Section 7-200. Adoption and use of voting machine or system  


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  • 1. The board of
      elections  of  the city of New York and other county boards of elections
      may adopt any kind of voting machine or system  approved  by  the  state
      board of elections, or the use of which has been specifically authorized
      by  law;  and thereupon such voting machine or system may be used at any
      or all elections and shall be used at all general or  special  elections
      held by such boards in such city, town or village and in every contested
      primary  election in the city of New York and in every contested primary
      election outside the city of New York in which there are one thousand or
      more enrolled voters qualified to vote. No more than two types of voting
      machines or systems may be used by any local board  of  elections  at  a
      single   election.   Notwithstanding   the   other  provisions  of  this
      subdivision, any local board of elections may borrow or lease for use on
      an experimental basis for a period of  not  more  than  one  year  each,
      voting  machines  or  systems of any type approved by the state board of
      elections.
        2. For five years after  any  voting  machine  or  system  of  a  type
      approved by the state board of elections pursuant to the election reform
      and  modernization  act  of 2005 is first used in any election district,
      the local board of elections which owns such  machine  or  system  shall
      provide  a  model  or  diagram of such voting machine or system for each
      polling place in which any  such  election  district  is  located.  Such
      models  or  diagrams  shall  meet the standards set forth in regulations
      promulgated by the state board of elections.
        3. Whenever  there  are  more  offices  to  be  elected  than  can  be
      accommodated  on  the  voting  machine or system or more candidates have
      been nominated for an office than can  be  accommodated  on  the  voting
      machine  or system, the local board of elections may provide for the use
      of separate paper ballots for such offices, when other offices are voted
      for on voting machines  or  systems  by  voters  of  the  same  election
      district.