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2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters › Title 9 - Automatic Voter Registration › 5-902 - Failure to Receive Exemplar Signature Not to Prevent Registration.

§  5-902.  Failure  to  receive  exemplar  signature  not  to  prevent
  registration. If a voter registration exemplar signature is not received
  from an applicant who submits a voter registration  or  pre-registration
  application  pursuant  to  this title and such signature exemplar is not
  otherwise available from the statewide voter registration database or  a
  state  or  local  agency,  the  local  board  of elections shall, absent
  another reason  to  reject  the  application,  proceed  to  register  or
  pre-register  and,  as applicable, enroll the applicant. Within ten days
  of such action, the board  of  elections  shall  send  a  standard  form
  promulgated  by  the  state board of elections to the voter whose record
  lacks an exemplar signature, requiring such voter to submit a  signature
  for  identification  purposes.  The  voter  shall submit to the board of
  elections a voter registration exemplar signature  by  any  one  of  the
  following  methods: in person, by mail with return postage paid provided
  by the board of elections, by electronic mail, or by  electronic  upload
  to  the  board  of  elections  through the electronic voter registration
  transmittal system. If such voter does not provide the required exemplar
  signature, when the voter appears to vote the voter shall be entitled to
  vote by affidavit ballot.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters › Title 9 - Automatic Voter Registration › 5-904 - Presumption of Innocent Authorized Error.

§  5-904. Presumption of innocent authorized error. 1. Notwithstanding
subdivision six of section 5-210 of this article or any other law to the
contrary, a person who is ineligible to vote who  fails  to  decline  to
register  or  pre-register  to vote in accordance with the provisions of
this section and did not willfully and knowingly  seek  to  register  or
pre-register to vote knowing that the person is not eligible to do so:
(a)  shall not be guilty of any crime as the result of the applicant's
failure to make such declination;
(b) shall be deemed to have been  registered  or  pre-registered  with
official authorization; and
(c)  such  act  may  not  be  considered  as  evidence  of  a claim to
citizenship.
2. Notwithstanding subdivision six of section 5-210 of this article or
any other law to the contrary, a person who is ineligible  to  vote  who
fails  to decline to register or pre-register to vote in accordance with
the provisions of this section, who then either  votes  or  attempts  to
vote  in  an  election  held  after  the effective date of that person's
registration, and who did not willfully and knowingly seek  to  register
or  pre-register  to  vote knowing that the person is not eligible to do
so, and did not subsequently vote or attempt to vote  knowing  that  the
person is not eligible to do so:
(a)  shall not be guilty of any crime as the result of the applicant's
failure to make such declination and subsequent vote or attempt to vote;
(b) shall be deemed to have been  registered  or  pre-registered  with
official authorization; and
(c)  such  act  may  not  be  considered  as  evidence  of  a claim to
citizenship.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters › Title 9 - Automatic Voter Registration › 5-906 - Forms.

§  5-906.  Forms.  The state board of elections shall promulgate rules
  and regulations to implement this title. All agency  forms  and  notices
  required  by  this  title  shall  be  approved  by  the  state  board of
  elections. All applications and notices for use by a board of  elections
  pursuant  to  this  title  shall  be  promulgated  by the state board of
  elections, and no addition or alteration to such forms  by  a  board  of
  elections  shall  be  made  without  approval  of  the  state  board  of
  elections.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 6 - Designation and Nomination of Candidates › Title 2 - Village Elections › 6-200 - Application of Title.

§  6-200.  Application  of title. 1. This title applies to all general
  and special village elections for officers which are  conducted  by  the
  board of elections on a date other than the date of the general election
  and  all  the  provisions  of  this  chapter, not inconsistent with this
  title, shall apply.
2. For the purposes of this title, a village shall  be  deemed  to  be
  located  within a county if more than fifty percent of the population of
  the village as shown by the last federal decennial,  or  special  census
  resides in that portion of the village located in that county.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 6 - Designation and Nomination of Candidates › Title 2 - Village Elections › 6-208 - Petitions, Qualifications of Signers.

