Title ELN, Election

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 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\nnominations for elective village offices shall be made by a petition\ncontaining the signatures in ink of residents of the village who are\nregistered with the appropriate county board of elections at the time of\…

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

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

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

§ 7-100. Ballots; provision for. Ballots shall be provided for every\nelection at which public or party officers are to be nominated or\nelected.\n

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

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

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

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

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

§ 7-114. Ballots; form for primary election; additional requirements.\n1. (a) On the face of the official ballot for a primary election\ncontests and candidates for nomination for public office shall appear\nfirst, followed by contests and candidates for party positions. When\nn…

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

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

§ 7-119. Ballots; early mail voters. 1. (a) Ballots for early mail\nvoters shall be, as nearly as practicable, in the same form as those to\nbe voted in the district on election day, except that such ballots need\nnot have a stub, and shall have the words "Early Mail Ballot", en…

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

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

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

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

§ 7-124. Ballots; special federal voters. 1. The ballots for special\nfederal voters shall provide for voting for presidential and\nvice-presidential electors, United States senator, representative in\ncongress, and delegates and alternate delegates to a national convention\nonl…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 7-208. Escrow requirements. Prior to the use of any voting machine\nor system in any election in the state, on or after September first, two\nthousand six, the state board of elections and the local board of\nelections using such voting machine or system shall:\n 1. Require th…

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

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

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

§ 8-104. Polls. 1. The American flag shall be kept displayed at each\npolling place throughout the election. Facsimile ballots, voter\ninformation posting and distance markers shall not be taken down, torn\nor defaced during the election. While the polls are open no person shall…

§ 8-106. Polling places; attendance for educational purposes. 1.\nNotwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, in order to\nfacilitate education and participation in the electoral process, a\nnumber of students in grades eight to twelve, inclusive, not to exceed\nfour at a…

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

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

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

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

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