§ 11-204. Processing of applications by board of elections. 1. The
registration application forms shall be in a form prescribed by the
state board of elections.

2. Upon receipt of an application, the board of elections shall
determine upon such inquiry as it deems proper whether the applicant has
answered all the questions contained in the application and whether the
applicant is legally qualified to receive and vote a special federal
ballot. If it finds he is not so qualified, the board shall reject the
application and shall notify the applicant of such rejection and give
the reason or reasons therefor in accordance with the preferred method
of transmission designated by the voter pursuant to section 11-203 of
this title. All investigations by the board of elections shall be
concluded and all determinations made not later than the twentieth day
before election.

3. If a federal post card application form is received from a person
who is qualified to vote as a special federal voter but who has not
previously registered pursuant to the provisions of this title, such
federal post card application form shall be treated in all respects as
an application for registration and enrollment and a special federal
ballot pursuant to the provisions of this title. If such a federal post
card application form is received from a person already registered as a
special federal voter pursuant to the provisions of this title, such
application shall be treated in all respects as an application for a
special federal ballot pursuant to the provisions of this title.

4. If the board of elections shall determine that the applicant making
the application provided for in this section is qualified to receive and
vote a special federal ballot, it shall, as soon as practicable after it
shall have so determined, or not later than forty-six days before each
general or primary election or special election in which such applicant
is qualified to vote, or three days after receipt of such an
application, whichever is later, mail to him or her at the residence
address outside the United States shown in his or her application, a
special federal ballot, an inner affirmation envelope and an outer
envelope, or otherwise distribute same to the voter in accordance with
the preferred method of transmission designated by the voter pursuant to
section 11-203 of this title. The board of elections shall also mail, or
otherwise distribute in accordance with the preferred method of
transmission designated by the voter pursuant to section 11-203 of this
title, a special federal ballot to every qualified special federal voter
who is already registered and who requests such special federal ballot
from such board of elections in a letter, which is signed by the voter
and received by the board of elections not later than the seventh day
before the election for which the ballot is first requested and which
states the address where the voter is registered and the address to
which the ballot is to be mailed. The board of elections shall enclose
with such ballot a form of application for a special federal ballot.

5. The board of elections shall keep a list of the persons who have
made and signed applications for special federal ballots and of the
applicants who have been determined to be qualified. The board shall
keep open to public inspection such list of applicants with their names,
addresses, party enrollments, and application dates and shall give to
the chairman of each political party in the county fifteen days before
each election, a complete list of special federal voters eligible to
vote in such election. Such list shall contain the names, party
enrollments for a primary election and places of previous residence
including the election district and ward, if any, and, in the city of
New York and the county of Nassau, the assembly district of all such
voters.