NY Elec L § 11-204 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 11 - Special Presidential and Special Federal Voters and Special Ballots Title 2 - Special Federal Voters 11-204 - Processing of Applications by Board of Elections.

§  11-204.  Processing  of  applications by board of elections. 1. The   registration application forms shall be in  a  form  prescribed  by  the   state board of elections.2.  Upon  receipt  of  an  application,  the  board of elections shall   determine upon such inquiry as it deems proper whether the applicant has   answered all the questions contained in the application and whether  the   applicant  is  legally  qualified  to receive and vote a special federal   ballot. If it finds he is not so qualified, the board shall  reject  the   application  and  shall  notify the applicant of such rejection and give   the reason or reasons therefor in accordance with the  preferred  method   of  transmission  designated  by the voter pursuant to section 11-203 of   this title. All investigations  by  the  board  of  elections  shall  be   concluded  and  all determinations made not later than the twentieth day   before election.3. If a federal post card application form is received from  a  person   who  is  qualified  to  vote  as a special federal voter but who has not   previously registered pursuant to the provisions  of  this  title,  such   federal  post  card application form shall be treated in all respects as   an application for registration and enrollment  and  a  special  federal   ballot  pursuant to the provisions of this title. If such a federal post   card application form is received from a person already registered as  a   special  federal  voter  pursuant  to the provisions of this title, such   application shall be treated in all respects as  an  application  for  a   special federal ballot pursuant to the provisions of this title.4. If the board of elections shall determine that the applicant making   the application provided for in this section is qualified to receive and   vote a special federal ballot, it shall, as soon as practicable after it   shall  have  so determined, or not later than forty-six days before each   general or primary election or special election in which such  applicant   is   qualified  to  vote,  or  three  days  after  receipt  of  such  an   application, whichever is later, mail to him or  her  at  the  residence   address  outside  the  United  States shown in his or her application, a   special federal ballot, an  inner  affirmation  envelope  and  an  outer   envelope,  or  otherwise distribute same to the voter in accordance with   the preferred method of transmission designated by the voter pursuant to   section 11-203 of this title. The board of elections shall also mail, or   otherwise  distribute  in  accordance  with  the  preferred  method   of   transmission  designated by the voter pursuant to section 11-203 of this   title, a special federal ballot to every qualified special federal voter   who is already registered and who requests such special  federal  ballot   from  such  board of elections in a letter, which is signed by the voter   and received by the board of elections not later than  the  seventh  day   before  the  election  for which the ballot is first requested and which   states the address where the voter is  registered  and  the  address  to   which  the  ballot is to be mailed. The board of elections shall enclose   with such ballot a form of application for a special federal ballot.5. The board of elections shall keep a list of the  persons  who  have   made  and  signed  applications  for  special federal ballots and of the   applicants who have been determined to be  qualified.  The  board  shall   keep open to public inspection such list of applicants with their names,   addresses,  party  enrollments,  and application dates and shall give to   the chairman of each political party in the county fifteen  days  before   each  election,  a  complete  list of special federal voters eligible to   vote in  such  election.  Such  list  shall  contain  the  names,  party   enrollments  for  a  primary  election  and places of previous residence   including the election district and ward, if any, and, in  the  city  of   New  York  and  the  county of Nassau, the assembly district of all such   voters.