Title ELN, Election

§ 6-160. Primaries. 1. If more candidates are designated for the nomination of a party for an office to be filled by the voters of the entire state than there are vacancies, the nomination or nominations of the party shall be made at the primary election at which other candidate…

§ 6-162. Primary; New York City, run-off. 1. In the city of New York, when no candidate for the office of mayor, public advocate or comptroller receives forty percent or more of the votes cast by the members of a political party for such office in a city-wide primary election, t…

§ 6-164. Primary, uncontested; opportunity to ballot. Enrolled members of a party entitled to vote in the nomination of a candidate for public office or the election of a candidate for party position in a primary election of such party, and equal in number to at least the number…

§ 6-166. Primary; opportunity to ballot, form of petition. 1. The form of a petition requesting an opportunity to write in the name of an undesignated candidate or undesignated candidates at a primary election shall conform to the requirements for a designating petition, except …

§ 6-168. Designating petitions; candidates for the office of judge of the civil court of the city of New York. 1. The board of elections of the city of New York, not later than fourteen days before the first day to circulate designating petitions for a primary election, or the d…

§ 6-200. Application of title. 1. This title applies to all general and special village elections for officers which are conducted by the board of elections on a date other than the date of the general election and all the provisions of this chapter, not inconsistent with this t…

§ 6-202. Party nominations; villages. 1. Party nominations of candidates for village offices in any county shall be made at a party caucus or at a primary election, as the rules of the county committee, heretofore or hereafter adopted consistent with the provisions of this chapt…

§ 6-204. Designating petition; form. 1. Party designations for\nelective village offices shall be made on a designating petition\ncontaining the signatures in ink of residents of the village who are\nregistered to vote with the appropriate county board of elections at the\ntime …

§ 6-206. Independent nominations; petition, form. 1. Independent nominations for elective village offices shall be made by a petition containing the signatures in ink of residents of the village who are registered with the appropriate county board of elections at the time of sig…

§ 6-208. Petitions, qualifications of signers. Any village resident who is a registered voter of the village and, in the case of a designating petition, an enrolled member of the party filing the petition may sign an independent nominating petition or a designating petition prov…

§ 6-210. Petitions and certificates; place and times for filing. 1. Petitions and certificates specified in this title shall be filed with the county board of elections. 2. a. A certificate of party nomination for an office to be filled at the time of a general or special villag…

§ 6-212. Designations and nominations, objections. Written objections to a nominating or designating petition or to a certificate of nomination, certificate of acceptance, certificate of authorization, certificate of declination or certificate of substitution with respect to an …

§ 7-100. Ballots; provision for. Ballots shall be provided for every election at which public or party officers are to be nominated or elected.

§ 7-102. Ballot; placing names and ballot proposals thereon. 1. The names of all candidates and the form of submission of all duly certified ballot proposals shall be printed upon the official ballot except that at a primary election, no ballot proposals or names of candidates f…

§ 7-104. Ballots; form of. 1. All ballots shall be printed and/or displayed in a format and arrangement, of such uniform size and style as will fit the ballot, and shall be in as plain and clear a type or display as the space will reasonably permit, using only sans serif print f…

§ 7-105. Ballot accountability. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter requiring ballots to include a numbered stub separated from the ballot by a line of perforations, such numbered stubs shall not be required if the board of elections implements a ballot accountabil…

§ 7-106. Ballots; form of, for ballot scanners, general, primary, or special elections; additional requirements. 1. In addition to ballot requirements provided for in section 7-104 of this article, all ballots to be used with all ballot scanners shall comply with the following p…

§ 7-110. Ballots; form for ballot proposals; additional requirements. Ballot proposals shall appear on the ballot in a separate section or on a separate sheet or card. At the left of, or below or above, each proposal shall appear two voting positions. Next to the first voting po…

§ 7-114. Ballots; form for primary election; additional requirements. 1. (a) On the face of the official ballot for a primary election contests and candidates for nomination for public office shall appear first, followed by contests and candidates for party positions. When neces…

§ 7-116. Ballots; order of names on. 1. In printing the names of candidates on the ballot, the candidate or candidates of the party which polled for its candidate for the office of governor at the last preceding election for such office the highest number of votes, shall be row …

§ 7-118. Ballots; facsimile and sample. 1. The board of elections shall provide facsimile and sample ballots which shall be arranged in the form of a diagram showing such part of the face of the voting machine or ballots as shall be in use at that election. Such facsimile and sa…

§ 7-119. Ballots; early mail voters. 1. (a) Ballots for early mail voters shall be, as nearly as practicable, in the same form as those to be voted in the district on election day, except that such ballots need not have a stub, and shall have the words "Early Mail Ballot", endor…

§ 7-120. Ballots; emergency use, to be furnished. 1. If any voting machine or voting system for use in any election shall become out of order during an election it shall, if possible, be repaired or another machine or voting system substituted as promptly as possible. In case su…

§ 7-121. Ballots which are counted by machine. All ballots printed for use on a voting system approved by the state board of elections may be printed and arranged in a manner which would permit them to be counted by such machine.

