Election Law § 17-106 · Title 1. Violations of the Elective Franchise
Misconduct of election officers
Text — Law content up to date as of October 30, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 17-106. Misconduct of election officers. Any election officer who wilfully refuses to accord to any duly accredited watcher or to any voter or candidate any right given him by this chapter, or who wilfully violates any provision of the election law relative to the registration of electors or to the taking, recording, counting, canvassing, tallying or certifying of votes, or who wilfully neglects or refuses to perform any duty imposed on him by law, or is guilty of any fraud in the execution of the duties of his office, or connives in any electoral fraud, or knowingly permits any such fraud to be practiced, is guilty of a felony.
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