EAIElectoral Access Index

§ 3-200 codifies bipartisan county boards of elections — two commissioners (or four in counties >120k), with each major party eligible to recommend appointment of an equal number. § 3-204 codifies appointment procedure by party chair recommendation. NYC has 10 commissioners (max 2 per county). Bipartisan structure is statutorily mandated; however commissioners are party-appointed rather than multi-branch-confirmed, and removal is by the governor. Partial codification of structural independence.

§ 5-102 codifies voter qualifications — US citizen, will be 18+ on day of election, and resident of the election district 30 days before. § 5-507 codifies pre-registration at age 16. § 11-102 codifies residency change procedure. Constitutional grounding in NY Constitution Art. II (not in corpus).

§ 5-106 codifies disqualifications: receiving/offering consideration for franchise, persons convicted of election fraud lose voting rights. § 17-108 codifies penalties for tampering with registration. § 6-150 codifies vacancy procedure on candidate disqualification. Disqualification framework codified though without consolidated 'list of grounds' table.

§ 17-206 (NY VRA) codifies prohibition against voter disenfranchisement: no voting qualification or procedure may result in denial/abridgement of the right of members of a protected class. Felon voting rights restored upon release from incarceration (NY EL §§ 5-106(2)-(5)) — codified. Restoration framework exists but is split across instruments.

§ 8-303 codifies the statutory ID/identification framework — uniform and nondiscriminatory requirements applied to voters under specific enumerated conditions (HAVA first-time-voter verification + new-registrant identification).

§ 8-303 enumerates acceptable verification (current and valid photo ID, current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document showing name and address). NY does NOT require photo ID at the polls in general — signature match in poll book is the primary mechanism (§ 8-302); § 8-303 ID applies to HAVA-eligible first-time voters who registered by mail without verified ID.

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§ 8-303(2) codifies affidavit-ballot procedure when a voter cannot satisfy ID — vote cast by affidavit, with subsequent verification (§ 9-209). § 8-302 codifies the bipartisan inspector procedure. § 17-108 codifies penalty for destroying registration records.

§ 8-402 codifies board-of-elections determination of absentee-ballot applications, with notice procedure for rejection. § 16-108 (not in FTS top-5) codifies judicial review. Rejection-appeal framework exists but is split across instruments.

§ 10-106 codifies the 35-day pre-election deadline for military voter registration. § 5-200/5-210 (general registration deadlines, not surfaced) codify 25-day registration deadline for general electors. § 11-200 codifies federal-voter registration. § 11-204 codifies registration application form.

§ 8-706 codifies the statewide electronic early-mail-ballot transmittal system. § 5-800 (online voter registration, not in FTS top-5 for this query) codifies online registration. § 11-203 codifies federal-voter registration. § 8-702 codifies early-mail registration. Multiple statutory registration methods codified: in-person, by-mail, online, AVR (§ 5-216).

§ 9-209 codifies the cure procedure for ballots cast in affidavit envelopes and absentee/early-mail/military/special-federal ballots — board of elections must notify voter of curable defects and provide 7-day cure window. § 5-902 codifies signature-deficiency cure procedure.

§ 8-510 codifies challenge-report completion with administrative procedure. § 5-702 codifies bipartisan investigation of voter qualifications before purge. § 17-108 codifies penalty for destruction of registration records. § 9-209 codifies the canvass procedure for challenged ballots — rejection challenge right is codified.

§ 5-614 codifies the statewide computerized voter registration list (HAVA-compliant). § 5-602 codifies pre-election publication of registration records. § 5-712 codifies confirmation-notice procedure (NVRA-compliant). § 11-208 / § 10-109 codify out-of-state / military voter list maintenance. Comprehensive roll-maintenance criteria codified.

§ 5-712 codifies pre-purge confirmation-notice procedure: forwardable first-class mail with return-postage-guaranteed mail to the voter, with statutory 2-federal-election waiting period before removal (NVRA-compliant). § 16-110 codifies judicial review of registration challenges.

“confirmation notice by forwardable first class or return postage guaranteed mail to every registered voter or applicant for registration, at the address”

§ 3-103 codifies state board promulgation of minimum standards for computerized record-keeping systems maintained by county boards of elections (including security/access controls implicit in HAVA-compliant systems). § 5-614 codifies the statewide list. Voter-data security is codified but breach-notification specifics live in the NY SHIELD Act (separate instrument).

§ 17-208 (NY John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act) codifies language-assistance requirements with specific thresholds: >2% / ≥300 individuals of voting age are members of a single language-minority group and LEP, OR >4,000 LEP citizens of voting age, OR >2% of Native American voting-age population in a Native American reservation political subdivision.

“more than two percent, but in no instance fewer than three hundred individuals, of the citizens of voting age of a political subdivision are members of a single language-minority group and are limited English proficient.”

§ 15-122 codifies illness/disability-based absentee voting for village elections. § 7-202(e) codifies BMD/private-independent-verification requirements (universal accessibility per HAVA). § 5-601 (not in FTS top-5) codifies that physically disabled voters whose polling place is inaccessible may vote at any accessible election district.

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§ 8-102 codifies polling-place opening procedure. § 8-100 (not in FTS top-5 for this datapoint) codifies polls open 6am-9pm in general elections (8am-9pm primary, 12-9 in some elections). § 8-108 codifies notice of polling place change. § 8-104 codifies polling place setup.

“shall meet at the polling place at least one-half hour before the time set for opening the polls of election.”

§ 8-708 codifies early-mail ballot marking procedure. § 8-700 codifies early-mail application. § 8-702 codifies board determination of applications. § 8-712 codifies electronic early-mail tracking. NY codified universal no-excuse mail voting in 2023 (NY Voter Empowerment Act).

§ 8-400 codifies absentee-voting eligibility (illness, physical disability, hospitalization, jury duty, primary residence-elsewhere). § 8-406 codifies absentee-ballot application processing. § 11-202 codifies special federal absentee ballot. § 11-216 codifies UOCAVA voter procedures. § 8-414 codifies electronic absentee tracking.

NY codified early voting via the Early Voting Act (2019); the 9-day early voting window is codified in § 8-600/8-606 (not surfaced in FTS top-5 for this datapoint, but referenced in § 8-108 polling-place notice). § 8-702 codifies early-mail voting.

§ 8-416 codifies absentee-ballot drop-box requirements (secure receptacle established by board of elections). § 8-412 codifies polling-place ballot delivery procedure. § 8-410 codifies absentee-ballot marking. Drop-box procedure statutorily defined and required by board.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.