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NY Elec L § 11-210 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 11 - Special Presidential and Special Federal Voters and Special Ballots Title 2 - Special Federal Voters 11-210 - Special Federal Voters; Distribution of Applications for Ballots.

§  11-210.  Special  federal  voters; distribution of applications for   ballots. 1. Not earlier than sixty or later than forty days before  each   general or primary election in which special federal voters are eligible   to vote, the board of elections shall mail to each voter who is eligible   to  vote  in such election and who was registered pursuant to this title   for the previous election at which such voters were  eligible  to  vote,   the application for a special federal ballot provided for by this title;   provided,  however,  the  board  of  elections  shall  not  send such an   application to any person who has  applied  for  a  ballot  and  who  is   entitled to receive a ballot for such election.2.  If  a special election for representative in congress is called by   proclamation of the governor, such an application  shall  be  mailed  to   each voter registered pursuant to this title, who is eligible to vote in   such  special  election, not later than three days after the issuance of   the proclamation for such special election; provided, however, the board   of elections shall not send such an application to any  person  who  has   applied  for  a  ballot and who is entitled to receive a ballot for such   election.
NY Elec L § 11-212 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 11 - Special Presidential and Special Federal Voters and Special Ballots Title 2 - Special Federal Voters 11-212 - Special Federal Ballots; Deadline for Receipt.

* § 11-212. Special federal ballots; deadline for receipt. All special   federal  ballots  received by the board of elections before the close of   the polls on election day shall be retained by the  board  of  elections   and  cast  and  canvassed pursuant to section 9-209 of this chapter. All   ballots contained in envelopes showing a cancellation mark of the United   States postal service or a foreign country's postal service, or  showing   a  dated  endorsement  of receipt by another agency of the United States   government, with a date which is ascertained to be not  later  than  the   day  of the election, shall be cast and counted if received by the board   of elections not later than seven days following the day  of  a  primary   election  or  thirteen  days  following  the day of a general or special   election. All ballots received by the board of elections and all federal   write-in ballots received from special federal  voters  not  later  than   seven  days  following  the  day  of a primary election or thirteen days   following the day of a general or special election, shall be retained at   the board and shall be cast and canvassed in the same  manner  as  other   ballots retained by such board.* NB Effective until December 31, 2021* § 11-212. Special federal ballots; deadline for receipt. All special   federal  ballots  received by the board of elections before the close of   the polls on election day shall be retained by the  board  of  elections   and  cast  and  canvassed pursuant to section 9-209 of this chapter. All   ballots contained in envelopes showing a cancellation mark of the United   States postal service or a foreign country's postal service, or  showing   a  dated  endorsement  of receipt by another agency of the United States   government, with a date which is ascertained to be not  later  than  the   day  of the election, shall be cast and counted if received by the board   of elections not later than seven days following the day  of  a  primary   election  or  thirteen  days  following  the day of a general or special   election except that the special federal ballot of a voter who requested   such ballot by letter, rather than application,  shall  not  be  counted   unless  a  valid  application form, signed by such voter, is received by   the board of elections with such ballot. All  ballots  received  by  the   board  of  elections  and  all  federal  write-in  ballots received from   special federal voters not later than seven days following the day of  a   primary  election  or  thirteen  days  following the day of a general or   special election, shall be retained at the board and shall be  cast  and   canvassed in the same manner as other ballots retained by such board.* NB Effective December 31, 2021
NY Elec L § 11-214 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 11 - Special Presidential and Special Federal Voters and Special Ballots Title 2 - Special Federal Voters 11-214 - Use of Airmail.

§  11-214. Use of airmail. All ballots, applications, notices or other   mail sent, pursuant to  the  provisions  of  this  title,  to  addresses   outside the United States, Canada or Mexico, shall be sent by airmail.
NY Elec L § 11-216 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 11 - Special Presidential and Special Federal Voters and Special Ballots Title 2 - Special Federal Voters 11-216 - Forwarding of Applications and Ballots.

