N.Y. Election Law § 9-120: Returns of canvass; generally

§ 9-120. Returns of canvass; generally. 1. Upon completing the

canvass, the inspectors shall prepare their returns of the canvass on a

printed form supplied to them by the board of elections. The results

tape(s) and the tally sheet(s) for any office, party position or ballot

proposal, if separate from such form, shall be securely attached by the

chair or an inspector under the scrutiny of an inspector of the opposite

party to such form returns and it shall not be necessary to transcribe

information provided by such results tapes onto such form. Results

tape(s) or a tally sheet(s), when so annexed, or forming part of the

same paper as the return, shall be treated as part of the return. The

inspectors, and clerks, if any, shall subscribe in ink the certificate

at the end of the set of returns. Each set of returns shall be securely

sealed in an envelope properly endorsed on the outside by the

inspectors. At an election at which voting machines are not used, the

ballot boxes, if any, supplied by the board of elections, may when

securely locked be used instead of sealed envelopes.

2. The form for the return or returns of the canvass shall be printed

in a format approved by the state board of elections. The form of such

return of canvass shall provide for the total number of votes for each

candidate in each contest, or upon each ballot proposal, including the

total number of unscanned voted ballots canvassed in accordance with

section 9-110 of this title.

3. In the event that there is more than one election district at a

polling place, the board of elections may authorize the use of one or

more returns of canvass that consolidate the report of the number of

votes for each candidate, or upon each ballot proposal, for more than

one election district or more than one ballot scanner, provided that

such consolidated returns of canvass have attached to them the results

tape(s) produced by the ballot scanner(s) that identify the number of

votes for each candidate, or upon each ballot proposal, within each such

election district and each such ballot scanner.