each class shall be printed above the titles of offices in such class. Below the titles of each such office shall be a space or spaces for writing in the name or names of the person or persons for whom the voter desires to vote. Approximately, one-half inch shall be allowed for the title of each class of offices and one-half inch space for the title of an office and writing in the name of a person as the voter's choice for such office. Except as to the spacing, such offices and titles shall be printed substantially as follows:

WARD OFFICES.

For supervisor of the

ward of the city of (name of city to be printed if there is a separate ballot for any city officers).

For alderman of the

ward of the city of (name

of city to be printed if there is a separate ballot for any city officers).

TOWN OFFICES.

For supervisor of the town of (name of town to be written or stamped in by the board).

For justice of the peace, town of (name of town to be written or stamped in by the board).

Before delivering or mailing the ballot to the voter, the board of elections shall complete the description of the office by writing or stamping in the name of the proper town, or number of the ward, or otherwise.

At the head of the ballot shall be printed the following instructions:

"1. To vote for a candidate whose name is printed on this ballot, make a single cross X mark in a blank square to the right of an emblem opposite his name.

2. To vote for a candidate whose name is not printed on this ballot write his name on a blank line under the names of candidates, or under the title of the office if the names of any candi

dates for that office are not printed. In such case, consult the list of candidates to see how many persons are to be elected to such office.

3. Mark only with a pencil having black lead.

4. Any other mark or any erasure on this ballot is unlawful." When electors of president and vice-president of the United States are to be elected, a separate ballot therefor, in the same form as the ballot for such officers to be voted by other voters, shall be prepared at least seventeen days before the election for such absentee voters.

If at any general election any proposed amendment or amendments to the constitution or any proposition or question is to be submitted to the vote of all of the voters of the state, the board of elections shall cause to be prepared, at least seventeen days before the election, such number of ballots as it may deem necessary for absentee voters in the form prescribed by section three hundred and thirty-two of this chapter.

On the back of any ballot prepared pursuant to this section shall be printed the words "Official Ballot, Absentee Voters," followed by a word or words generally descriptive of the ballot, such as "General Officers," "Presidential Electors," "Constitutional Amendments and Propositions."

Added by L. 1920, ch. 875, in effect May 21, 1920.

§ 529. Envelopes.

The board of elections also shall provide envelopes, to a sufficient number, for absentee voter's ballots. On one side of such envelope shall be printed the following:

"OFFICIAL BALLOT, ABSENTEE VOTER,

The date of the election, name of the county, number of assembly district, if any, and name of a city, if there be a separate ballot for city voters, shall be printed, and the name of voter, residence, name of town, number of ward and election district shall be written or stamped in by the board of elections.

On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the following oath:

"OATH OF ABSENTEE VOTER.

day of ....

I do swear (or affirm) that I will have been a citizen of the United States for ninety days and will be at least twenty-one years of age on the .. 19. ..., being the date of the next general election; that I will have been an inhabitant of the state of New York for one year next preceding the election and for four months preceding such election a resident of the county of

residing at

city or town of

and am a qualified voter (street and number, if any) in the

;

that I will be unavoidably absent

from the state or county of my residence because of duties, occupation or business which requires me to be elsewhere in the United States on the day of election; that I have not qualified nor do I intend to vote elsewhere than as set forth on the reverse side of this envelope and that I have not received or offered, do not expect to receive, have not paid, offered or promised to pay, contributed, offered or promised to contribute to another, to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing, as a compensation or reward for the giving or withholdoing of a vote at this election, and have not made any promise to influence the giving or withholding of any such vote; and that I have not made or become directly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the result of this election; and that I have not been convicted of bribery or any infamous crime, or, if so convicted, that I have been pardoned and restored to all the rights of a citizen.

Voter must sign here, and notary public, or other officer author

ized by law to administer an oath, must administer and attest oath.

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this

The envelope provided for in this section shall be gummed, ready for sealing, and in addition to the foregoing matters the board of elections shall cause to be printed thereon, on the side opposite the oath, instructions as to the duties of the voter after the marking of the ballot, which instructions shall include a specific direction as to the time within which the envelope must reach the office of the board of elections in order that his vote may be canvassed.

Added by L. 1920, ch. 875, in effect May 21, 1920.

§ 530. Method of voting.

The absentee voter, at any place within or without the state, but within the United States, may mark an official ballot, provided for in this article, as follows: Where the office for which the voter desires and is lawfully entitled to vote for a person is one under whose title the names of any candidates are printed, he may vote for such person in the manner prescribed by section three hundred and fifty-eight. To vote for a person or persons for any other office, if he is lawfully entitled to vote for a person for that office, the voter may write in the blank space beneath the title of the office the name or names of the person or persons for whom he desires to vote, not exceeding the number to be elected to that of fice. He shall also fill the necessary blank spaces to complete the title of the office, if the board of elections has omitted to do so. After marking the ballot, he shall fold it and inclose it in the envelope and seal the same. He shall make no mark or writing whatsoever upon the ballot, except as above prescribed, and shall see that it bears no such mark or writing. He shall make no mark or writing whatsoever on the outside of the ballot. Where two or more kinds of ballots are voted, they shall all be so inclosed in the envelope. He shall then take and subscribe the oath on the en

velope, with blanks properly filled in. The envelope, containing the ballot or ballots, shall then be mailed or delivered to the board of elections of the county or city of his residence.

Added by L. 1920, ch. 875, in effect May 21, 1920.

§ 531. Delivery of absentee voter's envelopes to the inspectors;

canvass.

The board of elections shall cause all such envelops which are actually received not later than twelve o'clock noon on the Friday before the election to be marked with the day and hour of the receipt 'thereof and assorted according to election districts. Such envelopes shall be delivered unopened to the boards of inspectors of the proper election districts with the other ballots and supplies for such election, at the time and in the manner provided in section three hundrred and forty-three.

Immediately after the closing of the polls, and before preparing for the canvass pursuant to article ten, the inspectors of election in each election district where any absentce voters' envelopes are received shall examine such envelopes and registers. In election districts where registration is required to be personal, they shall compare the signature, if any, on each envelope with the signature, if any, on the register, of the person of the same name who registered from the same address. If the signatures are found to correspond, an entry to that effect shall be made in the proper column of the register, as though the voter voted in person, as provided in section three hundred and fifty-five. In any election district, if an inspector shall know or suspect that the person whose signature is on any such envelope is not a qualified voter in such election district or was within the county on the day of election while the polls were open, and not entitled to vote the ballot or ballots, it shall be his duty to object to the opening of the envelope and to the casting of the ballot or ballots contained therein. If a person whose signature is on any such envelope has already voted in person at the election in such election district, or if his name and residence, as stated on the envelope, is not on the register, his envelope shall be laid aside unopened and be returned unopened to the board of elections. If such person has not so voted in person, and appears to be registered, and if no objection be made, or if an objection be made and not sustained as provided in the next sec