N.Y. Election Law § 10-125: Military voters; prohibiting refusal to accept voter registration and military ballot applications, marked military ballots, and federal ...

§ 10-125. Military voters; prohibiting refusal to accept voter

registration and military ballot applications, marked military ballots,

and federal write-in absentee ballots for failure to meet certain

requirements. 1. A board of elections shall not refuse to accept and

process any otherwise valid voter registration application or military

ballot application (including the official post card form prescribed

under section 101 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting

Act (42 USC 1973ff)) or marked military ballot submitted by mail or

personally delivered, solely on the basis of the following:

(a) Notarization requirements;

(b) Restrictions on paper type, including weight and size; or

(c) Restrictions on envelope type, including weight and size.

2. A board of elections shall not refuse to accept and process any

otherwise valid federal write-in absentee ballot submitted in any manner

by a military voter solely on the basis of the following:

(a) Notarization requirements;

(b) Restrictions on paper type, including weight and size; or

(c) Restrictions on envelope type, including weight and size.

3. The state board of elections, in coordination with county boards of

elections, shall develop a free access system by which a military voter

may determine whether the military ballot of the military voter has been

received by the appropriate board of elections.