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N.Y. Election Law § 15-112 Registers and poll-books; how used
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§ 15-112. Registers and poll-books; how used. For any village election where permanent personal registration records are not used, all copies of the register in the polling place shall be referred to, if necessary, to determine the persons entitled to vote; but at any such elect…
N.Y. Election Law § 15-114 Number of voting machines
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§ 15-114. Number of voting machines. Any village that uses voting machines for village elections shall provide one voting machine for each eight hundred or fraction thereof of qualified voters in each election district, as such voters are defined in section 15-110 of this articl…
N.Y. Election Law § 15-116 Inspectors of election
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§ 15-116. Inspectors of election. 1. The board of trustees shall, by resolution at least forty days prior to a general village election appoint two or four inspectors of election for each village election district. Such resolution shall fix the compensation of the inspectors and…
N.Y. Election Law § 15-118 Registration of voters
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§ 15-118. Registration of voters. 1. In a village election conducted by the board of elections pursuant to a resolution adopted as provided in paragraph c of subdivision one of section 15-104 of this article or a village which has adopted a resolution providing that there shall …
N.Y. Election Law § 15-119 Early mail voting at village elections
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§ 15-119. Early mail voting at village elections. 1. A registered voter of a village may vote by early mail ballot under this section for a general or special village election in which the voter is eligible to vote. 2. A registered voter desirous of obtaining an early mail ballo…
N.Y. Election Law § 15-120 Absentee voting at village elections
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§ 15-120. Absentee voting at village elections. 1. A qualified voter of a village may vote as an absentee voter under this section if during all the hours of voting on the day of a general or special village election he or she will be: (a) absent from the county of his or her re…
N.Y. Election Law § 15-122 Absentee voting at village elections for persons unable to appear because of illness or physical disability
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§ 15-122. Absentee voting at village elections for persons unable to appear because of illness or physical disability. 1. A qualified elector of a village, who, on the occurrence of any general or special village election, may be within the county of his residence but unable to …
N.Y. Election Law § 15-124 Duties of village clerk
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§ 15-124. Duties of village clerk. 1. In addition to any duties of the village clerk specified in this chapter and the village law, the village clerk shall be the election officer of the village and shall have the responsibility for the general conduct of all village elections a…
N.Y. Election Law § 15-126 Canvass of election
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§ 15-126. Canvass of election. 1. The inspectors of election of each election district shall, immediately upon the closing of the polls at each annual or biennial election, proceed to canvass the votes cast thereat and shall complete such canvass without adjournment. They shall,…
N.Y. Election Law § 15-128 Notice to person chosen to a village office
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§ 15-128. Notice to person chosen to a village office. The clerk of the village shall, within three days after the election of a village officer, notify each person elected of his election, and of the date thereof, and that, in order to qualify, he is required to file his oath o…
N.Y. Election Law § 15-130 Election of trustees by wards
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§ 15-130. Election of trustees by wards. The board of trustees of any village may, by resolution, and subject to a mandatory referendum, provide for the election of trustees by wards, alter existing ward boundaries or abolish wards and the election of trustees by wards. If a vil…
N.Y. Election Law § 15-132 Votes upon propositions to be by ballot or voting machine
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§ 15-132. Votes upon propositions to be by ballot or voting machine. All votes upon a proposition submitted at a village election shall be by ballot unless the board of trustees of the village has adopted voting machines as provided in this chapter, in which case machines may be…
N.Y. Election Law § 15-134 Failure to designate terms
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§ 15-134. Failure to designate terms. No election of village officers, held in any village, shall be invalid on account of the failure of the electors to designate in their ballots the respective terms of office of persons to be elected thereat, for the same office, for differen…
N.Y. Election Law § 15-136 Refusal of officer to surrender his office
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§ 15-136. Refusal of officer to surrender his office. If a person who has been an officer of a village refuses or neglects to deliver to his successor in office, within ten days after written notification and request sent by order of board of trustees all the moneys, books, pape…
N.Y. Election Law § 15-138 Judicial review of matters relating to village elections
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§ 15-138. Judicial review of matters relating to village elections. The supreme court or any justice thereof within the judicial district and the county court or any judge thereof within the county, in which the village is located, shall have summary jurisdiction to determine an…