§  6-208.  Petitions,  qualifications of signers. Any village resident
  who is a registered  voter  of  the  village  and,  in  the  case  of  a
  designating  petition,  an  enrolled  member  of  the  party  filing the
  petition may sign an independent nominating petition  or  a  designating
  petition  providing  that: (a) such signature was made not more than six
  weeks prior to the last day to file such petition; (b) he has not signed
  more than one petition designating or nominating a candidate  for  mayor
  or  village  justice. If he has signed more than one such petition, only
  the earliest signature for each such office shall be valid; (c)  he  has
  not  signed more than one petition designating or nominating a candidate
  for each vacancy which exists for  the  office  of  village  trustee  or
  village justice if the village has provided for two such justices. If he
  has  signed  more than one such petition for each such vacancy, only the
  earlier signatures shall be valid; or (d) he does not vote at a  primary
  election  or  party  caucus where a candidate was nominated for the same
  office for each such vacancy.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 6 - Designation and Nomination of Candidates › Title 2 - Village Elections › 6-210 - Petitions and Certificates; Place and Times for Filing.

§  6-210.  Petitions  and certificates; place and times for filing. 1.
  Petitions and certificates specified in this title shall be  filed  with
  the county board of elections.
2.  a. A certificate of party nomination for an office to be filled at
  the time of a general or special village election for offices  shall  be
  filed  not  earlier than fifty-four days nor later than forty-seven days
  preceding the election.
b. A certificate of acceptance or declination of  a  party  nomination
  for  an  office to be filled at the time of a general or special village
  election shall be filed not later than forty-four  days  prior  to  such
  election.
c.  A  certificate  to fill a vacancy caused by declination of a party
  nomination for an office to be filled  at  the  time  of  a  general  or
  special  village  election  shall be filed not later than forty-one days
  prior to such election.
d. Party designating petitions for a village primary election shall be
  filed not earlier than twenty-two days nor later than fifteen days prior
  to the primary election.  Upon such a filing,  the  board  of  elections
  shall immediately notify the village election chairman of such party and
  the  person  or  persons designated in such petition of the fact of such
  filing and that such petition may be inspected in its office.
e. A written declination of a party designation must be  filed  within
  three  days  of the date of the filing of the designating petition. Upon
  the filing of such declination, the board of elections shall, within one
  day notify the committee to fill vacancies  named  in  the  petition.  A
  certificate  to  fill  the  vacancy caused by a declination or any other
  reason must be filed within three days after the date of the  notice  to
  the  committee  to  fill  vacancies  and shall have appended thereto the
  written consent of the person or persons designated.
3. a. An independent nominating petition for an office to be filled at
  the time of a general or special village election  shall  be  filed  not
  earlier  than  forty-two  days nor later than thirty-five days preceding
  the election.
b. A certificate  of  acceptance  or  declination  of  an  independent
  nomination  for  an  office  to  be  filled  at the time of a general or
  special village election shall be filed not later than three days  after
  the   last  day  to  file  the  petition  which  made  such  independent
  nomination.
c. A certificate to fill a vacancy  caused  by  a  declination  of  an
  independent  nomination  for  an  office  to  be filled at the time of a
  general or special village election for offices shall be filed not later
  than  three  days  after  the  last  day  to  file  the  certificate  of
  declination,  and shall have appended thereto the written consent of the
  person or persons nominated.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 6 - Designation and Nomination of Candidates › Title 2 - Village Elections › 6-212 - Designations and Nominations, Objections.

§  6-212. Designations and nominations, objections. Written objections
  to  a  nominating  or  designating  petition  or  to  a  certificate  of
  nomination,  certificate  of  acceptance,  certificate of authorization,
  certificate of declination or certificate of substitution  with  respect
  to  an  office to be filled at a general or special village election may
  be filed not later than the day after the last day to file such petition
  or certificate, or  the  day  after  such  petition  or  certificate  is
  received  by  the  board of elections if such petition or certificate is
  mailed within the time permitted by law,  whichever  is  later.  Written
  specifications  of  the  grounds  for  such objections shall be so filed
  within  two  days  thereafter.  A   failure   to   file   such   written
  specifications  shall  render the original objection null and void. Upon
  receipt of written specifications, the county board of  elections  shall
  immediately  notify each candidate named in such petition or certificate
  and take all steps necessary and consistent with this chapter to  render
  a   determination  on  the  questions  raised  in  such  objections  and
  specifications. When a determination has been made by the  county  board
  of  elections  that the petition is sufficient or insufficient, it shall
  immediately notify each candidate named in the petition or  certificate,
  and, if such determination was made on objection, the objector.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 7 - Election Ballot › Title 1 - Form of Ballots › 7-105 - Ballot Accountability.

