Title ELN, Election

Section 1-100. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the\n"Election Law".\n

§ 1-102. Applicability of chapter. This chapter shall govern the\nconduct of all elections at which voters of the state of New York may\ncast a ballot for the purpose of electing an individual to any party\nposition or nominating or electing an individual to any federal, state,\…

§ 1-104. Definitions. The terms used in this chapter shall have the\nsignificance herein defined unless another meaning is clearly apparent\nin language or context. 1. The term "political unit" means the state or\nany political subdivision thereof or therein.\n 2. The term "unit…

§ 1-106. Filing of papers; when received. 1. All papers required to be\nfiled pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall, unless otherwise\nprovided, be filed between the hours of nine A.M. and five P.M. On the\nlast day of filing in the county of Westchester, petitions of…

§ 1-108. Expenses related to local mandatory and permissive\nreferendum. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,\nno private individual, partnership, corporation, industry, association,\norganization, firm, trust, estate or other legal entity not associated\n…

§ 10-102. Military voters; definitions. As used in this article the\nfollowing terms have the following meanings.\n 1. "Military service" means the military service of the state, or of\nthe United States, including the army, navy, marine corps, air force,\nspace force, coast gua…

§ 10-104. Military voters; right to vote. A military voter of this\nstate shall be entitled to vote as fully as if he were present at his\npolling place and to register and vote in the manner hereinafter\nprovided except that the provisions of this article for absentee voting\ni…

§ 10-106. Military voters; registration and application for ballots.\n1. On or before the thirty-fifth day preceding an election the names\nand addresses of all military voters who have filed applications for\nmilitary ballots by such day and who were not already registered shal…

§ 10-107. Military voters; designation of means of transmission by\nmilitary voters. 1. A military voter may designate a preference to\nreceive a voter registration application, a military ballot application\nor a military ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mai…

§ 10-108. Military voters; distribution of ballots to. 1. (a) Ballots\nfor military voters shall be mailed or otherwise distributed by the\nboard of elections, in accordance with the preferred method of\ntransmission designated by the voter pursuant to section 10-107 of this\nar…

§ 10-109. Military voters; cancellation of registration. 1. Voters\nregistered pursuant to this article shall be eligible to vote in every\nelection in which military voters are eligible to vote which is held\nmore than ten days after the date of the receipt of their application…

§ 10-112. Military voter; voting. The military voter shall mark the\nmilitary ballot provided for in this article in the same manner as an\nabsentee ballot. After marking the ballot, he or she shall fold such\nballot and enclose it in the inner affirmation envelope bearing the\n…

§ 10-114. Military ballots; deadline for receipt, and delivery to\npolling place. 1. The board of elections shall cause all military\nballots received by it before the close of the polls on election day and\nall ballots contained in envelopes showing a cancellation mark of the\n…

§ 10-116. Military ballots; determination of candidates thereon. The\nstate board of elections and the county boards of elections shall\ndetermine, three days before the first day for distribution of military\nballots, the names of all candidates duly nominated for public office…

§ 10-118. Military voting; costs of. The cost of printing, mailing,\nreturn postage, and all other costs and expenses incurred in connection\nwith the administration of this article (other than those of the state\nboard of elections), shall be a county charge, and in the city of…

§ 10-122. Military voter; early mail or absentee ballot, right to. Any\nmilitary voter may vote by early mail ballot or absentee ballot rather\nthan military ballot provided that he complies with the provisions of\nthis chapter relating thereto.\n

§ 10-124. Military voting; state board of elections; regulatory\npowers. 1. The state board of elections is hereby authorized to take\nsuch steps and do such things as, in its opinion, are necessary to make\neffective the provisions of any other legislation, in order to utilize\…

§ 10-125. Military voters; prohibiting refusal to accept voter\nregistration and military ballot applications, marked military ballots,\nand federal write-in absentee ballots for failure to meet certain\nrequirements. 1. A board of elections shall not refuse to accept and\nproce…

§ 10-126. Military voting; applicability of general provisions. The\ngeneral provisions of this chapter shall apply to this article, except\nas they are inconsistent herewith. The provisions of this article shall\nbe liberally construed for the purpose of providing military vote…

§ 11-102. Special presidential voters; change of residence; special\nqualifications. Any person who shall change his residence from this\nstate to another state or from one county or city of this state to\nanother such county or city, after the thirtieth day next preceding any\n…

§ 11-104. Registration and application for special presidential\nballot. 1. a. A person who, pursuant to the provisions of this title, is\nqualified to vote for president and vice president of the United States\nmay apply to the board of elections of his county of residence next…

§ 11-106. Processing of applications by board of elections. 1. The\napplication forms shall be in a form prescribed by the state board of\nelections.\n 2. Upon receipt of the application, the board of elections shall\ndetermine upon such inquiry as it deems proper whether the ap…

§ 11-108. Special presidential voters lists. Prior to each general\nelection at which presidential electors are to be elected, each board of\nelections shall prepare for each election district within its\njurisdiction a list containing the names, alphabetically arranged, and\nth…

§ 11-110. Special presidential ballots; deadline for receipt. 1. To be\ncounted, any ballot cast under the provisions of this article must be\nreceived by the appropriate board of elections not later than the close\nof the polls on election day except that all ballots contained …

§ 11-112. Application of other provisions. 1. Except as otherwise\nprovided in this title, special presidential ballots shall be furnished,\nmailed, voted, returned, counted, canvassed and preserved as elsewhere\nprovided in this chapter for absentee voters' ballots.\n 2. All th…

