N.Y. Elec. Law § 7-125

Current through 2024 NY Law Chapter 443

Section 7-125 - Ballots; special presidential voters

1. The ballots for special presidential voters shall provide for voting for presidential and vice presidential electors only and shall be in the form prescribed for absentee ballots, except that either on the front or the back they shall be endorsed with the words printed or stamped, "Official Ballot-Special Presidential Voter" and "Presidential Electors".

2. There shall be three envelopes for each special presidential absentee ballot issued by mail: the inner affirmation envelope into which a voter places his or her voted ballot, the outer envelope which shall be addressed to the absentee voter, and the mailing envelope which is addressed to the county board of elections. The board of elections shall furnish with each special presidential ballot an envelope. On one side of the envelope shall be printed:

OFFICIAL BALLOT, SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL VOTERS,

FOR GENERAL ELECTION,

NOVEMBER......., 20....

Name of voter ..........................................................

Residence from which vote is being cast:

Street and number ......................................................

City or town ...........................................................

County .................................................................

Assembly District or Ward ..............................................

Election District ......................................................

The date of the election and name of the county shall be printed, and the name of the voter, residence, name of the city or town, number of ward or assembly district, if any, and election district shall be printed, written or stamped in by the board.

3. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the following statement:

STATEMENT OF SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL VOTER

I do declare I am a qualified special presidential voter of said district; that I am not qualified and am not able to qualify to vote elsewhere than as set forth on the reverse side of this envelope; that I am a citizen of the United States; that on the date of the election for which this ballot is voted, I will be at least eighteen years of age; and that I have not committed any act, nor am I under any impediment, which denies me the right to vote.

I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material false statement in the foregoing statement, I shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Date.................20..... .....................................

Signature or mark of voter

.....................................

Signature of Witness (required only if voter does not sign his or her own name)

.....................................

Address of Witness

4. The envelope shall be gummed, ready for sealing, and shall have printed thereon, on the side opposite the statement, instructions as to the duties of the voter after the marking of the ballot, which instructions shall include a specific direction stating that the envelope must be delivered or mailed to the appropriate board of elections and a specific direction stating when such envelope must be delivered or postmarked and when such envelope, if so mailed, must reach such board of elections in order to be canvassed.

5. Each ballot envelope shall be enclosed in a second envelope addressed to the board of elections and bearing a specific direction that if an application for special presidential ballot is received with the ballot, such application must be completed by the voter and returned in such envelope together with the envelope containing the special presidential ballot. Such second envelope shall be enclosed in a third envelope addressed to the special presidential voter. The second and third envelopes shall have printed on the face thereof the words "Election Material-Please Expedite".

N.Y. Elec. Law § 7-125

Amended by New York Laws 2019 , ch. 411, Sec. 14, eff. 7/1/2020.

Amended by New York Laws 2019 , ch. 66, Sec. 4, eff. 7/3/2019.