2016 New York Laws
ELN - Election
Article 11 - SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL AND SPECIAL FEDERAL VOTERS AND SPECIAL BALLOTS
Title 3 - (11-300 - 11-308) SPECIAL BALLOTS
11-306 - Special ballots; victims of domestic violence.

  11-306.  Special  ballots; victims of domestic violence. 1. A voter
  may deliver to the board of elections, at any time during the period  in
  which  absentee  ballot  applications may be delivered, a signed written
  statement swearing or affirming:
(a) that he or she is the victim of domestic violence;
(b) that he or she has left his  or  her  residence  because  of  such
  violence; and
(c)  that  because  of  the  threat  of  physical or emotional harm to
  himself or herself or to family or household members, he or  she  wishes
  to  cast  a  special  ballot  in  the  next election. The statement must
  include the voter's address of  registration.  The  board  of  elections
  shall  permit such a voter to cast a special ballot at an office of such
  board of elections not earlier than one week before the election and not
  later than the close of the polls on election day. Such ballots shall be
  retained at the board of elections and cast and  canvassed  pursuant  to
  the provisions of section 9-209 of this chapter.
2. "Family or household members" mean the following individuals:
(a) persons related by consanguinity or affinity;
(b) persons legally married to one another;
(c) persons formerly married to one another regardless of whether they
  still reside in the same household;
(d)  persons  who  have  a  child in common regardless of whether such
  persons are married or have lived together at any time; or
(e) persons who are not related by consanguinity or affinity  and  who
  are  or have been in an intimate relationship regardless of whether such
  persons have lived together at any time.