State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > New-york > Eln > Article-9 > Title-1 > 9-128§ 9-128. Canvass; return of. 1. Returns of the canvass shall be printed in a form approved by the state board of elections. When voting machines are used the designating number and letter on the counter for each candidate shall be printed next to the candidate's name on the statements of canvass. The form of such return, for a general election, also shall provide for the entry of the number of votes for each candidate, or upon each ballot proposal, cast by absentee and military, special federal, special presidential and emergency ballots, the number of such votes cast by machine and the total number of such votes, cast by such ballots and by machine together. 2. One set of returns shall be used, in each such election district. Tally sheets shall be provided and used in each district for votes on paper, absentee and military, special federal, special presidential and emergency ballots cast during voting machine breakdowns, and the state board of elections shall devise a form of tally sheet to be used for that purpose, with provision for making the tallies as to all offices, or all ballot proposals, on one sheet.
