New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner
Subchapter E - Elementary and Secondary Education
Part 122 - Military Ballots for School District and School District Public Library Elections, Budget, and Referenda
Section 122.3 - Transmission of Voter Registration, Military Ballot Applications, and Military Ballots
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) All communications to the military voter shall include the mailing address of the appropriate school board of education or school district public library trustees, as applicable.
(b) Transmission preference.
(c) Military voter registration application forms must be received in the office of the clerk of the school district no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day before:
(d) In order for a military voter to be issued a military ballot, the school district of the appropriate school board of education or the school district public library trustees, as applicable, must have received in the office of the school district clerk or appropriate official designated by the school district public library, as applicable, a valid ballot application no later than 5:00 pm of the day preceding the last day for the transmission of military ballots provided in subdivision (e) of this section.
(e) Ballots for military voters shall be mailed or otherwise distributed by the appropriate school board of education or school district public library trustees, as applicable, in accordance with the military voter's preferred method of transmission provided in subdivision (b) of this section, as soon as practicable, but not later than 25 days before the election, except that in city school districts with less than 125,000 inhabitants, military ballots shall be mailed or otherwise distributed no later than 14 days before the election.
(f) Irrespective of the preferred method of transmission designated by a military voter under subdivision (b) of this section, a military voter's original military ballot application and military ballot must be returned by mail or in person to the appropriate school board of education or school district public library trustees' address as provided under subdivision (a) of this section.
(g) Nothing contained in this Part shall prevent a military voter from requesting and obtaining a military voter registration application, military ballot application, or military ballot in person.