N.Y. Election Law § 15-140 Transmission of publicly available data to the New York voting and elections database
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§ 15-140. Transmission of publicly available data to the New York voting and elections database. Upon the certification of election results and the completion of the voter history file after each election, each village that holds an election not conducted by a board of elections…
N.Y. Election Law § 16-100 Jurisdiction; supreme court, county court
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§ 16-100. Jurisdiction; supreme court, county court. 1. The supreme court is vested with jurisdiction to summarily determine any question of law or fact arising as to any subject set forth in this article, which shall be construed liberally. 2. The county court is vested with ju…
N.Y. Election Law § 16-101 Actions or proceedings challenging provisions of this chapter
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§ 16-101. Actions or proceedings challenging provisions of this chapter. 1. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, in any action or proceeding in which any party challenges the constitutionality of a provision of this chapter, and any related statutory claims, venue shal…
N.Y. Election Law § 16-102 Proceedings as to designations and nominations, primary elections, etc
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§ 16-102. Proceedings as to designations and nominations, primary elections, etc. 1. The nomination or designation of any candidate for any public office or party position or any independent nomination, or the holding of an uncontested primary election, by reason of a petition f…
N.Y. Election Law § 16-104 Proceedings as to form of ballot, party name, etc
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§ 16-104. Proceedings as to form of ballot, party name, etc. 1. The form and content of any ballot, or portion thereof, to be used in an election, and the right to use any emblem design, party or independent body name, may be contested in a proceeding instituted in the supreme c…
N.Y. Election Law § 16-106 Proceedings as to the casting and canvass of ballots
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§ 16-106. Proceedings as to the casting and canvass of ballots. 1. The post-election refusal to cast: (a) challenged ballots, blank ballots, or void ballots; (b) early mail, absentee, military, special, or federal write-in ballots; (c) emergency ballots; and (d) ballots voted in…
N.Y. Election Law § 16-108 Proceedings as to registration and voting
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§ 16-108. Proceedings as to registration and voting. 1. The supreme court, by a justice thereof within the judicial district, or the county court, by a county judge within his county, in a proceeding instituted by any voter to whom registration has been unlawfully refused, shall…
N.Y. Election Law § 16-110 Proceedings as to enrollment
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§ 16-110. Proceedings as to enrollment. 1. The supreme court, by a justice thereof within the judicial district, or the county court, by a judge within his county, in a proceeding instituted by a duly enrolled voter of a party, not later than the second Friday before a primary e…
N.Y. Election Law § 16-112 Proceedings for examination or preservation of ballots
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§ 16-112. Proceedings for examination or preservation of ballots. The supreme court, by a justice within the judicial district, or the county court, by a county judge within his county, may direct the examination by any candidate or his agent of any ballot or voting machine upon…
N.Y. Election Law § 16-113 Proceeding with respect to voter verifiable records
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§ 16-113. Proceeding with respect to voter verifiable records. The supreme court, by a justice within the judicial district, or the county court, by a county judge within his or her county, in a special proceeding by any candidate or his or her agent, may direct a manual audit o…
N.Y. Election Law § 16-114 Proceedings to compel filing of statements or corrected statements of campaign receipts, expenditures and contributions
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§ 16-114. Proceedings to compel filing of statements or corrected statements of campaign receipts, expenditures and contributions. 1. The supreme court or a justice thereof, in a proceeding instituted by any candidate voted for at the election or primary or by any five qualified…
N.Y. Election Law § 16-115 Proceedings with respect to utilizing certain buildings as polling places
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§ 16-115. Proceedings with respect to utilizing certain buildings as polling places. The supreme court or a justice thereof, in a proceeding instituted by any board or body empowered to designate polling places, may compel by order, any person or entity which owns or operates a …
N.Y. Election Law § 16-116 Proceedings; provisions in relation thereto
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§ 16-116. Proceedings; provisions in relation thereto. A special proceeding under the foregoing provisions of this article shall be heard upon a verified petition and such oral or written proof as may be offered, and upon such notice to such officers, persons or committees as th…
N.Y. Election Law § 16-118 Proceedings to review removal of committee member or officer
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§ 16-118. Proceedings to review removal of committee member or officer. The action of any political committee or independent body in removing a member or officer thereof may be reviewed by a proceeding pursuant to article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.
