N.Y. Elec. Law § 6-154

§ 6-154. Nominations and designations; objections to. 1. Any petition\nfiled with the officer or board charged with the duty of receiving it\nshall be presumptively valid if it is in proper form and appears to bear\nthe requisite number of signatures, authenticated in a manner prescribed\nby this chapter.\n 2. Written objections to any certificate of designation or nomination\nor to a nominating or designating petition or a petition for opportunity\nto ballot for public office or to a certificate of acceptance, a\ncertificate of authorization, a certificate of declination or a\ncertificate of substitution relating thereto may be filed by any voter\nregistered to vote for such public office and to a designating petition\nor a petition for opportunity to ballot for party position or a\ncertificate of substitution, a certificate of acceptance or a\ncertificate of declination relating thereto by any voter enrolled to\nvote for such party position. Such objections shall be filed with the\nofficer or board with whom the original petition or certificate is filed\nwithin three days after the filing of the petition or certificate to\nwhich objection is made, or within three days after the last day to file\nsuch a certificate, if no such certificate is filed except that if any\nperson nominated by an independent nominating petition, is nominated as\na party candidate for the same office by a party certificate filed, or a\nparty nomination made after the filing of such petition, the written\nobjection to such petition may be filed within three days after the\nfiling of such party certificate or the making of such party nomination.\nWhen such an objection is filed, specifications of the grounds of the\nobjections shall be filed within six days thereafter with the same\nofficer or board and if specifications are not timely filed, the\nobjection shall be null and void. Each such officer or board is hereby\nempowered to make rules in reference to the filing and disposition of\nsuch petition, certificate, objections and specifications.\n 3. When a determination is made that a certificate or petition is\ninsufficient, such officer or board shall give notice of the\ndetermination forthwith by mail to each candidate named in the petition\nor certificate, and, if the determination is made upon specified\nobjections, the objector shall be notified.\n