N.Y. Election Law § 11-204: Processing of applications by board of elections

§ 11-204. Processing of applications by board of elections. 1. The

registration application forms shall be in a form prescribed by the

state board of elections.

2. Upon receipt of an application, the board of elections shall

determine upon such inquiry as it deems proper whether the applicant has

answered all the questions contained in the application and whether the

applicant is legally qualified to receive and vote a special federal

ballot. If it finds he is not so qualified, the board shall reject the

application and shall notify the applicant of such rejection and give

the reason or reasons therefor in accordance with the preferred method

of transmission designated by the voter pursuant to section 11-203 of

this title. All investigations by the board of elections shall be

concluded and all determinations made not later than the twentieth day

before election.

3. If a federal post card application form is received from a person

who is qualified to vote as a special federal voter but who has not

previously registered pursuant to the provisions of this title, such

federal post card application form shall be treated in all respects as

an application for registration and enrollment and a special federal

ballot pursuant to the provisions of this title. If such a federal post

card application form is received from a person already registered as a

special federal voter pursuant to the provisions of this title, such

application shall be treated in all respects as an application for a

special federal ballot pursuant to the provisions of this title.

4. If the board of elections shall determine that the applicant making

the application provided for in this section is qualified to receive and

vote a special federal ballot, it shall, as soon as practicable after it

shall have so determined, or not later than forty-six days before each

general or primary election or special election in which such applicant

is qualified to vote, or three days after receipt of such an

application, whichever is later, mail to him or her at the residence

address outside the United States shown in his or her application, a

special federal ballot, an inner affirmation envelope and an outer

envelope, or otherwise distribute same to the voter in accordance with

the preferred method of transmission designated by the voter pursuant to

section 11-203 of this title. The board of elections shall also mail, or

otherwise distribute in accordance with the preferred method of

transmission designated by the voter pursuant to section 11-203 of this

title, a special federal ballot to every qualified special federal voter

who is already registered and who requests such special federal ballot

from such board of elections in a letter, which is signed by the voter

and received by the board of elections not later than the seventh day

before the election for which the ballot is first requested and which

states the address where the voter is registered and the address to

which the ballot is to be mailed. The board of elections shall enclose

with such ballot a form of application for a special federal ballot.

5. The board of elections shall keep a list of the persons who have

made and signed applications for special federal ballots and of the

applicants who have been determined to be qualified. The board shall

keep open to public inspection such list of applicants with their names,

addresses, party enrollments, and application dates and shall give to

the chairman of each political party in the county fifteen days before

each election, a complete list of special federal voters eligible to

vote in such election. Such list shall contain the names, party

enrollments for a primary election and places of previous residence

including the election district and ward, if any, and, in the city of

New York and the county of Nassau, the assembly district of all such

voters.