2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 8 - Conduct of Elections › Title 4 - Absentee Voting › 8-402 - Absentee Voting; Review of Application by Board of Elections.

§ 8-402. Absentee voting; review of application by board of elections.
  1.  Upon  receipt  of an application for an absentee ballot the board of
  elections shall forthwith determine upon such inquiry as it deems proper
  whether the applicant is qualified to vote and to  receive  an  absentee
  ballot,  and  if  it  finds  the  applicant is not so qualified it shall
  reject the application after investigation as hereinafter provided.
2. The county board of elections, whenever it is not satisfied from an
  examination of an application for an absentee ballot that the  applicant
  is  entitled  to  such  a ballot, may order an investigation through any
  officer or employee of the state or county board  of  elections,  police
  officer,  sheriff or deputy sheriff, or a special investigator appointed
  by the state board of elections  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this
  chapter  and,  if  it  deems necessary, may exercise the powers to issue
  subpoenas and administer oaths which  are  conferred  upon  it  by  this
  chapter.
3.  An  affidavit  or  a  signed  statement  executed  by  any  person
  authorized to conduct an investigation pursuant to  this  section  which
  indicates  that  the  applicant for an absentee ballot meets or fails to
  meet any of the requirements entitling the applicant to  same  shall  be
  sufficient  authority  for  a  determination  by  the  board  as  to the
  applicant's right to an absentee voter's ballot, but shall not  preclude
  the  board from making such other determination as it shall deem proper.
  Such affidavit or statement  shall  contain  sufficient  information  to
  permit  verification  of  the information contained in the statement and
  identification of the source.
4. Any investigation shall be concluded and determination made  as  to
  all  applicants  not  later than the day before the election for which a
  ballot is first requested, or if such ballot is to be sent by mail, such
  determination shall be made at a time which will afford sufficient  time
  for the transmission of the ballot to the voter, one secular day for the
  voter  to  mark such ballot and execute the statement of absentee voter,
  and time for the return of such ballot to the board of elections by  the
  deadline   for   its   receipt.  If  the  board  can  not  complete  its
  investigation within the time provided for herein, it shall, if it finds
  the voter to be duly registered, deliver to such applicant  an  absentee
  ballot.
5.  If the board shall determine that the applicant is not entitled to
  an absentee ballot it shall immediately notify the applicant, giving him
  the reason for such rejection.
6. In the case of a primary election, the board 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 he  is  not  being
  sent a ballot.
7.  The board shall keep a record of applications for absentee ballots
  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 qualified voter upon request,
  a  complete list of all applicants to whom absentee voters' 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.