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NY Elec L § 8-108 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 8 - Conduct of Elections Title 1 - Polling Places 8-108 - Change of Polling Place.

§  8-108. Change of polling place. In the event that there is a change   of location of a polling place from the last primary or general election   held or the last early voting period held, the board  of  elections  for   the voting district in which the old polling place is located shall post   at  the  entrance  of  the old polling location a notice on yellow paper   informing voters that the polling place has been moved and providing the   street address of the new location. Such notice shall be posted  on  the   date  of  the  election or on the first day of early voting prior to the   opening of the polls.
NY Elec L § 8-300 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 8 - Conduct of Elections Title 3 - Casting the Ballot 8-300 - Voting; Manner Of.

§  8-300.  Voting; manner of. 1. The inspectors shall admit within the   voting area only two voters at a time for each  ballot  scanner,  ballot   marking  device,  or privacy booth and shall ascertain whether each such   voter is entitled to vote. If he or she is found to be entitled to vote,   he or she shall be permitted to proceed to the  ballot  scanner,  ballot   marking device, or privacy booth to vote.2.  The  operating  of the ballot scanner by the voter while voting or   the use of a privacy booth or ballot marking device for marking a ballot   shall be secret and obscured from all other persons except  as  provided   by  this  chapter  in  cases of voting by assisted voters or in cases of   children under the age of sixteen accompanying their voting  parents  or   guardians.3. No voter shall remain within a privacy booth or at a ballot scanner   longer than a reasonable amount of time and if he or she shall refuse to   leave  after  the  lapse of such time, he or she shall be removed by the   inspectors.
NY Elec L § 8-308 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 8 - Conduct of Elections Title 3 - Casting the Ballot 8-308 - Voting; Voting Write-In.

§  8-308.  Voting;  voting  write-in.  1. Ballots voted for any person   whose name does not appear on the ballot as a  nominated  or  designated   candidate  for  public  office or party position are referred to in this   article as write-in ballots.2. No write-in ballot shall be voted for any  person  for  any  office   whose  name appears on the ballot as a nominated or designated candidate   for the office or position in question; any  write-in  ballot  so  voted   shall not be counted.3.  A  write-in  ballot  must  be cast in its appropriate place on the   ballot, or it shall be void and not counted.4. A write-in ballot cast in a  party  primary  for  a  candidate  not   enrolled in such party shall be void and not counted.5.  A write-in ballot may also be cast by the use of a name stamp. The   use of name stickers, labels or pasters is prohibited.
NY Elec L § 8-312 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 8 - Conduct of Elections Title 3 - Casting the Ballot 8-312 - Voting; Election Day Paper Ballots, Marking and Casting, Delivery to Voter.

§  8-312.  Voting;  election  day  paper ballots, marking and casting,   delivery to voter.  1.  On  receiving  his  or  her  ballot,  the  voter   forthwith shall retire alone, unless he or she is entitled to assistance   in voting or is accompanied by a child under sixteen years of age, to an   unoccupied  privacy  booth  and  mark  his or her ballot using a writing   instrument supplied by the board of  elections.  He  or  she  shall  not   occupy  a  privacy  booth  more  than  five  minutes if other voters are   waiting to occupy it. If the voter wrongly marks,  defaces  or  tears  a   ballot,  he or she may successively obtain others, one ballot at a time,   not exceeding three ballots in all, upon returning to the inspectors  or   clerks each ballot already received.2.  When the voter shall have marked the ballot, he or she shall leave   the privacy booth with  the  ballot,  proceed  at  once  to  the  ballot   scanner,  insert  such  ballot  into the ballot scanner and wait for the   notice that the ballot has been successfully scanned. If no such  notice   appears, the voter shall seek the assistance of an election inspector.3.  Upon voting, the voter forthwith shall pass outside the guardrail,   unless he or she is a person authorized to  remain  for  other  purposes   than voting.4. When a person shall have received a paper ballot from any clerk, or   inspector,  as  hereinbefore provided, he or she shall be deemed to have   commenced the act of voting,  and  if,  after  receiving  such  official   ballot,  he  or  she  shall  leave  the space inclosed by the guard-rail   before the deposit of his or her ballot in the  ballot  scanner,  ballot   box  or  other secure storage container, as hereinbefore provided, he or   she shall not be entitled to pass again within the  guard-rail  for  the   purpose of voting, or to receive any further ballots.5.  No  ballot without the official indorsement shall be allowed to be   deposited in the ballot scanner or, when a ballot scanner is  inoperable   or  otherwise unable to scan the ballot, in a ballot box or other secure   storage  container  except  for  emergency  ballots   as   provided   in   subdivision  two of section 7-120 of this chapter. No person to whom any   election day paper ballot shall  be  delivered  shall  leave  the  space   within  the  guard-rail  until  after  he  or she shall have scanned the   ballot, deposited the ballot in a ballot box  or  other  secure  storage   container  or  delivered  the  ballot  back  to the inspectors or to the   clerks.6. Election day paper ballots being  used  with  optical  scan  voting   systems or intended to be counted by hand pursuant to subdivision one of   section  7-200  of  this  chapter  shall  be delivered to the voter in a   manner consistent with the rules  and  regulations  promulgated  by  the   state board of elections.
NY Elec L § 8-314 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 8 - Conduct of Elections Title 3 - Casting the Ballot 8-314 - Voting; Primary Election, Missing Enrollment Record.

