Laws of New York (Last Updated: November 21, 2014) |
ELN Election |
Article 7. ELECTION BALLOT |
Title 1. FORM OF BALLOTS |
Section 7-124. Ballots for special federal voters
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1. The ballots for special federal voters shall provide for voting for presidential and vice-presidential electors, United States senator, representative in congress, and delegates and alternate delegates to a national convention only and shall be in the form prescribed by this chapter for absentee ballots, except that on either the front or the back of the ballot shall be printed or stamped the words "Official Ballot--Special Federal Voter", provided, however, that at any election at which special federal voters may vote for all the offices and positions on the ballot, no such separate ballot shall be printed and the ballot for special federal voters shall be the same as the ballot provided to absentee voters in such election. 2. The board of elections shall furnish with each special federal ballot an envelope. On one side of the envelope shall be printed: OFFICIAL BALLOT, SPECIAL FEDERAL VOTERS, FOR..........ELECTION......... 20...... Name of voter .......................................................... Residence from which vote is being cast: Street and number .................................................... City or town ......................................................... County ............................................................... Assembly District or Ward ............................................ Election District .................................................... Party Enrollment (in case of primary election) ....................... The date of the election and the name of the county shall be printed, and the name of the voter, residence, name of town, number of ward or assembly district, if any, and election district shall be either printed or written or stamped in by the board. 3. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the following statement: STATEMENT OF SPECIAL FEDERAL VOTER I do declare I am a qualified special federal voter of said district; that I am not qualified and am not able to qualify to vote elsewhere than as set forth on the reverse side of this envelope; that I have not committed any act nor am I under any impediment which denies me the right to vote. I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material false statement in the foregoing statement, I shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Date......... 20...... ............................... Signature or mark of voter ............................... Signature of Witness (required only if voter does not sign his own name) ............................... Address of Witness 4. The envelope shall be gummed, ready for sealing, and shall have printed thereon, on the side opposite the statement, instructions as to the duties of the voter after the marking of the ballot, which instructions shall include a specific direction stating that the envelope must be delivered or mailed to the appropriate board of elections and a specific direction stating when such envelope must be delivered or postmarked and when such envelope, if so mailed, must reach such board of elections in order to be canvassed. 5. Such envelope shall be enclosed in a second envelope bearing on it the address of the board of elections, the words "Official Election Balloting Material--Via Air Mail" and a specific direction that if an application for special federal ballot is received with the ballot, such application must be completed by the voter and returned in such envelope together with the envelope containing the special federal ballot.