§  7-105.  Ballot accountability. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of
  this chapter requiring ballots to include a numbered stub separated from
  the ballot by a line of perforations, such numbered stubs shall  not  be
  required  if  the  board of elections implements a ballot accountability
  process as prescribed by the New York State Board of Elections which (i)
  accounts for the number of each ballot style received  by  the  election
  inspectors,  (ii)  retains  a  running  count of ballots distributed and
  spoiled which would permit an interim reconciliation at any time  during
  voting;  and  (iii)  provides  for ballot reconciliation at the close of
  polls to verify that the number of  ballots  distributed  to  voters  or
  spoiled  when  added  to  unvoted  ballots  equals the number of ballots
  received by the inspectors for the election.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of this  chapter  requiring  that  a
  ballot  consisting  of  two or more sheets be provided to the voter as a
  single ballot divided by a line of perforations, such perforated ballots
  shall not be required and such ballot may be provided to  the  voter  as
  separate,  unconnected sheets provided: (i) the ballots clearly inform a
  voter that the voter must receive the number of ballot sheets the  voter
  is  entitled to, specifying such number, and (ii) each such ballot sheet
  shall be prominently labeled as "ballot sheet (here insert the number of
  the ballot sheet) of (here insert the total number of sheets  comprising
  the ballot)."
3.  The  state  board  of  elections  shall promulgate regulations for
  ballot accountability consistent with this section which  shall  include
  specific  ballot accountability requirements applicable to any ballot on
  demand printing process.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 7 - Election Ballot › Title 1 - Form of Ballots › 7-106 - Ballots; Form Of, for Ballot Scanners, General, Primary, or Special Elections; Additional Requirements.

§  7-106.  Ballots; form of, for ballot scanners, general, primary, or
  special elections; additional requirements. 1.  In  addition  to  ballot
  requirements  provided for in section 7-104 of this article, all ballots
  to be used with all ballot scanners  shall  comply  with  the  following
  provisions.
2.  Paper  ballots  which  are  to  be counted by a ballot scanner may
  consist of two or more sheets which are divided into perforated sections
  which can be separated at the time the ballot is scanned.  Such  ballots
  shall  be  printed  on  paper  of  a  quality,  size,  color, and weight
  specified in the voting system's  technical  requirements  documentation
  and  shall be clearly distinguishable from sample ballots by size, color
  or other means.
3. All paper ballots of the same kind for the same polling place shall
  be identical.
4. Each election day ballot shall be printed on the sheet with a  stub
  which  shall  be separated therefrom by a line of perforations extending
  across the entire ballot. On the face  of  the  stub  shall  be  printed
  "No........"  the  blank to be filled with consecutive number of ballots
  beginning with "No. 1", and increasing in regular numerical order.
5. On such ballot shall be  printed  the  following  indorsement,  the
  blanks properly filled in:
 
  Official   Ballot   for   (General,  Primary  or  Special,  as
  applicable)
  Election
  County of ........................
  (Assembly   or   Legislative,    as    applicable)    District
  .....................
  (Ward    and    City    or    town    ..................,   as
  applicable)............
  Election District ...........................
 
  (Insert date of election.)
  (Insert names of election commissioners providing the ballot.)
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 7 - Election Ballot › Title 1 - Form of Ballots › 7-110 - Ballots; Form for Ballot Proposals; Additional Requirements.

