New York § 9-120 Returns of canvass; generally

New York Statutes

§ 9-120 — Returns of canvass; generally

New York § 9-120

Law ELNElection

Title 1Canvass At Polling Places

Art. 9Canvass of Results

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N.Y. Election § 9-120 (2026).

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§ 9-120. Returns of canvass; generally.

1.Upon completing the\ncanvass, the inspectors shall prepare their returns of the canvass on a\nprinted form supplied to them by the board of elections. The results\ntape(s) and the tally sheet(s) for any office, party position or ballot\nproposal, if separate from such form, shall be securely attached by the\nchair or an inspector under the scrutiny of an inspector of the opposite\nparty to such form returns and it shall not be necessary to transcribe\ninformation provided by such results tapes onto such form. Results\ntape(s) or a tally sheet(s), when so annexed, or forming part of the\nsame paper as the return, shall be treated as part of the return. The\ninspectors, and clerks, if any, shall subscribe in ink the certificate\nat the end of the

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§ 9-120. Returns of canvass; generally. 1. Upon completing the\ncanvass, the inspectors shall prepare their returns of the canvass on a\nprinted form supplied to them by the board of elections. The results\ntape(s) and the tally sheet(s) for any office, party position or ballot\nproposal, if separate from such form, shall be securely attached by the\nchair or an inspector under the scrutiny of an inspector of the opposite\nparty to such form returns and it shall not be necessary to transcribe\ninformation provided by such results tapes onto such form. Results\ntape(s) or a tally sheet(s), when so annexed, or forming part of the\nsame paper as the return, shall be treated as part of the return. The\ninspectors, and clerks, if any, shall subscribe in ink the certificate\nat the end of the set of returns. Each set of returns shall be securely\nsealed in an envelope properly endorsed on the outside by the\ninspectors. At an election at which voting machines are not used, the\nballot boxes, if any, supplied by the board of elections, may when\nsecurely locked be used instead of sealed envelopes.\n 2. The form for the return or returns of the canvass shall be printed\nin a format approved by the state board of elections. The form of such\nreturn of canvass shall provide for the total number of votes for each\ncandidate in each contest, or upon each ballot proposal, including the\ntotal number of unscanned voted ballots canvassed in accordance with\nsection 9-110 of this title.\n 3. In the event that there is more than one election district at a\npolling place, the board of elections may authorize the use of one or\nmore returns of canvass that consolidate the report of the number of\nvotes for each candidate, or upon each ballot proposal, for more than\none election district or more than one ballot scanner, provided that\nsuch consolidated returns of canvass have attached to them the results\ntape(s) produced by the ballot scanner(s) that identify the number of\nvotes for each candidate, or upon each ballot proposal, within each such\nelection district and each such ballot scanner.\n