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NY Elec L § 9-106 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 9 - Canvass of Results Title 1 - Canvass at Polling Places 9-106 - Official Ballots; Accounting for Number Used.

§ 9-106. Official ballots; accounting for number used. After the polls   of  the election are closed and before any boxes or envelopes containing   voted ballots are opened, the clerks, or if  there  be  no  clerks,  two   inspectors representing different parties designated by the chair, shall   account  for all of the paper ballots furnished to the election district   or poll site.  On  a  reconciliation  form  supplied  by  the  board  of   elections,  they  shall count, verify and record on such form the number   of unused ballots, the number of  ballots  spoiled  before  delivery  to   voters  in  the poll site, the number of ballots spoiled and returned by   voters and the number of affidavit ballots cast. These numbers shall  be   added  to  the  number of ballots cast as recorded by the public counter   number appearing on the ballot scanner screen(s) or results tape(s). The   sum shall be recorded on the ballot reconciliation form. This  resulting   number shall be deducted from the number of ballots originally delivered   to the election district or poll site, and the remainder number shall be   determined  to  be the number of ballots secured in the emergency ballot   box(es) or other secure storage container(s) provided by  the  board  of   elections.  This  remainder  number  shall  be  recorded  on  the ballot   reconciliation form. If such remainder number is zero and there  are  no   ballots   in   the   emergency  ballot  box(es)  or  other  such  secure   container(s), inspectors shall initiate the ballot scanners'  close  the   polls  mechanism  and  produce  results  tapes. The clerks or inspectors   shall then separate, label and place each type of ballot in the  box  or   container  provided by the board of elections, and securely lock or seal   each such box or container and record such seal  number  on  the  ballot   reconciliation  form.  They shall then sign such reconciliation form. If   such remainder number is not zero or there are unscanned voted  election   day  ballots  in  the  emergency  ballot  box(es)  or  other such secure   container(s), the inspectors or clerks shall proceed  with  the  process   provided  for  in section 9-108 and 9-110 of this title. Upon completion   of such process, the clerks or inspectors shall then separate, label and   place each type of ballot in the box(es) or container(s) provided by the   board of elections, and securely lock  or  seal  each  such  box(es)  or   container(s). They shall then sign such amended reconciliation form.
NY Elec L § 9-108 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 9 - Canvass of Results Title 1 - Canvass at Polling Places 9-108 - Canvass; Ballots, Verifying Number Cast.

§  9-108. Canvass; ballots, verifying number cast. 1. For all election   day paper ballots cast when a ballot scanner is not  available,  ballots   abandoned  by  a  voter  at  the  ballot  scanner, as defined in 9 NYCRR   6210.13(a)(11)(a) or ballots submitted by the voter which are  otherwise   non-machine  processable, as defined in 9 NYCRR 6210.13(a)(8), the board   of inspectors, at the beginning of the canvass, shall count  the  number   of unscanned ballots found in each emergency box or other secure storage   container  provided  by  the  board of elections, ascertaining that each   ballot is single, and shall compare the number of ballots found in  such   box  or  container  with  the remainder number of ballots, as determined   pursuant to section 9-106 of this title.2. If the ballots found in any box shall be more than  the  number  of   ballots  so shown to have been deposited therein, such ballots shall all   be replaced, without being unfolded, in the box  from  which  they  were   taken,  and  shall  be  thoroughly  mingled  therein,  and  one  of  the   inspectors shall, with his or her back to the box, publicly draw out  as   many  ballots  as  shall  be equal to such excess and, without unfolding   them forthwith shall enclose them in an envelope which he or  she  shall   then  and  there  seal  and  endorse  "excess  ballots  for  the general   election, presidential electors, or party ballots or otherwise", as  the   case  may  be,  and  shall  sign his or her name thereto, and place such   envelope in the box for defective or spoiled ballots.3. If two or more ballots shall be found in a  ballot  box  so  folded   together  as  to  present  the appearance of a single ballot, and if the   whole number of ballots in such box exceeds the whole number of  ballots   so  shown  to  have  been deposited therein, those ballots, or enough of   them to reduce the  ballots  to  the  proper  number,  selected  without   examination  of  any  voting mark thereon, shall be similarly removed as   excess ballots.4. If, however, there lawfully be more than one  ballot  box  for  the   reception  of ballots, no ballot found in the wrong ballot box shall for   that reason be rejected, but it shall be placed in its proper box by the   inspectors upon the count of the ballots before the canvass, and counted   in the same manner as if it was found in the proper ballot box, if  such   ballot  shall  not, together with the ballots found in the proper ballot   box, make a total of more ballots than are shown to have been  deposited   in such box.5.  No ballot that is not an official ballot prepared for the election   shall be counted except for those ballots voted in accordance  with  the   provisions for emergency ballots.
NY Elec L § 9-110 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 9 - Canvass of Results Title 1 - Canvass at Polling Places 9-110 - Canvass; Election Day Paper Ballots That Have Not Been Scanned; Method Of.

