N.Y. Election Law § 11-300: Special ballots on account of religious scruples

§ 11-300. Special ballots on account of religious scruples. A voter

may deliver to the inspectors of election of the election district in

which he is registered, or to the board of elections, at any time during

the period in which an application for early mail or absentee ballot may

be so delivered pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, a written

statement of religious scruples against voting at a polling place

located in a premises used for religious purposes. In the event the

polling place for any such voter's election district shall be located in

a premises used for religious purposes, the board of elections shall

permit such voter to cast a special ballot, at an office of such board

of elections, not earlier than one week before the election and not

later than the close of the polls on election day. Such ballots shall be

retained at the board of elections and cast and canvassed pursuant to

the provisions of section 9-209 of this chapter.