New York Laws
Title 4 - Absentee Voting
8-408 - Electronic Absentee Ballot Application Transmittal System.

(i) completes an electronic absentee ballot application promulgated by
the state board of elections which shall include all of the information
required by section 8-400 of this title; and
(ii) affirms, subject to penalty of perjury, by means of electronic or
manual signature, that the information contained in the absentee ballot
application is true; and
(iii) consents to the use of an electronic copy of the individual's
manual signature that is in the custody of the department of motor
vehicles, the state board of elections, or other agency designated by
section 5-211 or 5-212 of this chapter, as the individual's absentee
ballot exemplar signature, or provides such a signature by direct upload
in a manner that complies with the New York state electronic signature
and records act and the rules and regulations promulgated by the state
board of elections.
(b) The board of elections shall provide the personal online absentee
ballot application in any language required by the federal Voting Rights
Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. Sec. 10503) in any county in the state.
(c) The online absentee ballot application process shall provide
reasonable accommodations to improve accessibility for persons with
disabilities and shall be compatible for use with standard online
accessibility assistance tools for persons with visual, physical or
perceptive disabilities.
(d) The state board of elections shall promulgate rules and
regulations for the creation and administration of an online absentee
ballot registration system pursuant to this section.
3. Failure to provide exemplar signature not to prevent application.
(a) If an absentee ballot exemplar signature is not provided by an
applicant who submits an absentee ballot application pursuant to this
section, the local board shall seek to obtain such exemplar signature
from the statewide voter registration database, the state board of

elections, or a state or local agency designated by section 5-211 or
5-212 of this chapter.
(b) If such exemplar signature is not available from the statewide
voter registration database, the state board of elections, or a state or
local agency designated by section 5-211 or 5-212 of this chapter, the
local board of elections shall, absent another reason to reject the
application, require the voter to provide an exemplar signature by any
one of the following methods: in person, by electronic mail, or by
electronic upload to the board of elections through the electronic
absentee ballot application transmittal system.
(c) If such voter does not provide the required exemplar signature,
the board of elections shall proceed to issue an absentee ballot to the
voter along with an absentee ballot application form requiring such
voter to submit a signature upon such application form and return it to
the board of elections with the voter's ballot.