Election — Violations Of The Elective Franchise — Misconduct of election officers

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Current through 2016 New York Laws, Chapters 1 to 237

Any election officer who:

1. Reveals to another person the name of any candidate for whom a voter has voted;
2. Communicates to another person his opinion, belief or impression as to how or for whom a voter has voted; or,
3. Places a mark upon a ballot, or does any other act by which one ballot can be distinguished from another or can be identified; or,
4. Before the closing of the polls, unfolds a ballot that a voter has prepared for voting, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.Y. Elec. Law § 17-126
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