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THE VOTERS WHOSE ABSENTEE BALLOTS WERE CHALLENGED ON RESIDENCY GROUNDS ARE NECESSARY PARTIES WHO WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PROCEEDING; THE ELECTION LAW PROCEDURES FOR CHALLENGING THE ABSENTEE BALLOTS WERE NOT FOLLOWED; MATTER REMITTED (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing Supreme Court, over a dissent, determined the voters whose absentee ballots were unsuccessfully challenged on the ground the voters did not meet the village-residency-requirements were necessary parties in this proceeding and the matter had to be remitted to add them and consider whether their absentee ballots are valid:

Viewing Election Law § 5-220 (2) together with Election Law § 9-209, there is no statutory authority, under the circumstances here, permitting a challenge by petitioners to the absentee ballots submitted by the challenged voters. In view of the statutory scheme, the only opportunity for an objection to be lodged during the post-election review of an absentee ballot is after such ballot has been deemed invalid following a review under Election Law § 9-209 (8) (e), which presupposes an initial review under Election Law § 9-209 (2). … [T]he improper registration of a voter is not one of the explicit grounds used to deem an absentee ballot invalid upon the initial review. Even assuming it was a ground, there is still no indication in the record that any review under Election Law § 9-209 (2) has occurred or, more importantly, that any determination under Election Law § 9-209 (8) (e) has been made here by the canvassing authority as to the invalidity of any absentee ballots and that such determination has been objected to — i.e., the statutory predicate for judicial review (see Election Law § 9-209 [8] [e]). There is likewise no explicit authority within Election Law § 9-209 permitting a court to either conduct that review or make that determination in the first instance. Matter of Hughes v Delaware County Bd. of Elections, 2023 NY Slip Op 03431, Third Dept 6-26-23

Practice Point: When absentee ballots are challenged, the voters who submitted the ballots are necessary parties.

Practice Point: Any challenge to absentee ballots must be made in accordance with the procedures described in the Election Law, not the case here.

 

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