§  8-314.  Voting;  primary  election, missing enrollment record. If a   registered voter marked an enrollment blank, but his  enrollment  as  so   indicated  was not entered or entered incorrectly, he nevertheless shall   be permitted to vote at the primary election, with the party under whose   name he marked such blank, if he produces a certificate of the board  of   elections  that he marked an enrollment blank, specifying the party, and   that the entry of his enrollment on the  registration  poll  record  was   omitted  or  incorrectly  entered  by  inadvertence or mistake and he is   qualified to vote at the primary election in the party set forth in such   certificate. In such a case the board  of  elections  shall  issue  such   certificate  on  demand.  The  inspectors shall then and there enter the   enrollment on the record.
NY Elec L § 8-316 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 8 - Conduct of Elections Title 3 - Casting the Ballot 8-316 - Ballots; Mutilated or Spoiled.

§  8-316.  Ballots;  mutilated  or spoiled. If a ballot is found to be   defective or mutilated before it is delivered to the voter, its stub and   the stubs of all other ballots in the set shall be detached  immediately   and  placed  in  the  box  for  stubs, by the clerks, or if there are no   clerks by the inspector assigned to the duty of delivering ballots,  and   all the ballots of that set immediately shall be marked "cancelled", and   placed  in the box for spoiled and mutilated ballots. If a voter returns   a ballot as defective, mutilated, defaced, or wrongly marked,  he  shall   also return all the other ballots of the set, if any, and such clerks or   inspector  shall  likewise  remove their stubs, placing all the stubs in   the box for stubs and all the ballots of the set in the box for  spoiled   or  mutilated  ballots,  first  marking the ballots "cancelled". In each   case, the voter shall receive another ballot or set of  ballots,  unless   not entitled thereto.
NY Elec L § 8-406 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 8 - Conduct of Elections Title 4 - Absentee Voting 8-406 - Absentee Ballots, Delivery Of.

§  8-406.  Absentee ballots, delivery of. If the board shall find that   the applicant is a qualified voter of the election  district  containing   his  residence  as  stated  in  his  statement and that his statement is   sufficient, it shall,  as  soon  as  practicable  after  it  shall  have   determined  his  right  thereto, mail to him at an address designated by   him, or deliver to him, or to any person designated for such purpose  in   writing  by  him,  at  the office of the board, such an absentee voter's   ballot or set of ballots and an envelope  therefor.  If  the  ballot  or   ballots  are  to be sent outside of the United States to a country other   than Canada or Mexico, such ballot or ballots shall be sent by air mail.   However, if an applicant who is eligible for an  absentee  ballot  is  a   resident   of   a  facility  operated  or  licensed  by,  or  under  the   jurisdiction of, the department of mental hygiene, or a  resident  of  a   facility  defined  as a nursing home or residential health care facility   pursuant to subdivisions two and three of  section  two  thousand  eight   hundred  one  of  the  public health law, or a resident of a hospital or   other facility operated by the Veteran's Administration  of  the  United   States,  such  absentee ballot need not be so mailed or delivered to any   such applicant but,  may  be  delivered  to  the  voter  in  the  manner   prescribed  by section 8-407 of this chapter if such facility is located   in the county or city in which such voter is eligible to vote.
NY Elec L § 8-410 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 8 - Conduct of Elections Title 4 - Absentee Voting 8-410 - Absentee Voting; Method Of.

