New York Laws
Title 2 - Special Federal Voters
11-219 - Special Federal Voters; Prohibiting Refusal to Accept Voter Registration and Special Federal Ballot Applications, Marked Special Federal Ballots, And

(a) Notarization requirements;
(b) Restrictions on paper type, including weight and size; or
(c) Restrictions on envelope type, including weight and size.
2. A board of elections shall not refuse to accept and process any
otherwise valid federal write-in absentee ballot submitted in any manner
by a special federal voter solely on the basis of the following:
(a) Notarization requirements;
(b) Restrictions on paper type, including weight and size; or
(c) Restrictions on envelope type, including weight and size.
3. The state board of elections, in coordination with county boards of
elections, shall develop a free access system by which a special federal
voter may determine whether the special federal ballot of the special
federal voter has been received by the appropriate board of elections.