§  11-216.  Forwarding  of  applications  and ballots. 1. If the state board of elections receives any applications, requests for  applications or  ballots  from persons who are or may be eligible to vote pursuant to this title, it shall forthwith forward such applications or  ballots  to the  board of elections in whose jurisdiction such persons are or may be so eligible.   2. If a board of elections receives  any  applications,  requests  for applications or ballots from persons who are or may be eligible to vote, pursuant  to  this title, from an address in the jurisdiction of another board of elections, the board receiving  such  applications  or  ballots shall  forthwith mail them by first class mail to the board of elections in whose jurisdiction such persons are or may be so eligible.   3. (a) Upon the proclamation of a special election by the governor  or otherwise pursuant to law, each board of elections shall, not later than three days after the establishment of the date of such special election, transmit   by   mail,  facsimile  transmission  or  electronic  mail  in accordance with the preferred method of transmission designated  by  the voter  pursuant  to  section  11-203  of  this title, a federal write-in absentee ballot to all  special  federal  voters  eligible  to  vote  by special federal ballot in such special election.  (b)  Each  board  of  elections  which  is  served  with a court order restraining or enjoining the issuance of ballots in any election,  other than  a special election, in which any special federal voter is entitled to receive  a  ballot  shall  immediately  notify  the  state  board  of elections  of  such  fact  and  shall  transmit  in  accordance with the preferred method of transmission designated  by  the  voter,  a  federal write-in  absentee ballot to all special federal voters eligible to vote in such election.  (c) A special federal  voter  who  has  received  a  federal  write-in absentee  ballot  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  a  certified  ballot notwithstanding the prior transmission of a  federal  write-in  absentee ballot  to  such  voter  pursuant  to  paragraph  (a)  or  (b)  of  this subdivision. Such certified special federal ballot shall be sent by  the board   of   elections  in  accordance  with  the  preferred  method  of transmission designated by the special federal voter pursuant to section 11-203 of this title, or expedited mail if the special federal voter has not expressed a preference to receive same by facsimile transmission  or electronic mail, and his or her request for a special federal ballot was made at least thirty-two days before the election.
NY Elec L § 11-218 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 11 - Special Presidential and Special Federal Voters and Special Ballots Title 2 - Special Federal Voters 11-218 - Application of Other Provisions.

§  11-218.  Application  of  other  provisions. 1. Except as otherwise   provided in this title, special  federal  ballots  shall  be  furnished,   mailed,  voted,  returned, counted, canvassed and preserved as elsewhere   provided in this chapter for absentee voters' ballots.2. Except as otherwise provided in this title, all the  provisions  of   this   chapter   with   respect  to  registration,  enrollment,  special   enrollment, correction of enrollment and change of enrollment  shall  be   deemed  to apply with respect to and in connection with the operation of   this title.3. All the provisions of this chapter relating to crimes  against  the   elective  franchise  shall  be  deemed  to  apply with respect to and in   connection with the operation of this title.4. The general provisions of this chapter shall apply with respect  to   this  title  except  as  they  are inconsistent with this title, and the   provisions of this title shall be construed liberally for  the  purposes   herein expressed or intended.
NY Elec L § 11-219 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 11 - Special Presidential and Special Federal Voters and Special Ballots Title 2 - Special Federal Voters 11-219 - Special Federal Voters; Prohibiting Refusal to Accept Voter Registration and Special Federal Ballot Applications, Marked Special Federal Ballots, And

§  11-219. Special federal voters; prohibiting refusal to accept voter registration and special federal  ballot  applications,  marked  special federal  ballots,  and  federal write-in absentee ballots for failure to meet certain requirements. 1. A board of elections shall not  refuse  to accept and process any otherwise valid voter registration application or special  federal  ballot  application  (including the official post card form prescribed under section 101 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 USC 1973ff)) or marked  special  federal  ballot submitted  by  mail  or personally delivered, solely on the basis of the following:  (a) Notarization requirements;  (b) Restrictions on paper type, including weight and size; or  (c) Restrictions on envelope type, including weight and size.   2. A board of elections shall not refuse to  accept  and  process  any otherwise valid federal write-in absentee ballot submitted in any manner by a special federal voter solely on the basis of the following:  (a) Notarization requirements;  (b) Restrictions on paper type, including weight and size; or  (c) Restrictions on envelope type, including weight and size.   3. The state board of elections, in coordination with county boards of elections, shall develop a free access system by which a special federal voter  may  determine  whether the special federal ballot of the special federal voter has been received by the appropriate board of elections.
NY Elec L § 11-220 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 11 - Special Presidential and Special Federal Voters and Special Ballots Title 2 - Special Federal Voters 11-220 - Federal Voting; Applicability of General Provisions.

§  11-220.  Federal  voting;  applicability of general provisions. The   general provisions of this chapter shall apply to this  article,  except   as  they are inconsistent herewith. The provisions of this article shall   be liberally construed for the  purpose  of  providing  special  federal   voters  the opportunity to vote. The state board of elections shall have   power to adopt and promulgate regulations to effectuate  the  provisions   of this article.
NY Elec L § 11-300 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 11 - Special Presidential and Special Federal Voters and Special Ballots Title 3 - Special Ballots 11-300 - Special Ballots on Account of Religious Scruples.

