reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 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.
2023 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. 1. 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.
2.  When  mailing an absentee ballot to a voter the board of elections
  shall provide a domestic postage paid return envelope. When providing an
  absentee ballot to a voter in-person, the board of elections shall offer
  the voter a domestic postage paid return envelope  and  provide  one  if
  requested.
2023 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 or she 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 or she shall make no
  mark  or writing whatsoever on the outside of the ballot. In cases where
  the express intent of the voter  is  unambiguous,  any  stray  marks  or
  writing  shall  not  be  a basis for voiding a ballot. After marking the
  ballot or ballots he or she shall fold each such ballot and enclose them
  in the envelope and seal the envelope. He or she  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 or her
  residence.
2023 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 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.
2.  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.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 8 - Conduct of Elections › Title 4 - Absentee Voting › 8-414 - Online Absentee Ballot Tracking System.

§ 8-414. Online absentee ballot tracking system. 1. The state board of
elections  shall  establish  and  maintain an electronic absentee ballot
tracking system. In accordance with technical specifications provided by
the state board of  elections,  each  local  board  of  elections  shall
maintain  an  absentee  ballot tracking system integrated with the state
board's system, and which may  be  integrated  with  the  United  States
postal  service  tracking  system, to allow a voter who has submitted an
application for an absentee ballot to track the status  of  an  absentee
application  and  an  absentee  ballot on the state board or local board
website.
2. Such website shall not require users to create an account but shall
require verification that the user is accessing his or  her  own  record
through  the  inclusion  of  data identifying the voter and the board of
elections at which the voter is registered, and  any  other  information
required by the state board of elections.
3.  The  ballot  tracking  system  shall  indicate to the voter if the
board:
(a) received such voter's application for an absentee ballot;
(b) approved  or  rejected  such  application  and,  if  rejected,  an
indication of the reason for such rejection;
(c)  mailed or delivered an absentee ballot to such voter, the date of
such mailing or delivery, and the expected date of receipt;
(d) received the ballot back as undeliverable;
(e) received such voter's completed absentee ballot;
(f) determined the ballot envelope was subject to a cure; and
(g) counted or rejected such voter's completed absentee ballot and, if
rejected, a brief statement of the reason for rejection.
2023 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.
2023 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 early mail,  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.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 8 - Conduct of Elections › Title 5 - Challenging Voters › 8-506 - Challenges; Early Mail, Absentee, Military, Special Federal and Special Presidential Ballots.

§  8-506.  Challenges; early mail, absentee, military, special federal
  and special presidential ballots. 1. During  the  examination  of  early
  mail,  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 early mail,
  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. A
  challenge to an early mail ballot may not be made on the basis that  the
  voter  should  have  applied  for  an absentee ballot. A challenge to an
  absentee ballot may not be made on the basis that the voter should  have
  applied for an early mail ballot.
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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 8 - Conduct of Elections › Title 6 - Early Voting › 8-604 - Registration During Early Voting Period.

§  8-604.  Registration  during  early voting. 1. In addition to other
  methods of voter registration provided under this chapter, a person  who
  is  not  registered  to  vote in the state but is otherwise qualified to
  register to vote and to cast a ballot may register to vote and enroll in
  a political party at an early voting  polling  location,  provided  such
  registration  is  in accordance with the voter registration deadline set
  forth in subdivision three of section 5-210 of this chapter.
2. A qualified person who is not registered to vote in the  state  who
  appears   at  an  early  voting  polling  place  shall  be  offered  the
  opportunity to register to vote and enroll  in  a  political  party  and
  shall  be  given  an  affidavit ballot, provided such registration is in
  accordance with the voter registration deadline set forth in subdivision
  three of section 5-210 of this chapter.
3. If such registration is deemed effective, the  board  of  elections
  shall  add  the person's voter registration information to the statewide
  electronic voter file and include the corresponding affidavit ballot  in
  the official canvass, if otherwise valid.
4.  The  board  of elections shall conduct the receipt and handling of
  each voter registration  and  corresponding  ballot  in  a  manner  that
  protects  the secrecy of the ballot and allows the elections official to
  process the registration and include the  corresponding  ballot  in  the
  official canvass, if otherwise valid.
5.  The board of elections shall advise a person completing such voter
  registration of the procedures for  determining  the  validity  of  such
  voter registration.
6. The state board of elections shall promulgate rules and regulations
  to implement this section.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 8 - Conduct of Elections › Title 7 - Early Mail Voting › 8-702 - Early Voting by Mail; Review of Application by Board of Elections.