§  7-110. Ballots; form for ballot proposals; additional requirements.
  Ballot proposals shall appear on the ballot in a separate section or  on
  a  separate  sheet  or  card.  At  the  left of, or below or above, each
  proposal shall appear two voting positions. Next  to  the  first  voting
  position  shall be printed the word "Yes," and next to the second voting
  position shall be printed the word "No." The proposals shall be numbered
  consecutively on the ballot. The number of each proposal shall appear in
  front of its designation as an amendment, proposition or question in the
  following  form:  "Proposal  one,  an   amendment;   proposal   two,   a
  proposition; proposal three, a question". If the ballot proposal section
  appears on the ballot face opposite the candidates, a ballot instruction
  in  a format provided by the state board of elections, which may include
  a graphic arrow, shall indicate the ballot is two-sided.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 7 - Election Ballot › Title 1 - Form of Ballots › 7-114 - Ballots; Form for Primary Election; Additional Requirements.

§  7-114. Ballots; form for primary election; additional requirements.
1. (a) On the face  of  the  official  ballot  for  a  primary  election
contests  and  candidates  for nomination for public office shall appear
first, followed by contests and candidates  for  party  positions.  When
necessary,  a  part may be divided into two or more columns or rows, but
the names of all  persons  designated  for  the  same  office  or  party
position shall be in the same column or row.
(b) Where a candidate for nomination for the same public office or for
election  to  the  same  party  position  is  designated  by two or more
petitions, his or her name shall be  placed  upon  the  ballot  for  the
primary election but once as such a candidate.
(c) The ballot shall not contain a space for voting for candidates for
uncontested  offices and positions, and no ballot shall be printed for a
party for which there is  no  contested  office  or  position  unless  a
petition for opportunity to ballot has been filed.
2. (a) on the official primary election ballot, the ballot endorsement
shall include the name of the party for which such ballot is valid.
(b)  where  two  or  more  candidates  are  to  be  elected to a party
position, the names of candidates designated by each petition  shall  be
grouped together, and may be referred to collectively on the ballot as a
group.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 7 - Election Ballot › Title 1 - Form of Ballots › 7-118 - Ballots; Facsimile and Sample.

§  7-118.  Ballots;  facsimile  and  sample. 1. The board of elections
  shall provide facsimile and sample ballots which shall  be  arranged  in
  the  form  of  a  diagram  showing  such  part of the face of the voting
  machine or ballots as shall be in use at that election.  Such  facsimile
  and  sample ballots shall be distinguishable from the official ballot by
  size, color, or other  means  and  shall  contain  suitable  illustrated
  directions for voting on the voting machine or ballot.
2.  Such  facsimile  ballots shall be mounted and displayed for public
  inspection at each polling place during election day.
3. Sample ballots may be mailed by the  board  of  elections  to  each
  eligible  voter  at  least  three  days  before the election, or in lieu
  thereof, a copy of such sample ballot may be  published  at  least  once
  within  one  week  preceding  the election in newspapers or on a website
  maintained by the board of elections. Each  county  board  of  elections
  shall  transmit electronically in a format to be determined by the state
  board of elections, as it is available, a  copy  of  the  candidate  and
  contest  information contained on each of its ballot styles to the state
  board of elections. The state board shall create a system to allow  such
  information  to  be  made publicly available via its website, as well as
  the website of any county board of elections, and in such a way as to be
  accessible with a computer screen-reading program.
4. One copy of such facsimile shall be sent  to  each  school  in  the
  county,  providing  the  ninth  through  the twelfth years of compulsory
  education, and in the city of New York to each such school in  the  city
  of  New York, at least one week before each general election for posting
  at a convenient place in such school. The board of elections shall  also
  send a facsimile ballot to any other school requesting such a ballot. In
  the  alternative,  the  requirements  of  this  subdivision may be fully
  satisfied by publishing such facsimile on a website  maintained  by  the
  board of elections and notifying each such school of such publication.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 7 - Election Ballot › Title 1 - Form of Ballots › 7-120 - Ballots; Emergency Use, to Be Furnished.

