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N.Y. Election Law § 3-200 Boards of elections; creation, qualifications of commissioners, removal
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§ 3-200. Boards of elections; creation, qualifications of\ncommissioners, removal. 1. There shall be a board of elections in each\ncounty of the state and in the city of New York for the five counties\nthereof.\n 2. Each board shall consist of two election commissioners, except …
N.Y. Election Law § 3-202 Election commissioners; term of office
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§ 3-202. Election commissioners; term of office. 1. The term of office\nof an election commissioner shall be two years beginning January first\nof each odd numbered year except that in the city of New York and the\ncounty of Schenectady the term shall be four years beginning on …
N.Y. Election Law § 3-204 Election commissioners; appointment
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§ 3-204. Election commissioners; appointment. 1. At least thirty days\nbefore the first day of January of any year in which a commissioner of\nelections is to be appointed, the chairman or secretary of the\nappropriate party county committee shall file a certificate of party\nre…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-208 Election commissioners; salaries
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§ 3-208. Election commissioners; salaries. Each election commissioner\nin the same county shall receive an equal salary. The salary shall be an\nannual salary to be fixed by the county legislative body except that\neach commissioner of elections in the city of New York shall rec…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-210 Election commissioners; certificate of appointment, filing of
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§ 3-210. Election commissioners; certificate of appointment, filing\nof. The certificate of appointment of an election commissioner shall be\nfiled in the office of the clerk of the county where the commissioner\nresides and the clerk shall immediately notify the state board of\…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-212 Boards of elections; organization, proceedings, reports and records
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§ 3-212. Boards of elections; organization, proceedings, reports and\nrecords. 1. The election commissioners, at their first meeting after the\nfirst day of January of each year, shall organize as a board, electing\none of their number as president, and one as secretary, and if …
N.Y. Election Law § 3-214 Board of elections; general office and branches, hours
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§ 3-214. Board of elections; general office and branches, hours. 1.\nThe board of elections in the city of New York shall maintain an office\nin the borough of Manhattan, which shall be the headquarters of such\nboard, and an office in each borough of the city. Elsewhere, in eac…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-216 Boards of elections; assistance to, records to be furnished it
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§ 3-216. Boards of elections; assistance to, records to be furnished\nit. 1. Any law enforcement agency whenever called upon by a board of\nelections, shall assist in the investigation of registrations and render\nall other practicable assistance in the enforcement of this chapt…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-218 Subpoenas; power to issue by boards of elections
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§ 3-218. Subpoenas; power to issue by boards of elections. 1. The\nboard of elections and any of the commissioners thereof may require any\nperson to appear and attend before the board or a commissioner at an\noffice of the board and be examined by the board or a commissioner as…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-220 Records and photostats; preservation and sale
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§ 3-220. Records and photostats; preservation and sale. 1. All\nregistration records, certificates, lists, and inventories referred to\nin, or required by, this chapter shall be public records and open to\npublic inspection under the immediate supervision of the board of\nelecti…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-222 Preservation of ballots and records of voting machines
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§ 3-222. Preservation of ballots and records of voting machines. 1.\nExcept as hereinafter provided, removable memory cards or other similar\nelectronic media shall remain sealed against reuse until such time as\nthe information stored on such media has been preserved in a manne…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-224 Voting machines; use of by other than the board of elections
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§ 3-224. Voting machines; use of by other than the board of elections.\nThe board of elections may permit towns, villages, school districts,\nfire, ambulance, water, sanitation, police and other special districts\nwithin the county to use voting machines and other equipment owne…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-226 Boards of elections; ownership, care, custody and control of voting machines
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§ 3-226. Boards of elections; ownership, care, custody and control of\nvoting machines. 1. Boards of elections shall direct the purchase,\nacquisition or lease of voting machines, of a kind authorized by law,\nwhich shall be selected by such board provided, however, nothing in t…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-300 Board employees; appointment
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§ 3-300. Board employees; appointment. Every board of elections shall\nappoint, and at its pleasure remove, clerks, voting machine technicians,\ncustodians and other employees, fix their number, prescribe their\nduties, fix their titles and rank and establish their salaries with…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-302 Voting machine technicians and custodians; appointment, duties
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§ 3-302. Voting machine technicians and custodians; appointment,\nduties. 1. The board of elections shall appoint as many voting machine\ntechnicians and voting machine custodians as shall be necessary for the\nproper preparation and repair of voting machines. Voting machine\nte…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-304 Board employees; conflicts of interest
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§ 3-304. Board employees; conflicts of interest. 1. No board of\nelections employee shall engage in or participate in any trade or\nbusiness which creates, or may tend to create, an actual or potential\nconflict of interest. No board of elections employee shall maintain a\ndirec…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-400 Election inspectors and poll clerks; provision for
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§ 3-400. Election inspectors and poll clerks; provision for. 1. There\nshall be for each election district of the state four election\ninspectors.\n 2. At every general election in each election district where two\nvoting machines are used, there shall be two clerks in addition …
N.Y. Election Law § 3-401 Election coordinators; provision for
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§ 3-401. Election coordinators; provision for. 1. The board of\nelections of each county and in the city of New York, the board of\nelections of the city of New York, may, in its discretion, appoint\npersons to perform election day duties including directing voters to\ntheir pro…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-402 Election inspectors and poll clerks; authority