§  9-110.  Canvass;  election  day  paper  ballots  that have not been   scanned; method of. 1. Election day paper ballots  that  have  not  been   scanned because a ballot scanner was not available or because the ballot   has  been  abandoned by a voter at the ballot scanner shall be canvassed   as follows: a bipartisan team of inspectors shall cast such ballots on a   ballot scanner, if one is available, at the close of  the  polls  before   the tabulated results tape is printed. If a ballot does not scan because   of an overvote or blank ballot warning on the ballot scanner screen, the   inspectors  shall  cause  the  ballot scanner to eject such ballot to be   hand counted pursuant to subdivision two of this section.2. Election day paper ballots that cannot be scanned, as  provided  in   subdivision  one  of  section  9-102  of  this  title  as applicable and   subdivision one of this section  shall  be  canvassed  as  follows:  The   inspectors shall unfold each ballot of the kind then to be canvassed and   shall  place  all such ballots upon the table in one pile face down. The   chair shall take up each ballot in order, turn it face up  and  announce   loudly  and distinctly the vote registered on each section, in the order   of the sections upon the ballot, or that  the  ballot  is  void  or  the   section  blank,  as  the  case  may be. If more than one person is to be   elected to the same office or party position the chair, if the ballot is   void or the ballot or section is wholly blank, shall  announce  as  many   void  or blank votes as there are persons to be elected to the office or   party position. On a primary ballot a "section," as  the  term  is  used   above,  shall mean the space occupied by the title of an office or party   position, names of candidates therefor and the voting squares therewith.   The canvass of each ballot must be completed before the next  ballot  is   taken  up. When the tallies of the votes of all such ballots are proven,   and the results announced, the inspectors shall affix tally sheets to or   record the results from same on the return of canvass.3. Nothing in this section shall be construed  to  require  or  permit   affidavit ballots to be canvassed at the poll site on election day.
NY Elec L § 9-114 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 9 - Canvass of Results Title 1 - Canvass at Polling Places 9-114 - Counting Ballots; Objections To.

§  9-114.  Counting ballots; objections to. 1. If objection be made to   the counting of any ballot or as to any section of any such ballot,  the   board  of  inspectors  shall  forthwith  and before canvassing any other   ballot or section thereof, rule upon the objection. If the objection  be   continued  after  this  ruling,  the  chair  or  an  inspector under the   scrutiny of an inspector of the opposite party shall write in  ink  upon   the  back  of  the  ballot a memorandum of the ruling and objection. The   memorandum of the ruling shall  be  in  the  words  "Counted  void",  or   "Counted  blank", or "Counted for (naming the candidate or candidates or   the presidential ticket)", or, in the case of a ballot proposal "Counted   for Proposal No.......," or "Counted against  Proposal  No........",  as   the  case  may be. The memorandum of the objection shall be in the words   "Objected to", followed by a  brief  statement  of  the  nature  of  the   objection,  the  name and address of the challenger and the signature of   the chair or inspector.2. Any ballot to which objection is not  taken  but  which  is  wholly   blank  or  is void shall be indorsed in ink by the chair of the board of   inspectors or an inspector under the scrutiny of  an  inspector  of  the   opposite  party with the words "Wholly blank" or "Void", as the case may   be, and signed by the chair or inspector.3. When all the ballots of any one kind shall have been canvassed, the   inspectors shall ascertain the total number of all such ballots and  the   number  of ballots to which any objection was taken and shall enter such   numbers in the place provided therefor in  the  inspectors'  returns  of   such canvass.
NY Elec L § 9-116 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 9 - Canvass of Results Title 1 - Canvass at Polling Places 9-116 - Tallying Ballots; Generally.