§ 7-122. Ballots; absentee voters. 1. (a) Ballots for absentee voters shall be, as nearly as practicable, in the same form as those to be voted in the district on election day, except that such ballots need not have a stub, and shall have the words "Absentee Ballot", endorsed th…

§ 7-123. Ballots; military voters. 1. The state board of elections, after conferring with federal authorities, if any, authorized to act, shall prescribe the form and cause to be printed by the appropriate boards of elections or otherwise sufficient ballots for military voters t…

§ 7-124. Ballots; special federal voters. 1. The ballots for special federal voters shall provide for voting for presidential and vice-presidential electors, United States senator, representative in congress, and delegates and alternate delegates to a national convention only an…

§ 7-125. Ballots; special presidential voters. 1. The ballots for special presidential voters shall provide for voting for presidential and vice presidential electors only and shall be in the form prescribed for absentee ballots, except that either on the front or the back they …

§ 7-126. Ballots; pasters, or stickers, use of. No pasters or stickers shall be affixed to any official ballot by any voter. The board of elections may authorize election officials to affix a paster or sticker upon unvoted ballots. All of the voted ballots for which the use of a…

§ 7-128. Ballots; inspection of. 1. Each officer or board charged with the duty of providing official ballots for an election shall have sample ballots open to public inspection fifty days, except in the case of extraordinary circumstances in which case on the earliest day pract…

§ 7-130. Ballots; examination by voters and instruction in use of voting machines. One or more voting machines which shall contain the ballot labels, showing the title of officers to be voted for, and which shall so far as practicable contain the names of the candidates to be vo…

§ 7-200. Adoption and use of voting machine or system. 1. The board of elections of the city of New York and other county boards of elections may adopt any kind of voting machine or system approved by the state board of elections, or the use of which has been specifically author…

§ 7-201. Voting machines and systems; examination of. 1. Any person or corporation owning or being interested in any voting machine or system may apply to have the state board of elections examine such machine or system. Such applicant shall pay to the board before the examinati…

§ 7-202. Voting machine or system; requirements of. 1. A voting machine or system to be approved by the state board of elections shall: a. be constructed so as to allow for voting for all candidates who may be nominated and on all ballot proposals which may be submitted and, exc…

§ 7-203. Voting machines; requirement of use. 1. The board of elections shall provide a sufficient number of voting machines to fully equip all election districts within its jurisdiction. Such voting machines shall be used at all general, special and primary elections conducted …

§ 7-204. Contracts for purchase of voting machines or systems. 1. All contracts for purchase of voting machines or systems of types approved by the state board of elections shall include, but not be limited to, requirements that the vendors provide assistance in training board o…

§ 7-205. Voting machines; use of at primaries. 1. The board of elections of any county outside the city of New York may adopt, and shall adopt when required by local law in any city or by action of the county legislative body in any county, the use of voting machines for contest…

§ 7-206. Testing of voting and ballot counting machines. 1. The state board of elections shall test every voting machine of a type approved after September first, nineteen hundred eighty-six and every ballot counting machine to insure that each such machine functions properly be…

§ 7-207. Voting and ballot counting machines; preparation of, party representatives. 1. It shall be the duty of the board of elections to cause the proper ballot labels to be prepared and placed on those voting machines which require ballot labels, to cause the machines and any …

§ 7-208. Escrow requirements. Prior to the use of any voting machine or system in any election in the state, on or after September first, two thousand six, the state board of elections and the local board of elections using such voting machine or system shall: 1. Require that th…

§ 7-209. Elimination of punch card ballots. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on or after September first, two thousand six, no punch card ballot or punch card voting system shall be used in any manner in the conduct of any election.

§ 8-100. Elections; dates of and hours for voting. 1. (a) A primary election shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in June before every general election unless otherwise changed by an act of the legislature. Members of the state and county committees and assembly district leaders …

§ 8-102. Polls; opening of. 1. The inspectors of election, and clerks, if any, shall meet at the polling place at least one-half hour before the time set for opening the polls of election. The inspectors of election shall: (a) See that the American flag is displayed. (b) Cause t…

§ 8-104. Polls. 1. The American flag shall be kept displayed at each polling place throughout the election. Facsimile ballots, voter information posting and distance markers shall not be taken down, torn or defaced during the election. While the polls are open no person shall do…

§ 8-106. Polling places; attendance for educational purposes. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, in order to facilitate education and participation in the electoral process, a number of students in grades eight to twelve, inclusive, not to exceed four at any o…

§ 8-108. Change of polling place. In the event that there is a change of location of a polling place from the last primary or general election held or the last early voting period held, the board of elections for the voting district in which the old polling place is located shal…

§ 8-202. Board of inspectors; conduct of. 1. The chair of the board of inspectors theretofore appointed shall continue to act as such, and the inspectors shall act as a board, and a majority thereof shall decide questions. Two inspectors who are not of the same political faith s…

§ 8-300. Voting; manner of. 1. The inspectors shall admit within the voting area only two voters at a time for each ballot scanner, ballot marking device, or privacy booth and shall ascertain whether each such voter is entitled to vote. If he or she is found to be entitled to vo…

§ 8-302. Voting; verification of registration. 1. At all elections held pursuant to the provisions of this chapter two inspectors representing different political parties shall act together at all times in supervising the use of the registration records and in verifying the righ…

§ 8-303. Initial voter identification. 1. Applicability. Each board of elections, in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner, shall require a voter to meet the requirements of subdivision two of this section if: (a) the individual registered to vote in a jurisdiction by mail on o…