§  11-300.  Special  ballots on account of religious scruples. A voter   may deliver to the inspectors of election of the  election  district  in   which he is registered, or to the board of elections, at any time during   the  period  in  which  an  application  for  absentee  ballot may be so   delivered  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  a  written   statement  of  religious  scruples  against  voting  at  a polling place   located in a premises used for religious  purposes.  In  the  event  the   polling place for any such voter's election district shall be located in   a  premises  used  for  religious purposes, the board of elections shall   permit such voter to cast a special ballot, at an office of  such  board   of  elections,  not  earlier  than  one week before the election and not   later than the close of the polls on election day. Such ballots shall be   retained at the board of elections and cast and  canvassed  pursuant  to   the provisions of section 9-209 of this chapter.
NY Elec L § 11-302 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 11 - Special Presidential and Special Federal Voters and Special Ballots Title 3 - Special Ballots 11-302 - Special Ballots for Board of Election Employees.

§  11-302.  Special  ballots for board of election employees. A person   who is an employee of the board of elections or who has  been  appointed   to   serve  as  an  inspector  of  elections,  poll  clerk  or  election   coordinator at a polling place other than the one at which he or she  is   registered  to  vote,  may  deliver to the inspectors of election of the   election district in which he or she is registered, or to the  board  of   elections,  at any time during the period in which an application for an   absentee ballot may be so delivered pursuant to the provisions  of  this   chapter,  a written statement that he or she will be unable to appear at   the polling place for such election district on the day of  an  election   because  his  or  her  duties  as  an  employee  of  such board or as an   inspector, poll clerk or election coordinator require him or her  to  be   elsewhere.  The  board  of  elections shall provide such voter a special   ballot any time prior to  the  close  of  the  polls  on  election  day,   provided  however  that  the distribution of such ballots to such voters   shall be timed to afford  such  voters  sufficient  time  to  cast  such   ballots  prior  to  the  close  of  the polls on election day. Such cast   ballots may be delivered to an office of such board of elections  or  to   any  board  of  inspectors  not  later  than  the  close of the polls on   election day. Such ballots shall be retained at the board  of  elections   and  cast  and  canvassed pursuant to the provisions of section 9-209 of   this chapter.
NY Elec L § 11-306 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 11 - Special Presidential and Special Federal Voters and Special Ballots Title 3 - Special Ballots 11-306 - Special Ballots; Victims of Domestic Violence.

§  11-306.  Special  ballots; victims of domestic violence. 1. A voter may deliver to the board of elections, in person or by mail, at any time during  the  period  in  which  absentee  ballot  applications  may   be delivered, a signed written statement swearing or affirming:  (a) that he or she is the victim of domestic violence;  (b)  that  he  or  she  has  left his or her residence because of such violence; and  (c) that because of the  threat  of  physical  or  emotional  harm  to himself  or  herself or to family or household members, he or she wishes to cast a special ballot  in  the  next  election.  The  statement  must include  the  voter's  address  of  registration. The board of elections shall permit such a voter to cast a special ballot at an office of  such board  of  elections  not  later than the close of the polls on election day, or by mail within the same time and in the  same  manner  in  which absentee  ballots may be cast, provided however that the distribution of such ballots to such  voters  shall  be  timed  to  afford  such  voters sufficient  time to cast such ballots prior to the close of the polls on election day. Such ballots shall be retained at the board  of  elections and  cast  and  canvassed pursuant to the provisions of section 9-209 of this chapter.   2. "Family or household members" mean the following individuals:  (a) persons related by consanguinity or affinity;  (b) persons legally married to one another;  (c) persons formerly married to one another regardless of whether they still reside in the same household;  (d) persons who have a child in  common  regardless  of  whether  such persons are married or have lived together at any time; or  (e)  persons  who are not related by consanguinity or affinity and who are or have been in an intimate relationship regardless of whether  such persons have lived together at any time.
NY Elec L § 12-100 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 12 - Presidential Electors and Federal Elected Officers Title 1 - Presidential and Vice Presidential Electors 12-100 - Electors of President and Vice President.

§  12-100.  Electors  of  president and vice president. At the general   election in November preceding the time  fixed  by  law  of  the  United   States  for  the  choice  of  president and vice president of the United   States, as many electors of president and vice president of  the  United   States  shall be elected, as this state shall be entitled to.  Each vote   cast for the candidates of any party or independent body  for  president   and  vice  president  of  the  United  States and each vote cast for any   write-in candidates for such offices shall be deemed to be cast for  the   candidates  for  elector  of  such  party  or  independent  body  or the   candidates for elector named in the certificate  of  candidacy  of  such   write-in candidates.
NY Elec L § 12-102 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 12 - Presidential Electors and Federal Elected Officers Title 1 - Presidential and Vice Presidential Electors 12-102 - Lists of Electors; State Board of Elections to Furnish.

