N.Y. ELN Law § 17-132
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Illegal voting
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§ 17-132. Illegal voting. Any person who:\n 1. Knowingly votes or offers or attempts to vote at any election, when\nnot qualified; or,\n 2. Procures, aids, assists, counsels or advises any person to go or\ncome into any election district, for the purpose of voting at any\nelection, knowing that such person is not qualified; or,\n 3. Votes or offers or attempts to vote at an election, more than once;\nor votes or offers or attempts to vote at an election under any other\nname than his own; or votes or offers or attempts to vote at an\nelection, in an election district or from a place where he does not\nreside; or,\n 4. Procures, aids, assists, commands or advises another to vote or\noffer or attempt to vote at an election, knowing that such person is not\nqualified to vote thereat; or,\n 5. Prompts a person, applying to vote, to falsely answer questions put\nto him by the inspectors concerning his identity or qualifications for\nvoting; or,\n 6. Being an applicant for an absentee voter's ballot, makes a material\nfalse statement in his application, or a person who makes a material\nfalse statement in a medical certificate or an affidavit filed in\nconnection with an application for an absentee voter's ballot; or,\n 7. Not being a qualified absentee voter, and having knowledge or being\nchargeable with knowledge of that fact, votes or attempts to vote as an\nabsentee voter; or,\n 8. Fraudulently signs the name of another upon an early mail or\nabsentee voter's envelope or aids in doing or attempting to do a\nfraudulent act in connection with an early mail or absentee vote cast or\nattempted to be cast; or,\n 9. Falsely pretends or represents to the inspectors of election or any\nof them that he is incapacitated to mark his ballot, for the purpose of\nobtaining assistance in voting under the provisions of this chapter, is\nguilty of a felony.\n Any offer or attempt under this section shall be deemed to be the\ndoing of any act made necessary by this chapter preliminary to the\ndelivery of a ballot to an elector or the deposit of the ballot in the\nballot box or his admission to the booth or voting machine enclosure.\n
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