2016 New York Laws
ELN - Election
Article 11 - SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL AND SPECIAL FEDERAL VOTERS AND SPECIAL BALLOTS
Title 2 - (11-200 - 11-220) SPECIAL FEDERAL VOTERS
11-219 - Special federal voters; prohibiting refusal to accept voter registration and special federal ballot applications, marked special federal ballots, and

  11-219. Special federal voters; prohibiting refusal to accept voter
  registration and special federal  ballot  applications,  marked  special
  federal  ballots,  and  federal write-in absentee ballots for failure to
  meet certain requirements. 1. A board of elections shall not  refuse  to
  accept and process any otherwise valid voter registration application or
  special  federal  ballot  application  (including the official post card
  form prescribed under section 101 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens
  Absentee Voting Act (42 USC 1973ff)) or marked  special  federal  ballot
  submitted  by  mail  or personally delivered, 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.
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.