§  8-410. Absentee voting; method of. The absentee voter shall mark an   absentee ballot as provided for paper ballots or  ballots  prepared  for   counting  by  ballot counting machines. He shall make no mark or writing   whatsoever upon the ballot, except as above prescribed,  and  shall  see   that  it bears no such mark or writing. He shall make no mark or writing   whatsoever on the outside of the ballot. After  marking  the  ballot  or   ballots  he shall fold each such ballot and enclose them in the envelope   and seal the envelope.  He shall then take and subscribe the oath on the   envelope, with blanks properly filled in. The envelope,  containing  the   ballot  or  ballots,  shall  then be mailed or delivered to the board of   elections of the county or city of his residence.
NY Elec L § 8-412 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 8 - Conduct of Elections Title 4 - Absentee Voting 8-412 - Absentee Ballots; Deadline for Receipt, and Delivery to Polling Place.

§  8-412.  Absentee  ballots;  deadline  for  receipt, and delivery to   polling place.  * 1. The board of elections  shall  cause  all  absentee   ballots received by it before the close of the polls on election day and   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 and received by  such  board  of  elections  not   later  than  seven  days  following  the  day of election to be cast and   counted.  For purposes of this section, any absentee ballot received  by   the  board  of  elections  by mail that does not bear or display a dated   postmark shall be presumed to have been timely mailed  or  delivered  if   such  ballot  bears  a  time  stamp  of the receiving board of elections   indicating receipt by such board on the day after the election.* NB Effective until December 31, 2021* 1. The board of elections shall cause all absentee ballots  received   by  it  before  the  close  of the polls on election day and 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 and received by such board of elections not later   than seven days following the day of election to  be  cast  and  counted   except  that the absentee 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. For purposes of this section,  any  absentee   ballot  received by the board of elections by mail that does not bear or   display a dated postmark shall be presumed to have been timely mailed or   delivered if such ballot bears a time stamp of the  receiving  board  of   elections  indicating  receipt  by  such  board  on  the  day  after the   election.* NB Effective December 31, 20212. Absentee ballots received  by  the  board  of  elections  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 § 8-500 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 8 - Conduct of Elections Title 5 - Challenging Voters 8-500 - Watchers; Provision For.

§  8-500. Watchers; provision for. 1. At any general, special, town or   village election,  any  party  committee,  any  independent  body  whose   candidates  are  upon the ballot, and any political committee supporting   or opposing a ballot proposal may have for each election district  three   watchers  at  any  one time, not more than one of whom may be within the   guard rail at any one time. Watchers shall be appointed by the chair  or   other officer of any such party committee, independent body or political   committee.2.  At  any primary election, any party committee and any candidate on   the ballot may have for each election district three watchers at any one   time, not more than one of whom may be within the guard rail at any  one   time.  Watchers  shall be appointed by the chair or other officer of any   such party committee or by any candidate.3. Watchers may be present at  the  polling  place  at  least  fifteen   minutes  before  the  unlocking and examination of any voting machine or   ballot box at the opening of the polls, until after the signing  of  the   inspectors' returns and proclamation of the result.4.  The  appointment  of  watchers  for  any  election  shall  be by a   certificate  in  writing  issued  by  the  appointing  authority.   Such   certificate shall be delivered to an inspector at the election district.5.  Each  watcher  must  be a qualified voter of the city or county in   which he or she is to serve. No person shall be appointed or  act  as  a   watcher  who is a candidate for any public office to be voted for by the   voters of the election district  in  the  same  election  in  which  the   watcher  is  to serve. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed as   prohibiting any such candidate from visiting a  polling  place  in  such   district on an election day while the polls are open.
NY Elec L § 8-502 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 8 - Conduct of Elections Title 5 - Challenging Voters 8-502 - Challenges; Generally.

§ 8-502. Challenges; generally. Before his vote is cast at an election   any  person  may  be challenged as to his right to vote, or his right to   vote by absentee, military,  special  federal  or  special  presidential   ballot. Such challenge may be made by an inspector or clerk, by any duly   appointed  watcher,  or  by any registered voter properly in the polling   place. An inspector shall challenge every person offering to vote,  whom   he  shall  know  or suspect is not entitled to vote in the district, and   every person whose name appears on the list of persons to be  challenged   on election day which is furnished by the board of elections.
NY Elec L § 8-506 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 8 - Conduct of Elections Title 5 - Challenging Voters 8-506 - Challenges; Absentee, Military, Special Federal and Special Presidential Ballots.

