§ 7-128 — Ballots; inspection of

New York § 7-128

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law ELN: Election
• Title 1: Form of Ballots
• Art. 7: Election Ballot

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§ 7-128. Ballots; inspection of. 1. Each officer or board charged with\nthe duty of providing official ballots for an election shall have sample\nballots open to public inspection fifty days, except in the case of\nextraordinary circumstances in which case on the earliest day\npracticable, before the election for which the ballots have been\nprepared and the official ballots open to such inspection fifty days,\nexcept in the case of extraordinary circumstances in which case on the\nearliest day practicable, before such election except that the sample\nand official ballots for a village election held at a different time\nfrom a general election shall be open to public inspection at least two\ndays before such election. During the times within which the ballots are\nopen for inspection, such officer or board shall deliver to each voter\napplying therefor a sample of the ballot which he or she is entitled to\nvote.\n 2. a. Each officer or board charged with the duty of preparing ballots\nto be used in any election shall give written notice, by first class\nmail, to all candidates, except candidates for member of the county\ncommittee, who are lawfully entitled to have their names appear thereon,\nof the time when, and the place where, they may inspect the ballots to\nbe used for such election. The candidates or their designated\nrepresentatives may appear at the time and place specified in such\nnotice to inspect such ballots, provided, however, that the time so\nspecified shall be no later than forty-six days before the election at\nwhich the ballots will be used.\n b. A candidate, whose name appears on the ballot or his or her\ndesignated representative, may, in the presence of the election officer\nattending the ballot, inspect the ballot to see that his or her ballot\nposition is in its proper place or places.\n 3. Each officer or board charged with the duty of preparing ballots to\nbe used with voting machines or systems in any election shall give\nwritten notice, by first class mail, to all candidates, except\ncandidates for member of the county committee, who are lawfully entitled\nto have their names appear thereon, of the time when, and the place\nwhere, they may inspect the voting machines or systems to be used for\nsuch election. The candidates or their designated representatives may\nappear at the time and place specified in such notice to view the\nconduct of the logic and accuracy testing required to be performed on\nsuch voting machines or systems, provided however, that the time so\nspecified shall be not less than twenty days prior to the date of the\nelection.\n