N.Y. Election Law § 7-118: Ballots; facsimile and sample

§ 7-118. Ballots; facsimile and sample. 1. The board of elections

shall provide facsimile and sample ballots which shall be arranged in

the form of a diagram showing such part of the face of the voting

machine or ballots as shall be in use at that election. Such facsimile

and sample ballots shall be distinguishable from the official ballot by

size, color, or other means and shall contain suitable illustrated

directions for voting on the voting machine or ballot.

2. Such facsimile ballots shall be mounted and displayed for public

inspection at each polling place during election day.

3. Sample ballots may be mailed by the board of elections to each

eligible voter at least three days before the election, or in lieu

thereof, a copy of such sample ballot may be published at least once

within one week preceding the election in newspapers or on a website

maintained by the board of elections. Each county board of elections

shall transmit electronically in a format to be determined by the state

board of elections, as it is available, a copy of the candidate and

contest information contained on each of its ballot styles to the state

board of elections. The state board shall create a system to allow such

information to be made publicly available via its website, as well as

the website of any county board of elections, and in such a way as to be

accessible with a computer screen-reading program.

4. One copy of such facsimile shall be sent to each school in the

county, providing the ninth through the twelfth years of compulsory

education, and in the city of New York to each such school in the city

of New York, at least one week before each general election for posting

at a convenient place in such school. The board of elections shall also

send a facsimile ballot to any other school requesting such a ballot. In

the alternative, the requirements of this subdivision may be fully

satisfied by publishing such facsimile on a website maintained by the

board of elections and notifying each such school of such publication.