Election Law

Laws, Rules and Opinions

• 2019 New York State Election Law and Rules ( 2.39MB)
• Formal Opinions of the State Board of Elections (03/01/2018) ( 1.1MB)
• Advisory Opinions of the State Board of Elections (PDF) ( 391KB)
  (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.)
• NYS Constitution
  (Obtained from the NYS Department of State website.)

Rules and Regulations

• View the State Board of Elections′ regulations on the unofficial online version of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR)
• 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 6215 - Candidate Website Publication ( 174KB)
• Part 6214 - Campaign Contribution Limits ( 57.2KB)
• Part 6210.20 - Automated Audit ( 110KB)
• Part 6217.7 - Relative to Transfers ( 76.2KB)
• Part 6217.9 - Relative to Pre-Registration ( 41KB)
• Part 6203 - Enforcement Regulations ( 138KB)
• Part 6200.10 and Part 6200.11 - Implementation of the Democracy Protection Act ( 160KB)