§  8-506.  Challenges; absentee, military, special federal and special   presidential ballots. 1. During the examination of  absentee,  military,   special  federal  and special presidential voters' ballot envelopes, any   inspector shall, and any watcher or registered  voter  properly  in  the   polling  place  may, challenge the casting of any ballot upon the ground   or grounds allowed for challenges generally, or (a) that the  voter  was   not  entitled  to cast an absentee, military, special federal or special   presidential ballot, or (b) that notwithstanding the permissive  use  of   titles,   initials  or  customary  abbreviations  of  given  names,  the   signature on the ballot envelope does not correspond to the signature on   the registration poll record, or (c) that the voter died before the  day   of the election.2.  The  board of inspectors forthwith shall proceed to determine each   challenge.  Unless  the  board  by  majority  vote  shall  sustain   the   challenge,  an  inspector  shall endorse upon the envelope the nature of   the  challenge  and  the  words  "not  sustained",   shall   sign   such   endorsement,  and  shall  proceed to cast the ballot as provided herein.   Should the board, by majority vote, sustain such challenge,  the  reason   and  the  word "sustained" shall be similarly endorsed upon the envelope   and an inspector shall sign such endorsement. The envelope shall not  be   opened  and  such  envelope  shall  be returned unopened to the board of   elections. If a challenge is sustained after the ballot has been removed   from the envelope, but before it has been deposited in the  ballot  box,   such  ballot  shall  be rejected without being unfolded or inspected and   shall be returned to the envelope. The board shall immediately enter the   reason for sustaining the challenge on such envelope  and  an  inspector   shall sign such endorsement.3.  If  the  board  of  inspectors determines by majority vote that it   lacks sufficient knowledge and information to determine the validity  of   a  challenge,  the inspectors shall endorse upon the ballot envelope the   words "unable to determine", enter the reason for the challenge  in  the   appropriate  section  of  the  challenge  report and return the envelope   unopened to the board of elections.  Such  ballots  shall  be  cast  and   canvassed pursuant to the provisions of section 9-209 of this chapter.
NY Elec L § 8-510 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 8 - Conduct of Elections Title 5 - Challenging Voters 8-510 - Challenge Report; Completion of and Procedure After.

§  8-510.  Challenge  report;  completion  of  and procedure after. 1.   Immediately after the close of the polls  the  board  of  inspectors  of   election  shall  verify  the  entries which it has made on the challenge   report or in the spaces provided in the computer generated  registration   list  by  comparing  such  entries with the information appearing on the   registration poll records of the  affected  voters  or  the  information   appearing  in the spaces provided in the computer generated registration   list. If it has made no entries in section two, three or  four  of  such   report  it  shall  write  across  or  note in such section the words "No   challenges", "No assistance" or "None", as the case may be, as  directed   in this chapter.2.   After   completing  such  report  the  inspectors  shall  sign  a   certificate in the spaces provided by the county board of elections  for   such report.3.  The  inspectors  shall place such completed report, and each court   order, if any, directing that a person be  permitted  to  vote,  in  the   secure  container  provided  by  the  county board of elections for such   ledger of registration records or computer generated registration  lists   and  then  shall  close  and seal each ledger of registration records or   computer generated registration lists, lock such ledger in the  carrying   case furnished for that purpose and enclose the keys in a sealed package   or seal such list in the envelope provided for that purpose.
NY Elec L § 8-602 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 8 - Conduct of Elections Title 6 - Early Voting 8-602 - State Board of Elections; Powers and Duties for Early Voting.

§ 8-602. State board of elections; powers and duties for early voting.   The  state  board  of  elections  shall  promulgate rules or regulations   necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this  title.  Such   rules  and  regulations shall include, but not be limited to, provisions   to (i) ensure that ballots cast early, by any method allowed under  law,   are  counted  and  canvassed  as if cast on election day, (ii) ensure an   efficient and fair early voting process that respects the privacy of the   voter, and (iii) require that the voting history record for  each  voter   be  continually updated to reflect each instance of early voting by such   voter.
NY Elec L § 9-100 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 9 - Canvass of Results Title 1 - Canvass at Polling Places 9-100 - Canvass; Required.

§  9-100.  Canvass; required. At the close of the polls the inspectors   of election shall, in the order set forth herein, close  polls,  account   for  the  paper  ballots,  canvass the machine, cast and canvass all the   ballots, canvass and ascertain the total vote and they shall not adjourn   until the canvass be fully completed.