N.Y. Elec. Law § 11-204

§ 11-204. Processing of applications by board of elections. 1. The\nregistration application forms shall be in a form prescribed by the\nstate board of elections.\n 2. Upon receipt of an application, the board of elections shall\ndetermine upon such inquiry as it deems proper whether the applicant has\nanswered all the questions contained in the application and whether the\napplicant is legally qualified to receive and vote a special federal\nballot. If it finds he is not so qualified, the board shall reject the\napplication and shall notify the applicant of such rejection and give\nthe reason or reasons therefor in accordance with the preferred method\nof transmission designated by the voter pursuant to section 11-203 of\nthis title. All investigations by the board of elections shall be\nconcluded and all determinations made not later than the twentieth day\nbefore election.\n 3. If a federal post card application form is received from a person\nwho is qualified to vote as a special federal voter but who has not\npreviously registered pursuant to the provisions of this title, such\nfederal post card application form shall be treated in all respects as\nan application for registration and enrollment and a special federal\nballot pursuant to the provisions of this title. If such a federal post\ncard application form is received from a person already registered as a\nspecial federal voter pursuant to the provisions of this title, such\napplication shall be treated in all respects as an application for a\nspecial federal ballot pursuant to the provisions of this title.\n 4. If the board of elections shall determine that the applicant making\nthe application provided for in this section is qualified to receive and\nvote a special federal ballot, it shall, as soon as practicable after it\nshall have so determined, or not later than thirty-two days before each\ngeneral or primary election and forty-five days before each special\nelection in which such applicant is qualified to vote, or three days\nafter receipt of such an application, whichever is later, mail to him or\nher at the residence address outside the United States shown in his or\nher application, a special federal ballot, an inner affirmation envelope\nand an outer envelope, or otherwise distribute same to the voter in\naccordance with the preferred method of transmission designated by the\nvoter pursuant to section 11-203 of this title. The board of elections\nshall also mail, or otherwise distribute in accordance with the\npreferred method of transmission designated by the voter pursuant to\nsection 11-203 of this title, a special federal ballot to every\nqualified special federal voter who is already registered and who\nrequests such special federal ballot from such board of elections in a\nletter, which is signed by the voter and received by the board of\nelections not later than the seventh day before the election for which\nthe ballot is first requested and which states the address where the\nvoter is registered and the address to which the ballot is to be mailed.\nThe board of elections shall enclose with such ballot a form of\napplication for a special federal ballot.\n 5. The board of elections shall keep a list of the persons who have\nmade and signed applications for special federal ballots and of the\napplicants who have been determined to be qualified. The board shall\nkeep open to public inspection such list of applicants with their names,\naddresses, party enrollments, and application dates and shall give to\nthe chairman of each political party in the county fifteen days before\neach election, a complete list of special federal voters eligible to\nvote in such election. Such list shall contain the names, party\nenrollments for a primary election and places of previous residence\nincluding the election district and ward, if any, and, in the city of\nNew York and the county of Nassau, the assembly district of all such\nvoters.\n