| Q:
What if I ordered an Absentee Ballot but it did not arrive yet?
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A:
The Federal Write-In Absantee Ballot is only valid
when a regular ballot from the state or territory has already been requested,
in a timely manner, and has not been received. Uniformed
and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) |
Here
are detaila about the Federal
Write-in Absentee Ballot (FWAB SF-186)
for US Citizens who
are New York State residents. |
| New
York State Election Law |
Please Click HERE
to read the entire 608 page New York State Election Law |
Sections relevant
to or mentioning running as in independant write in candiadte for President
or Vice President of the United States.
Page 172
§ 6-153. Certificate of candidacy by write-in candidates for
president and vice president.
1. Any person who wishes to be a write-in candidate for president of
the United States shall, not later than the third Tuesday before the
general
election, file a certificate of candidacy with the state board of elections.
2. Such certificate shall be signed by such candidate and shall contain
the following:
(a) The name and address of the candidate for president.
(b) The name and address of a candidate for vice president of the
United States, if any, and a certificate of acceptance signed by such
candidate.
(c) The names and addresses of the candidates for electors pledged to
such candidate for president, together with a certificate of acceptance
and
pledge of support signed by each such candidate for elector.
Page 291
– 292
§ 9-206. Canvass of election district returns of general and special
elections.
The canvassing board shall canvass the votes cast within the county
for state, county, city and town offices; also the vote cast on any
ballot proposal. The canvass by the county board of canvassers relating
to the offices of president and vice president of the United States,
governor, lieutenant governor, state comptroller, attorney-general,
United States senator, member of the house of representatives, member
of the state senate, member of the assembly and any ballot proposal
shall show in each election district the total number of persons voting
at such election, the number of votes cast for each candidate, the number
of unrecorded or blank votes for each of the abovementioned offices
and each ballot proposal. Write-in votes cast for president or vice
president for persons who were not certified by the state board of elections
as write-in candidates for such offices shall not be canvassed for such
candidates but such votes shall be canvassed as void votes. If, during
the canvass, there shall clearly appear to be any omission or clerical
mistake in the return for any district filed with the board of elections,
the canvassing board may summon the election officers before the board,
and such officers shall meet forthwith and make any necessary correction,
in order that their canvass may be correctly stated, but they shall
not alter any decision theretofore made by them.
Page 326
§ 12-100. Electors of president and vice president.
At the general election in November preceding the time fixed by law
of the United States for the choice of president and vice president
of the United States, as many electors of president and vice president
of the United States shall be elected, as this state shall be entitled
to. Each vote cast for the candidates of any party or independent body
for president and vice president of the United States and each vote
cast for any write-in candidates for such offices shall be deemed to
be cast for the candidates for elector of such party or independent
body or the candidates for elector named in the certificate of candidacy
of such write-in candidates.
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