§  9-116.  Tallying ballots; generally. 1. As each vote for any office   or position, or upon any ballot proposal, is announced, a clerk, or,  if   there  be  no  clerks,  an  inspector,  under the scrutiny of a clerk or   inspector of opposite political party immediately shall tally it in ink,   with a downward stroke from right to left upon the official tally sheet.   Each such clerk or inspector,  as  he  or  she  tallies  a  vote,  shall   announce  clearly  the name of the person for whom he or she tallies it,   or that he or she tallies the vote blank or void as the case may be, or,   in the case of a ballot proposal, that he or she tallies the vote  "yes"   or "no". When the name of a person voted for is not printed on the tally   sheet,  such  clerks or inspectors shall write it in full thereon in ink   in the place provided therefor.2. When all the  votes  upon  the  same  office,  position  or  ballot   proposal  shall  have been canvassed the tally thereof shall be verified   by adding together all the votes tallied thereupon. Whenever  the  total   number  of votes tallied (including blank and void votes) for any office   or party position, divided by the number of persons to be  nominated  or   elected  thereto,  or  tallied for any ballot proposal, does not exactly   equal the number of ballots cast (including blank and void  ballots),  a   recanvass must be made immediately in order to correct the error.In  applying  this  section  to  a primary election the term "ballots"   means the ballots of the party whose tallied  votes  for  an  office  or   party  position  are  counted  as  above  provided. Upon a recanvass the   clerks or inspectors must keep the tally  in  ink  from  left  to  right   across the previous tally marks.3.  When  the  errors  if  any  have  been  corrected  such  clerks or   inspectors shall indicate the last tally opposite each name by forthwith   drawing in ink a long horizontal line immediately after the  last  tally   mark  opposite  such  name. Such tally sheets having thus been prepared,   verified and closed, such clerks or inspectors shall sign their initials   on each sheet, in any blank space thereof.
NY Elec L § 9-120 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 9 - Canvass of Results Title 1 - Canvass at Polling Places 9-120 - Returns of Canvass; Generally.

§  9-120.  Returns  of  canvass;  generally.  1.  Upon  completing the   canvass, the inspectors shall prepare their returns of the canvass on  a   printed  form  supplied  to  them by the board of elections. The results   tape(s) and the tally sheet(s) for any office, party position or  ballot   proposal,  if separate from such form, shall be securely attached by the   chair or an inspector under the scrutiny of an inspector of the opposite   party to such form returns and it shall not be necessary  to  transcribe   information  provided  by  such  results  tapes  onto such form. Results   tape(s) or a tally sheet(s), when so annexed, or  forming  part  of  the   same  paper  as  the return, shall be treated as part of the return. The   inspectors, and clerks, if any, shall subscribe in ink  the  certificate   at  the end of the set of returns. Each set of returns shall be securely   sealed  in  an  envelope  properly  endorsed  on  the  outside  by   the   inspectors.  At  an  election at which voting machines are not used, the   ballot boxes, if any, supplied by  the  board  of  elections,  may  when   securely locked be used instead of sealed envelopes.2.  The form for the return or returns of the canvass shall be printed   in a format approved by the state board of elections. The form  of  such   return  of  canvass shall provide for the total number of votes for each   candidate in each contest, or upon each ballot proposal,  including  the   total  number  of  unscanned  voted ballots canvassed in accordance with   section 9-110 of this title.3. In the event that there is more than one  election  district  at  a   polling  place,  the  board of elections may authorize the use of one or   more returns of canvass that consolidate the report  of  the  number  of   votes  for  each  candidate, or upon each ballot proposal, for more than   one election district or more than one  ballot  scanner,  provided  that   such  consolidated  returns of canvass have attached to them the results   tape(s) produced by the ballot scanner(s) that identify  the  number  of   votes for each candidate, or upon each ballot proposal, within each such   election district and each such ballot scanner.
NY Elec L § 9-122 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 9 - Canvass of Results Title 1 - Canvass at Polling Places 9-122 - Proclamation of Result.

§  9-122.  Proclamation  of result. Upon the completion of the canvass   and of the returns of the canvass, the chair of the board of  inspectors   or an inspector under the scrutiny of an inspector of the opposite party   shall make public oral proclamation of the total number of votes cast at   the  election  at  the polling place for all candidates for each office,   or, if it be a primary election, the total number of party votes of each   party so cast for all candidates for each office or party position; upon   each ballot proposal, if any and the  total  number  of  write-in  votes   recorded  for  each office. As an alternative to such oral proclamation,   such chair or inspector may cause to  be  posted  the  results  tape(s),   tally  sheet(s),  and  any  other  materials necessary to ascertain such   total numbers of votes cast.
NY Elec L § 9-202 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 9 - Canvass of Results Title 2 - Canvass by Board of Elections 9-202 - Canvass of Primary Returns by State Board of Elections; Convention Rolls.