§  8-702.  Early  voting  by  mail;  review of application by board of
  elections. 1. Upon receipt of an application to vote early by  mail  the
  board of elections shall determine whether the applicant is a registered
  voter of the county or city at the address listed in the application and
  is  eligible  to  vote  in  the  election  or  elections  for  which the
  application is filed. An application to vote  early  by  mail  filed  or
  received  simultaneously with or on the same day as a valid registration
  application from the applicant shall be considered valid.
2. If the board of elections determines that the applicant  is  not  a
  registered  voter  of  the  county  or city at the address listed in the
  application pursuant to subdivision one of this section or the applicant
  is not  eligible  to  vote  in  all  of  the  elections  for  which  the
  application  is  filed,  the board of elections shall immediately notify
  the applicant of the rejection of the application to vote early by  mail
  and provide the reason for such rejection.
3.  In  the  case  of a primary election, the board of elections shall
  deliver only the ballot of the party in which the records of  the  board
  of  elections  show the applicant to be enrolled. In the event a primary
  election is uncontested in the applicant's  election  district  for  all
  offices  or  positions  except the party position of member of the ward,
  town, city or county committee, no ballot shall  be  delivered  to  such
  applicant for such election; and the applicant shall be advised why they
  are not being sent a ballot.
4. The board shall keep a record of applications to vote early by mail
  as   they  are  received,  showing  the  names  and  residences  of  the
  applicants, and their party enrollment in the case of primary elections,
  and, as soon as practicable shall, when requested, give to the  chairman
  of  each  political  party  or independent body in the county, and shall
  make available  for  inspection  to  any  other  registered  voter  upon
  request,  a  complete  list of all applicants to whom early mail ballots
  have been delivered or mailed, containing  their  names  and  places  of
  residence  as  they  appear  on  the  registration record, including the
  election district and ward, if any, and in the city of New York and  the
  county  of  Nassau, the assembly district, and their party enrollment in
  the case of primary elections.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 8 - Conduct of Elections › Title 7 - Early Mail Voting › 8-704 - Early Mail Ballots; Delivery Of.

§  8-704.  Early mail ballots; delivery of. 1. If the board finds that
  the applicant is a registered voter of the county or city at the address
  listed in the application, the applicant is  eligible  to  vote  in  the
  election  at  issue,  and  the  application  is otherwise sufficient, it
  shall, as soon as practicable, mail  to  the  applicant  at  an  address
  designated  by them, or deliver to them, or to any person designated for
  such purpose in writing by them, at the office of the  board,  an  early
  mail 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.
2. When mailing an early mail ballot to a voter the board of elections
  shall provide a domestic postage paid return envelope. When providing an
  early mail ballot to a voter in-person, the  board  of  elections  shall
  offer  the voter a domestic postage paid return envelope and provide one
  if requested.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 8 - Conduct of Elections › Title 7 - Early Mail Voting › 8-708 - Early Voting by Mail; Method Of.

§  8-708.  Early voting by mail; method of. The early mail voter shall
  mark an early mail ballot as  provided  for  paper  ballots  or  ballots
  prepared  for  counting  by ballot counting machines. They 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. They shall make no
  mark or writing whatsoever on the outside of the ballot. In cases  where
  the  express  intent  of  the  voter  is unambiguous, any stray marks or
  writing shall not be a basis for voiding a  ballot.  After  marking  the
  ballot  or  ballots they shall fold each such ballot and enclose them in
  the envelope and seal the envelope. They 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 their residence.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 8 - Conduct of Elections › Title 7 - Early Mail Voting › 8-710 - Early Mail Ballots; Deadline for Receipt, and Delivery to Polling Place.

§  8-710.  Early  mail  ballots; deadline for receipt, and delivery to
  polling place. 1. The board of elections  shall  cause  all  early  mail
  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 early mail 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.
2.  Early  mail  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.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 8 - Conduct of Elections › Title 7 - Early Mail Voting › 8-712 - Online Early Mail Ballot Tracking System.

§  8-712. Online early mail ballot tracking system. 1. The state board
of elections shall establish  and  maintain  an  electronic  early  mail
ballot  tracking  system.  In  accordance  with technical specifications
provided by the state board of elections, each local board of  elections
shall  maintain an early mail ballot tracking system integrated with the
state board's system, and which may be integrated with the United States
postal service tracking system, to allow a voter who  has  submitted  an
application  for  an  early  mail ballot to track the status of an early
mail ballot application and an early mail ballot on the state  board  or
local board website.
2. Such website shall not require users to create an account but shall
require verification that the user is accessing their own record through
the  inclusion  of data identifying the voter and the board of elections
at which the voter is registered, and any other information required  by
the state board of elections.
3.  The  ballot  tracking  system  shall  indicate to the voter if the
board:
(a) received such voter's application for an early mail ballot;
(b) approved  or  rejected  such  application  and,  if  rejected,  an
indication of the reason for such rejection;
(c)  mailed  or delivered an early mail ballot to such voter, the date
of such mailing or delivery, and the expected date of receipt;
(d) received the ballot back as undeliverable;
(e) received such voter's completed early mail ballot;
(f) determined the ballot envelope was subject to a cure; and
(g) counted or rejected such voter's completed early mail ballot  and,
if rejected, a brief statement of the reason for rejection.
4.  The electronic early mail ballot tracking system shall be combined
on a single website with the electronic absentee ballot tracking  system
created pursuant to section 8-414 of this article.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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
  absentee  or  affidavit  ballots  to  be  canvassed  at the poll site on
  election day. Such ballots shall be canvassed pursuant to section  9-209
  of this article.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.