§  7-120.  Ballots;  emergency use, to be furnished.  1. If any voting
  machine or voting system for use in any election  shall  become  out  of
  order  during  an election it shall, if possible, be repaired or another
  machine or voting system substituted as promptly as  possible.  In  case
  such  repair  or substitution cannot be made, emergency ballots, printed
  or written, and of any suitable form, shall be provided by the board  of
  elections and may be used for the casting of votes.
2.  If  the  official  ballots  for  an election district shall not be
  delivered within the time necessary to open the polls, or shall be lost,
  destroyed or stolen, or if the  supply  of  official  ballots  shall  be
  exhausted before the polls are closed, the board of elections, or at its
  direction,  the  town  or city clerk, or the election inspectors of such
  district, shall cause emergency  ballots  to  be  prepared,  printed  or
  written,  as  nearly in the form of the official ballots as practicable.
  The inspectors shall use the ballots so substituted in the same  manner,
  as near as may be, as the official ballots.
3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  board  of elections to cause a
  sufficient number of emergency ballots to  be  placed  at  each  polling
  place  in  which  voting  machines  or  voting  systems  are used, to be
  employed in the event the voting machines or voting systems break  down.
  At  any  time  during the hour succeeding a breakdown, the inspectors of
  election may use such emergency ballots, and  if  such  breakdown  lasts
  more  than  one  hour,  such  emergency ballots must be used. The sample
  ballots may be used for this purpose in full or reduced size.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 7 - Election Ballot › Title 1 - Form of Ballots › 7-121 - Ballots Which Are Counted by Machine.

§ 7-121. Ballots which are counted by machine. All ballots printed for
  use  on  a voting system approved by the state board of elections may be
  printed and arranged in a manner which would permit them to  be  counted
  by such machine.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 7 - Election Ballot › Title 1 - Form of Ballots › 7-126 - Ballots; Pasters, or Stickers, Use Of.

§ 7-126. Ballots; pasters, or stickers, use of. No pasters or stickers
  shall  be  affixed  to  any  official  ballot by any voter. The board of
  elections may authorize election officials to affix a paster or  sticker
  upon  unvoted  ballots.  All of the voted ballots for which the use of a
  paster or sticker shall have been authorized shall be manually canvassed
  and shall not be canvassed by a ballot scanner.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 7 - Election Ballot › Title 1 - Form of Ballots › 7-128 - Ballots; Inspection Of.

§ 7-128. Ballots; inspection of. 1. Each officer or board charged with
  the duty of providing official ballots for an election shall have sample
  ballots  open  to  public  inspection  fifty days, except in the case of
  extraordinary  circumstances  in  which  case  on   the   earliest   day
  practicable,  before  the  election  for  which  the  ballots  have been
  prepared and the official ballots open to such  inspection  fifty  days,
  except  in  the case of extraordinary circumstances in which case on the
  earliest day practicable, before such election except  that  the  sample
  and  official  ballots  for  a village election held at a different time
  from a general election shall be open to public inspection at least  two
  days before such election. During the times within which the ballots are
  open  for  inspection, such officer or board shall deliver to each voter
  applying therefor a sample of the ballot which he or she is entitled  to
  vote.
2. a. Each officer or board charged with the duty of preparing ballots
  to  be  used  in  any election shall give written notice, by first class
  mail, to all candidates, except candidates  for  member  of  the  county
  committee, who are lawfully entitled to have their names appear thereon,
  of  the  time when, and the place where, they may inspect the ballots to
  be  used  for  such  election.  The  candidates  or   their   designated
  representatives  may  appear  at  the  time  and place specified in such
  notice to inspect such ballots, provided,  however,  that  the  time  so
  specified  shall  be no later than forty-six days before the election at
  which the ballots will be used.
b. A candidate, whose name  appears  on  the  ballot  or  his  or  her
  designated  representative, may, in the presence of the election officer
  attending the ballot, inspect the ballot to see that his or  her  ballot
  position is in its proper place or places.
3. Each officer or board charged with the duty of preparing ballots to
  be  used  with  voting  machines  or  systems in any election shall give
  written  notice,  by  first  class  mail,  to  all  candidates,   except
  candidates for member of the county committee, who are lawfully entitled
  to  have  their  names  appear  thereon, of the time when, and the place
  where, they may inspect the voting machines or systems to  be  used  for
  such  election.  The  candidates or their designated representatives may
  appear at the time and place  specified  in  such  notice  to  view  the
  conduct  of  the  logic and accuracy testing required to be performed on
  such voting machines or systems, provided  however,  that  the  time  so
  specified  shall  be  not less than twenty days prior to the date of the
  election.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 7 - Election Ballot › Title 1 - Form of Ballots › 7-130 - Ballots; Examination by Voters and Instruction in Use of Voting Machines.

