voter registration exemplar signature is not received\nfrom an applicant who submits a voter registration or pre-registration\napplication pursuant to this title and such signature exemplar is not\…

§ 5-904. Presumption of innocent authorized error. 1. Notwithstanding\nsubdivision six of section 5-210 of this article or any other law to the\ncontrary, a person who is ineligible to vote who fails to decline to\nregister or pre-register to vote in accordance with the provisio…

§ 5-906. Forms. The state board of elections shall promulgate rules\nand regulations to implement this title. All agency forms and notices\nrequired by this title shall be approved by the state board of\nelections. All applications and notices for use by a board of elections\npu…

§ 6-100. Nominations and designations; generally. Nomination and\ndesignation of candidates for election to public office or party\nposition are governed by this article.\n

§ 6-102. Party nominations; electors, presidential. Party nominations\nof candidates for the office of elector of president and vice president\nof the United States, one for each congressional district and two at\nlarge, shall be made by the state committee.\n

§ 6-104. Party designation; statewide office. 1. Party designation of\na candidate for nomination for any office to be filled by the voters of\nthe entire state shall be made by the state committee. A designation for\nthe offices of governor and lieutenant governor, shall be mad…

§ 6-106. Party nominations; justice of the supreme court. Party\nnominations for the office of justice of the supreme court shall be made\nby the judicial district convention.\n

§ 6-108. Party nominations; towns. 1. In any town in a county having a\npopulation of over seven hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, as shown by\nthe latest federal decennial or special population census, party\nnominations of candidates for town offices shall be made at the pri…

§ 6-110. Party nominations; public office. All other party nominations\nof candidates for offices to be filled at a general election, except as\nprovided for herein, shall be made at the primary election.\n

§ 6-114. Party nominations; special election. Party nominations for an\noffice to be filled at a special election shall be made in the manner\nprescribed by the rules of the party.\n

§ 6-116. Party nominations; election to fill a vacancy. A party\nnomination of a candidate for election to fill a vacancy in an elective\noffice required to be filled at the next general election, occurring\nafter seven days before the last day for circulating designating\npetit…

§ 6-118. Designation and nomination by petition. Except as otherwise\nprovided by this article, the designation of a candidate for party\nnomination at a primary election and the nomination of a candidate for\nelection to a party position to be elected at a primary election shal…

§ 6-120. Designation and nomination; restrictions. 1. A petition,\nexcept as otherwise herein provided, for the purpose of designating any\nperson as a candidate for party nomination at a primary election shall\nbe valid only if the person so designated is an enrolled member of …

§ 6-122. Designation or nomination; eligibility, restrictions. A\nperson shall not be designated or nominated for a public office or party\nposition who (1) is not a citizen of the state of New York; (2) is\nineligible to be elected to such office or position; or (3) who, if\nel…

§ 6-124. Conventions; judicial. A judicial district convention shall\nbe constituted by the election at the preceding primary of delegates and\nalternate delegates, if any, from each assembly district or, if an\nassembly district shall contain all or part of two or more counties…

§ 6-126. Conventions; rules for holding. 1. The time and place of\nmeeting of a convention shall be fixed, within the times prescribed\nherein, by a committee appointed pursuant to the rules of the state\ncommittee. The room designated for the meeting place of a convention\nshal…

§ 6-128. New party; first nominations by. 1. When an independent body\nbecomes a party at a general election by qualifying under the\nrequirements set by law, nominations shall, prior to and including the\nfirst general election thereafter, be made as provided by the rules of\ns…

§ 6-130. Designating petition; signer information. The sheets of a\ndesignating petition must set forth in every instance the name of the\nsigner, his or her residence address, town or city (except in the city\nof New York, the county), and the date when the signature is affixed…

§ 6-132. Designating petition; form. 1. Each sheet of a designating\npetition shall be signed in ink and shall contain the following\ninformation and shall be in substantially the following form:\n I, the undersigned, do hereby state that I am a duly enrolled voter of\nthe......…

§ 6-134. Designating petition; rules. 1. A designating petition may\ndesignate candidates for nomination for one or more different public\noffices or for nomination for election to one or more party positions or\nboth, but designations or nominations for which the petitions are\…

§ 6-136. Designating petitions; number of signatures. 1. Petitions for\nany office to be filled by the voters of the entire state must be signed\nby not less than fifteen thousand or five per centum, whichever is less,\nof the then enrolled voters of the party in the state (excl…

§ 6-138. Independent nominations; rules. 1. Independent nominations\nfor public office shall be made by a petition containing the signatures\nof registered voters of the political unit for which a nomination is\nmade who are registered to vote. The name of a person signing such …

§ 6-140. Independent nominations; form of petition. 1. a. Each sheet\nof an independent nominating petition shall be signed in ink, shall\ncontain the following information and shall be in substantially the\nfollowing form:\n I, the undersigned, do hereby state that I am a regis…

§ 6-142. Independent nominations; number of signatures. 1. An\nindependent nominating petition for candidates to be voted for by all\nthe voters of the state must be signed by at least forty-five thousand\nvoters, or one percent of the total number of votes, excluding blank and\…

§ 6-144. Nominating and designating petitions and certificates; place\nfor filing. Petitions, certificates and minutes specified in this\narticle shall be filed in the office of the Board of Elections of the\ncounty, except as follows: for an office or position to be voted for\n…

§ 6-146. Nomination and designation; declination or acceptance. 1. A\nperson designated as a candidate for nomination or for party position,\nor nominated for an office, otherwise than at a primary election, may,\nin a certificate signed and acknowledged by him, and filed as pro…

§ 6-147. Multiple designations of a candidate for a party position. 1.\nThe name of a person designated on more than one petition as a candidate\nfor a party position to be filled by two or more persons shall be\nprinted on the ballot with the group of candidates designated by t…

§ 6-148. Nomination and designation; filling vacancies. 1. A vacancy\nin a designation or nomination caused by declination, where a\ndeclination is permitted by this article, or by the death or\ndisqualification of the candidate, or by a tie vote at a primary, may be\nfilled by …

§ 6-150. Nomination; vacancy caused by death or disqualification,\nunfilled at time of general or special election. If a vacancy shall\noccur in a nomination, caused by disqualification or death of the\ncandidate subsequent to noon of the Tuesday before a general or special\nele…

§ 6-152. Vacancies caused by death or disqualification and unfilled at\ntime of primary election. If a vacancy shall occur in a designation of a\ncandidate for nomination or election at a primary election, caused by\nthe death or disqualification of a candidate subsequent to noo…

§ 6-153. Certificate of candidacy by write-in candidates for president\nand vice president. 1. Any person who wishes to be a write-in candidate\nfor president of the United States shall, not later than the third\nTuesday before the general election, file a certificate of candida…

§ 6-154. Nominations and designations; objections to. 1. Any petition\nor certificate filed with the officer or board charged with the duty of\nreceiving it shall be presumptively valid if it is in proper form and\nappears to bear the requisite number of signatures, authenticate…

§ 6-156. Party nominations; certification. Certificates of\nnominations, made otherwise than at a primary, shall contain the name of\nthe political party making the nomination, the title of the office for\nwhich such person is nominated, the name and residence of the nominee,\nt…

§ 6-158. Nominating and designating petitions and certificates,\nconventions; times for filing and holding. 1. A designating petition\nshall be filed not earlier than the thirteenth Monday before, and not\nlater than the twelfth Thursday preceding the primary election.\n * 1-a. …