§ 11-200. Special federal voters; qualifications. 1. Every citizen of\nthe United States now residing outside the United States whose last\ndomicile in the United States immediately prior to his departure from\nthe United States was in the state of New York, shall be entitled to…

§ 11-202. Registration and enrollment of special federal voters and\napplication for special federal ballot. 1. a. A person, who, pursuant to\nthis title, is qualified to vote as a special federal voter may, by\napplication received by the state board of elections or any local b…

§ 11-203. Special federal voters; designation of means of transmission\nby special federal voters. 1. A special federal voter may designate a\npreference to receive a voter registration application, a special\nfederal ballot application or a special federal ballot by mail,\nfacs…

§ 11-204. Processing of applications by board of elections. 1. The\nregistration application forms shall be in a form prescribed by the\nstate board of elections.\n 2. Upon receipt of an application, the board of elections shall\ndetermine upon such inquiry as it deems proper wh…

§ 11-206. Special federal voters; preparation of registration poll\nrecords and central file registration records. 1. The board of elections\nshall prepare a registration poll record and a central file registration\nrecord for each voter registered pursuant to this title or shal…

§ 11-208. Special federal voters; cancellation of registration. 1.\nVoters registered pursuant to this title shall be eligible to vote in\nevery election in which special federal voters are eligible to vote\nwhich is held on or after the thirtieth day after receipt of their\napp…

§ 11-210. Special federal voters; distribution of applications for\nballots. 1. Not earlier than sixty or later than forty days before each\ngeneral or primary election in which special federal voters are eligible\nto vote, the board of elections shall mail to each voter who is …

§ 11-212. Special federal ballots; deadline for receipt. All special\nfederal ballots received by the board of elections before the close of\nthe polls on election day shall be retained by the board of elections\nand cast and canvassed pursuant to section 9-209 of this chapter. …

§ 11-214. Use of airmail. All ballots, applications, notices or other\nmail sent, pursuant to the provisions of this title, to addresses\noutside the United States, Canada or Mexico, shall be sent by airmail.\n

§ 11-216. Forwarding of applications and ballots. 1. If the state\nboard of elections receives any applications, requests for applications\nor ballots from persons who are or may be eligible to vote pursuant to\nthis title, it shall forthwith forward such applications or ballots…

§ 11-218. Application of other provisions. 1. Except as otherwise\nprovided in this title, special federal ballots shall be furnished,\nmailed, voted, returned, counted, canvassed and preserved as elsewhere\nprovided in this chapter for absentee voters' ballots.\n 2. Except as o…

§ 11-219. Special federal voters; prohibiting refusal to accept voter\nregistration and special federal ballot applications, marked special\nfederal ballots, and federal write-in absentee ballots for failure to\nmeet certain requirements. 1. A board of elections shall not refuse…

§ 11-220. Federal voting; applicability of general provisions. The\ngeneral provisions of this chapter shall apply to this article, except\nas they are inconsistent herewith. The provisions of this article shall\nbe liberally construed for the purpose of providing special federa…

§ 11-300. Special ballots on account of religious scruples. A voter\nmay deliver to the inspectors of election of the election district in\nwhich he is registered, or to the board of elections, at any time during\nthe period in which an application for early mail or absentee bal…

§ 11-302. Special ballots for board of election employees. A person\nwho is an employee of the board of elections or who has been appointed\nto serve as an inspector of elections, poll clerk or election\ncoordinator at a polling place other than the one at which he or she is\nre…

§ 11-306. Special ballots; victims of domestic violence. 1. A voter\nmay deliver to the board of elections, in person or by mail, at any time\nduring the period in which early mail or absentee ballot applications\nmay be delivered, a signed written statement swearing or affirmin…

§ 11-308. Special ballots for emergency responders. 1. A registered\nvoter who serves as an emergency responder in times of emergency, as\ndeclared by the governor or a court of competent jurisdiction, may apply\nto the board of elections by letter or special application via mai…

§ 12-100. Electors of president and vice president. At the general\nelection in November preceding the time fixed by law of the United\nStates for the choice of president and vice president of the United\nStates, as many electors of president and vice president of the United\nSt…

§ 12-102. Lists of electors; state board of elections to furnish. At\nleast six days before the time fixed for the meeting of the electors\npursuant to section 12-104 of this title, the state board of elections\nshall:\n 1. prepare seven lists, containing the names of the person…

§ 12-104. Electoral college; meeting and organization. The electors\nshall convene at the state capitol upon notice from, and at a place\nfixed by the secretary of state on the first Tuesday after the second\nWednesday in December next following their election. Those of them who…

§ 12-106. Electoral college; vote of the electors. Immediately after\nthe organization of the electoral college, the electors shall then and\nthere vote by ballot for president and vice president, but no elector\nshall vote for more than one person who is a resident of this stat…

§ 12-108. Electoral college; certificate of vote, how distributed. The\npresident of the electoral college shall immediately transmit the\ncertificates of vote so made pursuant to section 12-106 of this title\nwith the lists attached thereto. Such transmission of each such\ncert…

§ 12-110. Electors; compensation. Every elector of the state who shall\nattend at any meeting of the electoral college and give his vote at the\ntime and place appointed by law, shall be entitled to receive for his\nattendance at such election, the sum of fifteen dollars per day…

§ 12-200. United States senators; election of. At the general election\nnext preceding the expiration of the term of office of a United States\nsenator from this state, a United States senator shall be elected by the\npeople for a full term of six years. Elections to fill a vaca…

§ 12-300. Representatives in congress; election of. Representatives in\nthe house of representatives of the congress of the United States shall\nbe chosen in the several congressional districts at the general election\nheld in every even-numbered year. Elections to fill a vacanc…