§  7-130.  Ballots;  examination  by  voters and instruction in use of
  voting machines. One or more voting machines  which  shall  contain  the
  ballot  labels, showing the title of officers to be voted for, and which
  shall so far as practicable contain the names of the  candidates  to  be
  voted  for,  shall be placed on public exhibition in some suitable place
  by the board of elections, in charge of competent  instructors,  for  at
  least  three  days during the thirty days next preceding an election. No
  voting machine which is to be assigned for use in an election  shall  be
  used  for  such  purpose  after  having been prepared and sealed for the
  election. During such public exhibition, the counting mechanism  of  the
  machine  shall  be  concealed from view and the doors may be temporarily
  opened only when authorized by the board or official having  charge  and
  control  of  the  election.  Any  voter shall be allowed to examine such
  machine, and upon request shall be instructed in its use.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 7 - Election Ballot › Title 2 - Voting Machines › 7-200 - Adoption and Use of Voting Machine or System.

§ 7-200. Adoption and use of voting machine or system. 1. The board of
  elections  of  the city of New York and other county boards of elections
  may adopt any kind of voting machine or system  approved  by  the  state
  board of elections, or the use of which has been specifically authorized
  by  law;  and thereupon such voting machine or system may be used at any
  or all elections and shall be used at all general or  special  elections
  held by such boards in such city, town or village and in every contested
  primary  election in the city of New York and in every contested primary
  election outside the city of New York in which there are one thousand or
  more enrolled voters qualified to vote. No more than two types of voting
  machines or systems may be used by any local board  of  elections  at  a
  single   election.   Notwithstanding   the   other  provisions  of  this
  subdivision, any local board of elections may borrow or lease for use on
  an experimental basis for a period of  not  more  than  one  year  each,
  voting  machines  or  systems of any type approved by the state board of
  elections.
2. For five years after  any  voting  machine  or  system  of  a  type
  approved by the state board of elections pursuant to the election reform
  and  modernization  act  of 2005 is first used in any election district,
  the local board of elections which owns such  machine  or  system  shall
  provide  a  model  or  diagram of such voting machine or system for each
  polling place in which any  such  election  district  is  located.  Such
  models  or  diagrams  shall  meet the standards set forth in regulations
  promulgated by the state board of elections.
3. Whenever  there  are  more  offices  to  be  elected  than  can  be
  accommodated  on  the  voting  machine or system or more candidates have
  been nominated for an office than can  be  accommodated  on  the  voting
  machine  or system, the local board of elections may provide for the use
  of separate paper ballots for such offices, when other offices are voted
  for on voting machines  or  systems  by  voters  of  the  same  election
  district.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 7 - Election Ballot › Title 2 - Voting Machines › 7-203 - Voting Machines; Requirement of Use.

§  7-203.  Voting  machines;  requirement  of  use.  1.  The  board of
  elections shall provide a sufficient number of voting machines to  fully
  equip  all  election  districts  within  its  jurisdiction.  Such voting
  machines shall be used at all general,  special  and  primary  elections
  conducted pursuant to this chapter.
2.  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of law to the contrary, the state
  board of elections shall establish, in accordance with subdivision  four
  of  section 3-100 of this chapter, for each election, the minimum number
  of voting machines required in each polling place and the maximum number
  of voters that can vote on one voting machine. Such  minimum  number  of
  voting machines shall be based on the voting machine in use, taking into
  account  machine  functionality and capability, including the ability to
  tabulate multiple official  ballots  and  the  need  for  efficient  and
  orderly elections and, in the case of a general or special election, the
  number of registered voters, excluding voters in inactive status, in the
  election  district  or, in the case of a primary election, the number of
  enrolled voters, excluding voters in inactive status, therein.
3. In the event that the board of elections shall not agree  upon,  or
  the  county  shall  not execute a contract or contracts for the purchase
  of, the necessary voting machines, such contract or contracts  shall  be
  awarded,  made  and  executed  by  the  state  board  of  elections,  in
  accordance with subdivision four of section 3-100 of  this  chapter,  on
  approval  of  the attorney general as to form. The expense of making and
  entering into such contracts, including the preparation and printing  of
  specifications,  and  also  all  payments for voting machines to be made
  thereunder, shall be chargeable to the county, except in the city of New
  York where such expense shall be chargeable to such city, and  it  shall
  be  the  duty  of  the  comptroller or other chief fiscal officer of the
  county or city, as the case may be, to pay the same upon the certificate
  of the officer making such contract, or  upon  the  certificate  of  the
  state  board of elections in the event that such contract be made by it.
  No provision of any charter or other  law  or  ordinance  governing  the
  purchase  of  patented articles shall be deemed to apply to the purchase
  of voting machines pursuant to the provisions of this  section.  Nothing
  in  this  section  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the state board of
  elections from distributing  voting  machines  to  boards  of  elections
  pursuant to other provisions of this chapter without charge.
4.  The  board  of  elections  may purchase voting machines for use in
  demonstration and as extra machines within the county.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 7 - Election Ballot › Title 2 - Voting Machines › 7-204 - Contracts for Purchase of Voting Machines or Systems.

