NY Elec L § 9-124 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 9 - Canvass of Results Title 1 - Canvass at Polling Places 9-124 - Returns of Canvass, Procedure After.

§  9-124. Returns of canvass, procedure after. 1. After the returns of the canvass are made out and signed, the inspectors  shall  enclose  the ballot  stubs,  protested  and  void  ballots  and  the  ballots cast in affidavit envelopes in  separate  sealed  envelopes  or  containers  and endorse  thereon a certificate signed by each of them stating the number of the district and the number of ballots contained in such envelopes or containers. The inspectors shall enclose  the  unscanned  voted  ballots canvassed  in  accordance with section 9-110 of this title in a separate sealed envelope or container and endorse thereon a certificate signed by each of  them  stating  the  number  of  the  district,  ballot  scanner identification  information  and the number of ballots contained in such envelope or container. The inspectors shall then package  and  seal  the other  voted  ballots and place them in one or more boxes or containers, and include within such boxes or containers one portable  memory  device from each ballot scanner pursuant to paragraph (d) of subdivision two of section  9-102  of  this  title,  and  any  absentee,  military, special federal, or special presidential ballots which may have  been  delivered to  the  poll  site during election day, and securely lock and seal such boxes  or  containers.  Notwithstanding  the  preceding  sentence,  such portable  memory  device from each ballot scanner with the corresponding results tape may be enclosed in a sealed container and transported prior to and separately from other materials referenced in  this  section  for the  purpose  of  using  such  device  to provide an unofficial tally of results as required by section 9-126 of this title.   2. Each box, envelope, or container containing the ballots and  stubs, if any, and all items described in subdivision one of this section shall be  deposited  by  an  inspector  designated  for  that purpose with the officer or board from whom or which the board of inspectors received it. In the city of New York, every such box, envelope, or container shall be delivered at the polling place to police or peace officers designated by the police commissioner of such city, who shall deposit  them  with  the board of elections.   3.  (a)  Except in the city of New York, the registration poll records or computer generated registration lists, the returns  of  canvass  with results  tapes  and  tally  sheets,  if any, annexed, the voted ballots, stubs, opened packages of  unused  ballots  and  ballot  envelopes,  any absentee,  military,  special  federal,  or special presidential ballots which may have been delivered to the poll site during election day,  the challenge  report  records,  keys  and the package of protested and void ballots shall be filed with the board of elections.  (b) Records and supplies to be filed with  a  city,  town  or  village clerk shall be so filed or delivered immediately after the completion of the  returns  of the canvass, by an inspector designated by the board of inspectors. Returns, papers and registration poll  records  or  computer generated  registration  lists  to  be filed with the board of elections shall be so filed by the chairman of  the  board  of  inspectors  within twenty-four  hours  after  the  completion  of  such returns. The person receiving such returns in the board  of  elections  shall  give  to  the person  delivering  the  returns  a receipt stating therein the date and hour of delivery, the name of the person making  the  delivery,  and  to whom  said  returns  were  delivered  and shall keep a duplicate of said receipt on file in the office of the board of elections.  (c) In the city of New York, the board of inspectors shall deliver  to police  or  peace officers designated by the police commissioner of such city, at the polling place the registration  poll  records  or  computer generated  registration  lists,  challenge  report, records, keys, other election supplies, including two copies of the returns  of  the  canvass and  any  absentee,  military,  special federal, or special presidential  ballots which may have been delivered to the poll site  during  election day,  voted  ballots,  stubs, open packages of unused ballots and ballot envelopes. Such police or peace officers shall  file  the  returns,  the package  of  void  and  protested  ballots,  if  any,  and the absentee, military, special federal, special presidential ballots which  may  have been  delivered  to  the  poll  site  during election day; and emergency ballots, stubs and ballot envelopes, if any,  within  twenty-four  hours after the close of the polls, in the office of the board of elections or its branch office within the borough, as the case may be.