§  9-202.  Canvass  of  primary  returns  by state board of elections;   convention rolls. The state board of elections upon receipt by  it  from   boards  of  elections  of the tabulated statements of votes at a primary   election required to be filed with it shall proceed forthwith to canvass   such statements. Upon the completion  of  the  canvass  it  shall  make,   certify  and  file  in  its office tabulated statements of the number of   votes cast for all the candidates for nomination to each  public  office   or for election to each party position, and the number of votes cast for   each such candidate. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes   shall be the nominee of his party for such office or shall be elected to   such  party  position,  as the case may be, and the board, if requested,   shall furnish to the elected candidates a certificate of election.  From   such  certified  statements  of  the  votes for delegates and alternates   elected to a state or judicial district convention of any  party,  other   than  a  judicial  district  convention  in the first, second, eleventh,   twelfth  and  thirteenth  judicial  districts,  the  state  board  shall   forthwith  compile  the  roll  of  each such convention in duplicate and   transmit it, if for a state convention, to the chairman and secretary of   the state committee of  the  party,  and  if  for  a  judicial  district   convention,  to  the  chairman  and secretary of the committee which, by   party rules, is empowered to fix the time and place of  the  convention.   The  roll  of  the  convention  shall  list  the candidates elected at a   primary in the order of the votes received by  each  candidate  together   with the number of votes received by each such candidate. If there shall   have  been  no  contested  election  for  alternates,  the  names of the   alternates shall appear on the roll in the order in  which  their  names   appear  on  the  petition  which  designated  them.  The  state board of   elections shall transmit copies of the certified statements of the votes   for delegates and alternates to a national convention of a party to  the   chairman and secretary of the state committee of such party.
NY Elec L § 9-204 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 9 - Canvass of Results Title 2 - Canvass by Board of Elections 9-204 - County Boards of Canvassers.

§  9-204.  County boards of canvassers. The board of elections of each   county or city shall be the county board of canvassers of  such  county,   or each county within such city. Such board also shall be the city board   of  canvassers  of  any  city  or  cities  within  the county for a city   election. Such board shall also be the board of canvassers of the  towns   of  the  county.  Such  board  shall  also be the board of canvassers of   villages in which village  elections  are  conducted  by  the  board  of   elections.    The  secretary  of  the  board  of elections, or, if he is   absent, or unable to act, a member or  chief  clerk  designated  by  the   board  shall  be  the secretary of the canvassing board. Each canvassing   board shall meet at the place where it usually meets in other capacities   on the day following the election, but its duties may  be  performed  in   any or all of the offices of the board of elections.
NY Elec L § 9-206 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 9 - Canvass of Results Title 2 - Canvass by Board of Elections 9-206 - Canvass of Election District Returns of General and Special Elections.

§  9-206.  Canvass of election district returns of general and special   elections. The canvassing board shall canvass the votes cast within  the   county  for  state, county, city and town offices; also the vote cast on   any ballot proposal.   The canvass by the  county  board  of  canvassers   relating  to  the  offices of president and vice president of the United   States,    governor,     lieutenant-governor,     state     comptroller,   attorney-general,   United  States  senator,  member  of  the  house  of   representatives, member of the state senate, member of the assembly  and   any  ballot  proposal  shall  show  in  each election district the total   number of persons voting at such election, the number of votes cast  for   each  candidate, the number of unrecorded or blank votes for each of the   above-mentioned offices and each ballot proposal.  Write-in  votes  cast   for  president  or  vice president for persons who were not certified by   the state board of elections as write-in  candidates  for  such  offices   shall  not  be  canvassed  for  such  candidates but such votes shall be   canvassed as void votes. If, during the  canvass,  there  shall  clearly   appear  to  be  any  omission  or clerical mistake in the return for any   district filed with the board of elections,  the  canvassing  board  may   summon  the  election officers before the board, and such officers shall   meet forthwith and make any necessary correction, in  order  that  their   canvass  may  be correctly stated, but they shall not alter any decision   theretofore made by them.
NY Elec L § 9-210 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 9 - Canvass of Results Title 2 - Canvass by Board of Elections 9-210 - Statements of Canvass by Canvassing Boards.

§  9-210.  Statements  of  canvass  by  canvassing  boards.  Upon  the   completion of the canvass the canvassing  board  shall  make  statements   thereof,  showing  separately  the  result  for  each  office and ballot   proposal. Each such statement shall set forth, in words written  out  at   length,  all  votes cast for all candidates for each office; the name of   each candidate; the number of votes so cast for each, and, in  the  case   of  a  candidate who was nominated by two or more parties or independent   bodies, the number, separately stated, of votes  cast  for  him  as  the   candidate  of  each party or independent body by which he was nominated;   and all votes so cast upon any ballot proposal, and  all  the  votes  so   cast  in  favor  of  and  against the same respectively. Such statements   shall show the total number of unrecorded or blank votes and  the  total   number of votes cast for each office and each ballot proposal.Such  statements  shall be certified as correct over the signatures of   the members of the board, or a majority of  them,  and  such  statements   together  with  any  tabulation  sheets  showing  the  vote  by election   districts from which such statements were made, shall be  filed  in  the   office  of  the  board  of elections. The separate statement relating to   electors of president and vice-president shall be so  filed  immediately   upon  the  making,  signing and certification thereof. To facilitate its   work, the board of elections may cause copies of such tabulation  sheets   to be printed in pamphlet form.