§  7-204. Contracts for purchase of voting machines or systems. 1. All
  contracts for purchase of voting machines or systems of  types  approved
  by  the  state  board of elections shall include, but not be limited to,
  requirements that the vendors provide assistance in  training  board  of
  elections personnel in the operation of such machines or systems and any
  ancillary   equipment,  assistance  in  the  conduct  of  all  elections
  conducted during the first year in which each such machine or system  is
  used and at least five years of service for all such machines or systems
  and ancillary equipment.
2.  All  such  contracts shall also require the vendor to guarantee in
  writing to keep such machines and systems in good working order  for  at
  least  five  years without additional cost and to perform satisfactorily
  its training and service obligations under the contract and  to  give  a
  sufficient bond conditioned to that effect.
3.  The  state  board of elections, in consultation with the office of
  general services, shall issue regulations specifying the manner in which
  contracts must be drawn in order to comply with the provisions  of  this
  section.
4.  Purchase  contracts  for purchase of voting machines or systems of
  types approved by the state board of elections may not become  effective
  until  a  date  at  least  ten  days  after copies of such contracts are
  received by the state board of elections unless,  within  such  ten  day
  period,  such  board  of elections notifies the local board of elections
  which  submitted  such  contract  that  such  contract  does  not   meet
  requirements  of  this  chapter or the regulations of the state board of
  elections.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 7 - Election Ballot › Title 2 - Voting Machines › 7-206 - Testing of Voting and Ballot Counting Machines.

§  7-206. Testing of voting and ballot counting machines. 1. The state
  board of elections shall test every voting machine of  a  type  approved
  after  September  first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-six and every ballot
  counting machine to insure that each  such  machine  functions  properly
  before such machines may be used in any election in this state.
2.  Such  testing shall include, but not be limited to, a verification
  of the authenticity  and  integrity  of  the  resident  vote  tabulation
  programming  in open, encrypted, compiled, assembled, or any other form,
  in each voting machine of such types, by  comparison  of  such  resident
  vote  tabulation  programming  with  the  programming  which  was in the
  machine of such type which was approved for use in this  state  and  the
  recording  of  at  least eight hundred votes on each such voting machine
  and a sufficient number of votes on each such ballot  counting  machine,
  by  a method which may be mechanical or electronic, to determine if such
  machine accurately records such votes.
3. At least annually, the board of elections of each county  in  which
  any  such  voting or ballot counting machines are in use shall test each
  such machine in a manner prescribed by  the  state  board  of  elections
  under  conditions  supervised  by  such  state  board.  Such tests shall
  include, but not be limited to the tests required by subdivision two  of
  this section.
4.  Upon  the discovery of a discrepancy during the recanvass required
  by subdivision three of  section  9-208  of  this  chapter,  the  ballot
  scanner  shall be retested pursuant to 9 NYCRR 6210.2. No ballot scanner
  shall be returned  to  service  until  any  such  discrepancy  has  been
  resolved.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 7 - Election Ballot › Title 2 - Voting Machines › 7-208 - Escrow Requirements.

