§ 3-102. State board of elections; general powers and duties. In\naddition to the enforcement powers and any other powers and duties\nspecified by law, the state board of elections shall have the power and\nduty to:\n 1. issue instructions and promulgate rules and regulations relating to\nthe administration of the election process, election campaign practices\nand campaign financing practices consistent with the provisions of law;\n 2. visit boards of elections, examine their procedures and records and\ndirect that any such procedures be modified in any manner consistent\nwith the provisions of this chapter;\n 3. conduct any investigation necessary to carry out the provisions of\nthis chapter, provided, however, that the state board of elections chief\nenforcement counsel, established pursuant to section 3-100 of this\narticle, shall conduct all investigations necessary to enforce the\nprovisions of this chapter;\n 4. conduct private or public hearings;\n 5. administer oaths or affirmations, subpoena witnesses, compel their\nattendance, examine them under oath or affirmation and require the\nproduction of any books, records, documents or other evidence it may\ndeem relevant or material;\n 6. confer immunity in accordance with the provisions of section 50.20\nof the criminal procedure law, in any investigation relating to any\ncrime or offense with respect to which, by express provisions of\nstatute, a competent authority is authorized to confer immunity;\nprovided, however, that such immunity shall be conferred only after the\nattorney general and appropriate district attorney are afforded the\nopportunity to be heard respecting any objections which either may have\nto the conferring thereof; and provided, further, that if either the\nattorney general or any such appropriate district attorney shall object\nto the conferring of immunity, immunity may be conferred only by\nunanimous vote of all four commissioners of the state board;\n 7. institute, or direct a board of elections to institute such\njudicial proceedings as may be necessary to enforce compliance with any\nprovision of article fourteen of this chapter or any regulation\npromulgated thereunder including, but not limited to, application, on\nnotice served upon the respondent in the manner directed by the court at\nleast six hours prior to the time of return thereon, to a justice of the\nsupreme court within the judicial district in which an alleged violation\nof any such provision or regulation occurred or is threatened, for an\norder prohibiting the continued or threatened violation thereof or for\nsuch other or further relief as the court may deem just and proper;\n 8. prepare uniform forms for the statements required by article\nfourteen of this chapter and uniform forms for use by local election\nofficials in the conduct of registration and voting; design, prepare and\nmake available to county boards of election and to such other\ninstitutions and groups as such board in its discretion shall determine\nuniform application forms for registration and enrollment, transfer of\nregistration and/or enrollment and special enrollment upon application\nfiled by mail pursuant to the provisions of section 5-210 of this\nchapter;\n 9. study and examine the administration of elections within the state\nincluding campaign financing, campaign financing reporting, and campaign\npractices;\n 9-A. (a) develop an electronic reporting system to process the\nstatements of campaign receipts, contributions, transfers and\nexpenditures required to be filed with any board of elections pursuant\nto the provisions of sections 14-102, 14-104 and 14-201 of this chapter;\n (b) prescribe the information required in the form for each statement\nto be filed;\n (c) establish an educational and training program on all reporting\nrequirements including but not limited to the electronic reporting\nprocess and make it easily and readily available to any such candidate\nor committee;\n (d)
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