N.Y. Election Law § 16-120 Enforcement proceedings
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§ 16-120. Enforcement proceedings. 1. The supreme court or a justice thereof, in a proceeding instituted by the state board of elections, may impose a civil penalty, as provided for in subdivisions one and two of section 14-126 of this chapter. 2. Upon proof that a violation of …
N.Y. Election Law § 17-100 Definitions
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§ 17-100. Definitions. 1. The word "election" as used in this article shall be deemed to apply to and include all general, special and primary elections, unofficial primaries and all local elections relating to candidates, ballot proposals, proceedings for the nominations of can…
N.Y. Election Law § 17-102 Misdemeanors at, or in connection with, primary elections, caucuses, enrollment in political parties, committees, and conventions
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§ 17-102. Misdemeanors at, or in connection with, primary elections, caucuses, enrollment in political parties, committees, and conventions. Any person who: 1. At a primary election or caucus of a party, wilfully votes, or attempts to vote, without being entitled to do so, or vo…
N.Y. Election Law § 17-104 False registration
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§ 17-104. False registration. Any person who: 1. Registers or attempts to register as an elector in more than one election district for the same election, or more than once in the same election district; or, 2. Registers or attempts to register as an elector, knowing that he wil…
N.Y. Election Law § 17-106 Misconduct of election officers
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§ 17-106. Misconduct of election officers. Any election officer who wilfully refuses to accord to any duly accredited watcher or to any voter or candidate any right given him by this chapter, or who wilfully violates any provision of the election law relative to the registration…
N.Y. Election Law § 17-108 False affidavits; mutilation, destruction or loss of registry list or affidavits
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§ 17-108. False affidavits; mutilation, destruction or loss of registry list or affidavits. 1. Any person who wilfully loses, alters, destroys or mutilates the list of voters or registration poll ledgers in any election district, or a certified copy thereof, is guilty of a misde…
N.Y. Election Law § 17-110 Misdemeanors concerning police commissioners or officers or members of any police force
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§ 17-110. Misdemeanors concerning police commissioners or officers or members of any police force. Any person who, being a police commissioner or any officer or member of any police force in this state: 1. Uses or threatens or attempts to use his official power or authority, in …
N.Y. Election Law § 17-112 Soliciting media support
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§ 17-112. Soliciting media support. Any person who solicits from a candidate for an elective office money or other property as a condition or consideration for a supporting article, report or advertisement in any publication or news media in favor of such candidate, is guilty of…
N.Y. Election Law § 17-114 Failure to furnish information; false information
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§ 17-114. Failure to furnish information; false information. 1. Any person who knowingly harbors or conceals any person who falsely registered as a voter, or who shall rent any room or bed to any person to be used by such person for himself or any other person for the purpose of…
N.Y. Election Law § 17-116 Removal, mutilation or destruction of election booths, supplies, poll-lists or cards of instruction
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§ 17-116. Removal, mutilation or destruction of election booths, supplies, poll-lists or cards of instruction. Any person who: 1. During the election, wilfully defaces or injures a voting booth or compartment, or wilfully removes or destroys any of the supplies or other convenie…
N.Y. Election Law § 17-118 Refusal to permit employees to attend election
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§ 17-118. Refusal to permit employees to attend election. A person or corporation who refuses an employee entitled to vote at an election the privilege of attending thereat, as provided by the election law, or subjects such employee to a penalty or reduction of wages because of …
N.Y. Election Law § 17-120 Misconduct in relation to certificate of nomination and official ballot
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§ 17-120. Misconduct in relation to certificate of nomination and official ballot. A person who: 1. Falsely makes or makes oath to, or fraudulently defaces or destroys a certificate of nomination or any part thereof; or, 2. Files or receives for filing a certifiate of nomination…
N.Y. Election Law § 17-122 Misconduct in relation to petitions
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§ 17-122. Misconduct in relation to petitions. Any person who: 1. Pays, lends, contributes or promises to pay, lend or contribute any money or other valuable consideration to or for any voter, or to or for any other person, to induce such voter to sign a petition for the designa…
N.Y. Election Law § 17-124 Failure to deliver official ballots
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§ 17-124. Failure to deliver official ballots. Any person who has undertaken to deliver official ballots to any city, town or village clerk, or inspector as authorized by this chapter, and neglects or refuses to do so, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.Y. Election Law § 17-126 Misconduct of election officers
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§ 17-126. Misconduct of election officers. Any election officer who: 1. Reveals to another person the name of any candidate for whom a voter has voted; 2. Communicates to another person his opinion, belief or impression as to how or for whom a voter has voted; or, 3. Places a ma…
N.Y. Election Law § 17-128 Violations of election law by public officer or employee
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§ 17-128. Violations of election law by public officer or employee. A public officer or employee who knowingly and wilfully omits, refuses or neglects to perform any act required of him by this chapter or who knowingly and wilfully refuses to permit the doing of any act authoriz…
N.Y. Election Law § 17-130 Misdemeanor in relation to elections
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§ 17-130. Misdemeanor in relation to elections. Any person who: 1. Acts as an inspector of election or as a clerk at an election, without being able to read or write the English language, or without being otherwise qualified to hold such office; or, 2. Being an inspector of elec…
N.Y. Election Law § 17-132 Illegal voting
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§ 17-132. Illegal voting. Any person who: 1. Knowingly votes or offers or attempts to vote at any election, when not qualified; or, 2. Procures, aids, assists, counsels or advises any person to go or come into any election district, for the purpose of voting at any election, kno…
N.Y. Election Law § 17-134 Unlawful use of pasters
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§ 17-134. Unlawful use of pasters. An election officer or other person who uses a paster, sticker or label upon an official ballot, at any election, except as authorized and in the manner provided by this chapter, is guilty of a felony.
N.Y. Election Law § 17-136 False returns; unlawful acts respecting returns
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§ 17-136. False returns; unlawful acts respecting returns. An inspector or clerk of an election who intentionally makes, or attempts to make, a false canvass of the ballots cast thereat, or any false statement of the result of a canvass, though not signed by a majority of the in…
N.Y. Election Law § 17-142 Giving consideration for franchise
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§ 17-142. Giving consideration for franchise. Except as allowed by law, any person who directly or indirectly, by himself or through any other person: 1. Pays, lends or contributes, or offers or promises to pay, lend or contribute any money or other valuable consideration to or …