§  7-208.  Escrow requirements. Prior to the use of any voting machine
  or system in any election in the state, on or after September first, two
  thousand six, the state board  of  elections  and  the  local  board  of
  elections using such voting machine or system shall:
1. Require that the manufacturer and/or vendor of such voting machine,
  system  or  equipment  shall  place  into escrow with the state board of
  elections a complete copy of all programming, source coding and software
  employed by the voting machine, system or equipment which shall be  used
  exclusively  for  purposes  authorized  by  this  chapter  and  shall be
  otherwise confidential.
2. Require that the manufacturer and/or vendor of such voting machine,
  system or equipment file with the  state  board  of  elections  and  the
  appropriate  local  boards  of elections a waiver, prepared by the state
  board of elections, which shall  waive  all  rights  of  the  vendor  or
  manufacturer  to  assert intellectual property or trade secret rights in
  any court of competent jurisdiction hearing a challenge to  the  results
  of any election and requesting that programming source coding, firmware,
  and  software  as  well  as  voting  machines  or  systems  be tested by
  independent experts under court supervision and  at  the  conclusion  of
  such proceeding shall be sealed.
3.  Require that the manufacturer and/or vendor of such equipment file
  with the state board of elections and the appropriate  local  boards  of
  elections  a  consent  to  having  and cooperating in the testing of any
  programming, source coding, firmware, or software, pursuant to an  order
  of  any  board of elections or court of competent jurisdiction. Any such
  board or agent thereof shall be required to maintain the confidentiality
  of any proprietary material.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 7 - Election Ballot › Title 2 - Voting Machines › 7-209 - Elimination of Punch Card Ballots.

§  7-209. Elimination of punch card ballots. Notwithstanding any other
  provision of law, on or after September  first,  two  thousand  six,  no
  punch  card  ballot  or  punch  card  voting system shall be used in any
  manner in the conduct of any election.
2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 8 - Conduct of Elections › Title 1 - Polling Places › 8-106 - Polling Places; Attendance for Educational Purposes.

§  8-106.  Polling  places;  attendance  for  educational purposes. 1.
  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  law,  in   order   to
  facilitate  education  and  participation  in  the  electoral process, a
  number of students in grades eight to twelve, inclusive, not  to  exceed
  four  at  any one time in any polling place, may enter any polling place
  between twelve o'clock noon and three o'clock p.m. for  the  purpose  of
  observing  the  activities taking place therein and, when allowed by the
  inspectors, for  the  purposes  of  subdivision  two  of  this  section,
  provided  there  is  proper parental or teacher supervision present, and
  provided further, any such student who in any way  interferes  with  the
  orderly  process of voting shall not be allowed to remain in the polling
  place.
2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law,  each  board  of
  elections may provide a spare voting machine inside any polling place or
  in  a  room  adjacent  to  any  polling place for the educational use of
  students in grades eight to twelve, inclusive.  Each  such  board  shall
  establish  procedures  for  the  use  of  the machine including, but not
  limited to, location and preparation of the machine and  duties  of  the
  machine  tenders.  At  least four weeks prior to an election, each board
  intending to provide a voting booth for the educational use of  students
  shall  notify  each  school  district  within  its  jurisdiction  of the
  location of the spare voting machine. Upon such notice,  but  not  later
  than two weeks prior to such election, each school district intending to
  utilize  the  spare voting machine made available for educational use as
  herein provided shall notify the board of  such  intention.  Any  ballot
  used  in  connection with such spare voting machine shall be in the form
  prescribed by section 7-118 of this  chapter  for  facsimile  or  sample
  ballots.
3.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of law, in order to
  facilitate education and foster early  participation  in  the  electoral
  process,  any  persons  younger  than the age of sixteen on election day
  shall be permitted to  accompany  a  duly  qualified  voting  parent  or
  guardian  into  the  appropriate  polling place and voting booth for the
  specific purpose of observing that parent or guardian vote, and for  the
  general purpose of observing the electoral process. Any voting parent or
  guardian permitting a child to accompany them while voting shall provide
  appropriate supervision so as not to allow a child to interfere with the
  orderly process of voting.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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. Any write-in vote for a candidate whether or not  such  candidate's
  name  is  on  the  ballot  for  that  contest  shall be counted for such
  candidate unless such write-in vote creates an invalid overvote  in  the
  contest.
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.
2023 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.
2023 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.