N.Y. Election Law § 6-164: Primary, uncontested; opportunity to ballot

§ 6-164. Primary, uncontested; opportunity to ballot. Enrolled members

of a party entitled to vote in the nomination of a candidate for public

office or the election of a candidate for party position in a primary

election of such party, and equal in number to at least the number of

signers required to designate a candidate for such office or position

may file with the officer or board with whom or which are filed

designating petitions for such office or position a petition requesting

an opportunity to write in the name of a candidate or candidates

enrolled in such party, who need not be specified, for such office or

position. Upon the receipt of such a petition, such office or position

shall be deemed contested and the primary ballots of the party shall

afford an opportunity to vote thereon. Requests for an opportunity to

write in the names of candidates for two or more offices or positions

may be included in the same petition. Such petitions shall be subject to

objections and court determination thereof in the same manner as

designating petitions so far as the provisions therefor are applicable.

All required notices shall be served on the members of the committee

named in the petition, and such committee shall have capacity to bring a

proceeding under this chapter as if such committee was a candidate named

on a petition. A signature to a petition for an opportunity to ballot in

primary elections made earlier than sixteen days before the last day to

file designating petitions for the primary election shall not be

counted.