Laws and Opinions
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2025 New York State Election Law and Rules
The 2025 Law Book may not be downloaded or re-used for commercial purposes.
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2026 New York State Election Law Update
The Election Law Update is a guide for election officials on topics related to election administration. This Update is based upon reported as well as unreported cases the State Board is a party to or made aware of.
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Formal Opinions of the State Board of Elections
The formal opinions of the New York State Board of Elections.
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Advisory Opinions of the State Board of Elections
This class of opinion applies only to the interpretation of Election Law section 14-130 which prohibits the personal use of campaign funds if it is unrelated to the campaign for or the holding of public office.
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Rules and Regulations
To ensure that you are viewing the most current regulations, check the weekly New York State Register for recent rule adoptions that have not yet been published in the unofficial online NYCRR.
- Part 6221.39-6221.46 — NYS Public Campaign Finance Board Enforcement Regulations
- Part 6221.38 — NYS Public Campaign Finance Board Debate Regulations
- Part 6221 — NYS Public Campaign Finance Program Regulations
- Part 6220 — Cyber Security Requirements for Boards of Elections ( pdf 170KB)
- Part 6217.9 — Relative to Pre-Registration ( pdf 41KB)
- Part 6217.7 — Relative to Transfers ( pdf 76.2KB)
- Part 6215 — Candidate Website Publication ( pdf 174KB)
- Part 6211 — Relative to Early Voting ( pdf 143KB)
- Part 6210.21 — Relative to Cures for Absentee Ballots ( pdf 186KB)
- Part 6210.20 — Automated Audit ( pdf 110KB)
- Part 6210.19 — Relative to Number of Machines/Privacy Booths for Early Voting ( pdf 89.1KB)
- Part 6210.18 — Relative to Audit Status for Early Voting ( pdf 43.8KB)
- Part 6210.10 — Relative to Ballot Accountability ( pdf 175KB)
- Part 6203 — Enforcement Regulations ( pdf 138KB)
- Part 6200.2 — Relative to Time For Filing Statements ( pdf 77.7KB)
- Part 6200.10 and Part 6200.11 — Implementation of the Democracy Protection Act ( pdf 160KB)
Proposed Regulations
Please submit comments to comments@elections.ny.gov by Sunday, August 16, 2026.