§  12-102. Lists of electors; state board of elections to furnish. The   state board of elections shall prepare seven lists, containing both  the   names  of  the  persons who are elected as electors and a canvass of the   votes cast for each candidate for elector, together with  a  certificate   of  determination  thereon  by the state board of canvassers; procure to   the same the signature of the governor; cause to be affixed thereto  the   seal  of the state, and in behalf of the governor, send one copy of such   certified list to the administrator of general services  of  the  United   States  by  registered mail and deliver the six other copies thus signed   and sealed to the president of the college of electors immediately after   his election.
NY Elec L § 12-104 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 12 - Presidential Electors and Federal Elected Officers Title 1 - Presidential and Vice Presidential Electors 12-104 - Electoral College; Meeting and Organization.

§  12-104.  Electoral  college; meeting and organization. The electors   shall convene at the state capitol upon notice  from,  and  at  a  place   fixed  by  the  secretary  of state on the first Monday after the second   Wednesday in December next following their election. Those of  them  who   shall  be assembled at twelve o'clock noon of that day shall immediately   at that hour fill, by majority vote,  all  vacancies  in  the  electoral   college  occasioned by the death, refusal to serve, or neglect to attend   at that hour, of any elector, or any vacancies occasioned  by  an  equal   number votes having been given for two or more candidates. The electoral   college being thus completed, they shall then choose a president and one   or more secretaries from their own body.
NY Elec L § 12-106 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 12 - Presidential Electors and Federal Elected Officers Title 1 - Presidential and Vice Presidential Electors 12-106 - Electoral College; Vote of the Electors.

§  12-106.  Electoral college; vote of the electors. Immediately after   the organization of the electoral college, the electors shall  then  and   there  vote  by  ballot for president and vice president, but no elector   shall vote for more than one person who is a  resident  of  this  state.   They  shall  name in separate ballots the persons voted for as president   and vice president. They shall make and sign six certificates of all the   votes given by them,  each  of  which  certificates  shall  contain  two   distinct  lists, one with the votes for president and one with the votes   for vice president. There shall be annexed to each of  the  certificates   one  of the lists of electors which shall have been furnished to them by   the state board of elections. They shall seal  up  the  certificates  so   made and certify upon each that the lists of all the votes of this state   given for president and vice president are contained therein.
NY Elec L § 12-108 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 12 - Presidential Electors and Federal Elected Officers Title 1 - Presidential and Vice Presidential Electors 12-108 - Electoral College; Certificate of Vote, How Distributed.

§ 12-108. Electoral college; certificate of vote, how distributed. The   president of the electoral college shall distribute certificates so made   with the lists attached thereto in the following manner:1.  Forthwith,  and  before  the fourth Wednesday in the said month of   December, forward one certificate to the president of the United  States   senate at the seat of the federal government by registered mail.2.  Forthwith,  and  before  the fourth Wednesday in the said month of   December deliver two certificates to the state board of  elections,  one   of  which  shall  be held by it subject to the order of the president of   the United States senate and the other shall be preserved for  one  year   and  shall  be  a part of the public records of the board and be open to   public inspection.3. On the following day forward two certificates to the  administrator   of  general services at the seat of the federal government by registered   mail.4. Forthwith, and before the fourth Wednesday in  the  said  month  of   December,  deliver  the  other  certificates  to  the chief judge of the   United States District Court of the northern district of  the  state  of   New York.
NY Elec L § 12-110 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 12 - Presidential Electors and Federal Elected Officers Title 1 - Presidential and Vice Presidential Electors 12-110 - Electors; Compensation.

§ 12-110. Electors; compensation. Every elector of the state who shall   attend  at any meeting of the electoral college and give his vote at the   time and place appointed by law, shall be entitled to  receive  for  his   attendance  at  such  election,  the  sum  of  fifteen  dollars per day,   together with thirteen cents  per  mile  each  way  from  his  place  of   residence  by  the most usual traveled route, to the place of meeting of   such electors, to be audited by the comptroller upon the certificate  of   the secretary of state.
NY Elec L § 12-200 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 12 - Presidential Electors and Federal Elected Officers Title 2 - United States Senators 12-200 - United States Senators; Election Of.

§ 12-200. United States senators; election of. At the general election   next  preceding  the expiration of the term of office of a United States   senator from this state, a United States senator shall be elected by the   people for a full term of six years. Elections to fill a vacancy for  an   unexpired term shall be held as provided in the public officers law.
NY Elec L § 12-300 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 12 - Presidential Electors and Federal Elected Officers Title 3 - Representatives in Congress 12-300 - Representatives in Congress; Election Of.

§ 12-300. Representatives in congress; election of. Representatives in   the  house of representatives of the congress of the United States shall   be chosen in the several congressional districts at the general election   held in every even-numbered year. Elections to fill  a  vacancy  for  an   unexpired term shall be held as provided in the public officers law.