§ 7-116. Ballots; order of names on. 1. In printing the names of\ncandidates on the ballot, the candidate or candidates of the party which\npolled for its candidate for the office of governor at the last\npreceding election for such office the highest number of votes, shall be\nrow or column A or one and the candidates of the other parties shall be\nplaced on such ballot in descending order of such votes.\n 2. The officer or board who or which prepares the ballot shall\ndetermine the order in which shall appear, below the names of party\ncandidates the nominations made only by independent bodies. Such officer\nor board also shall determine the order in which shall be printed the\nnames of two or more candidates nominated by one party or independent\nbody, for an office to which two or more persons are to be elected;\nprovided, however, that any such candidate may, by a writing filed with\nsuch board or officer not later than three business days after the\nadjournment of the convention or one week after the primary election\nnominating him or her, or otherwise not later than two days after the\nfiling of the petition or certificate nominating him or her, demand that\nsuch order be determined by lot, and in that case such order shall be so\ndetermined, upon two days notice by mail given by such board or officer\nto each candidate for such office. The state board of elections shall\nperform the duties required by this subdivision in all cases affecting\nnominations filed in its office.\n 3. The officer or board with whom or which are filed the designations\nfor a public office or party position shall determine by lot, upon two\ndays notice by mail given by such board or officer to each candidate for\nsuch office or position and to the committee, if any, named in the\ndesignating petition, the order in which shall be printed on the\nofficial primary ballot, under the title of the office or position, the\nnames of candidates for public office, the names of candidates for a\nparty position to which not more than one person is to be elected, and\nthe groups of names of candidates for party position where two or more\npersons are to be elected thereto and any petition designates two or\nmore persons therefor, provided, however, that whenever groups of names\nfor more than one party position are designated by the same petition,\nthe order in which they shall be printed on the official primary ballot\nshall be determined by a single lot. Candidates for delegate or\ndelegates and alternate delegate or delegates to conventions designated\nby the same petition shall, for the purpose of this subdivision, be\ntreated as one group. The names of candidates, if any, for a party\nposition to which two or more persons are to be elected, who are\ndesignated by individual petitions and not in a group shall be printed\nafter such group or groups, in such order between themselves, as such\nofficer or board shall determine by lot upon the notice specified in\nthis subdivision. The names within a group of candidates designated for\nparty position by one petition shall be printed in the same order in\nwhich they appear in the petition, unless they appear in a different\norder on different pages of the petition, in which case their order\nwithin the group shall be determined by such officer or board by lot\nupon the notice specified in this subdivision. Candidates for members of\na state committee designated by a single petition shall, for the\npurposes of this subdivision, be treated as one group. However, the\nnotice to a committee of the drawing need not be mailed to more than\nfive members, if there be that many, and as to offices or party\npositions for which designating petitions are filed with the board of\nelections of the city of New York the notice shall be given to the\ncommittees only.\n 3-a. The state board of elections shall prescribe the method, or two\nor more alternative methods, for making the determinations by lot\nrequired by subdi
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