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§ 3-402. Election inspectors and poll clerks; authority. 1. Election\ninspectors, in performing their duties, shall act as a board and a\nmajority vote thereof shall be required to decide all questions. If,\nhowever, any inspector or inspectors shall be temporarily absent for a\…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-404 Election inspectors and poll clerks; designation
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§ 3-404. Election inspectors and poll clerks; designation. 1. The\nboard of elections of each county shall on or before the fifteenth day\nof July of each year select and appoint election inspectors and poll\nclerks for each election district therein, and such number of election…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-406 Election inspectors and poll clerks; additional
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§ 3-406. Election inspectors and poll clerks; additional. 1. Each\nboard of elections shall establish a list of persons duly qualified to\nserve as election inspectors, which list shall be known as the\n"Additional Inspector List", in such number of persons as the board\nshall d…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-410 Election inspectors and poll clerks; certification
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§ 3-410. Election inspectors and poll clerks; certification. 1.\nBefore a person designated as an election officer may enter upon his\nduties, he must be certified by the board of elections as provided\nherein.\n 2. If an election officer fails to meet the requirements for\ncert…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-412 Election inspectors and poll clerks; training
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§ 3-412. Election inspectors and poll clerks; training. 1. Each board\nof elections shall, at least once every year, conduct a mandatory school\nfor the instruction of election inspectors, poll clerks and election\ncoordinators. Such instruction may be given in person or online …
N.Y. Election Law § 3-414 Election inspectors and poll clerks; oath of office, certificate of appointment
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§ 3-414. Election inspectors and poll clerks; oath of office,\ncertificate of appointment. 1. Every person designated and certified as\nan election inspector shall, within ten days after notice of\ncertification, take and subscribe the constitutional and statutory oath\nof offic…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-416 Election inspectors, poll clerks and election coordinators; removal
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§ 3-416. Election inspectors, poll clerks and election coordinators;\nremoval. 1. Any election officer appointed pursuant to the provisions of\nthis chapter, may be removed for cause by the board making the\nappointment. Unless such removal is for improper conduct, while such\no…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-418 Election inspectors and poll clerks; emergency provisions for filling vacancies or absences
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§ 3-418. Election inspectors and poll clerks; emergency provisions for\nfilling vacancies or absences. 1. If, at the time of a meeting of the\ninspectors, there shall be a vacancy, or if any inspector shall be\nabsent, the inspector present who is the designee of the same party …
N.Y. Election Law § 3-420 Election inspectors, poll clerks and election coordinators; compensation
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§ 3-420. Election inspectors, poll clerks and election coordinators;\ncompensation. 1. Election inspectors, poll clerks, election coordinators\nand qualified voters appointed to act in place of an absent inspector,\nclerk or coordinator shall be paid for their services on the da…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-500 Alternative poll site staffing plan
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§ 3-500. Alternative poll site staffing plan. 1. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of title four of this article, a board of elections may\ndesign an alternative poll site staffing plan to more efficiently\nconduct an election in accordance with this section. Such alternative\npol…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-502 Nassau county; board of elections, special provisions
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§ 3-502. Nassau county; board of elections, special provisions. 1. All\nthe provisions of this article, when not inconsistent with this section,\nshall apply to the county of Nassau.\n 2. At least thirty days before the first day of January of any year in\nwhich a commissioner o…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-504 Suffolk county; board of elections, special provisions
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§ 3-504. Suffolk county; board of elections, special provisions. 1.\nAll the provisions of this article, when not inconsistent with this\nsection, shall apply to the county of Suffolk.\n 2. At least thirty days before the first day of January of any year in\nwhich a commissioner…
N.Y. Election Law § 3-506 Boards of elections; voting materials in Russian
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§ 3-506. Boards of elections; voting materials in Russian. A board of\nelections in a city of over one million shall provide the same\ninformation in Russian that it provides in languages other than English\non its website. It shall also produce and disseminate citywide a bookle…
N.Y. Election Law § 4-100 Election districts; creation and alteration
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§ 4-100. Election districts; creation and alteration. 1. The State of\nNew York shall be divided into election districts which shall be the\nbasic political subdivision for purposes of registration and voting as\nprovided in this chapter.\n 2. The creation, consolidation, divisi…
N.Y. Election Law § 4-102 Maps; congressional, senatorial, assembly and election districts
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§ 4-102. Maps; congressional, senatorial, assembly and election\ndistricts. 1. The state board of elections, at the expense of the state,\nshall publish maps showing the county or counties contained in each of\nthe congressional districts, senatorial districts and assembly distr…
N.Y. Election Law § 4-104 Registration and polling places; designation of
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§ 4-104. Registration and polling places; designation of. 1. Every\nboard of elections shall, in consultation with each city, town and\nvillage, designate the polling places in each election district in which\nthe meetings for the registration of voters, and for any election may…
N.Y. Election Law § 4-106 Certification of offices to be filled at general or special elections; state board of elections, county, city, village and town clerks
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§ 4-106. Certification of offices to be filled at general or special\nelections; state board of elections, county, city, village and town\nclerks.\n 1. The state board of elections shall, by February first in the year\nof each general election, make and transmit to the board of …
N.Y. Election Law § 4-108 Certification of proposed constitutional amendments and questions
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§ 4-108. Certification of proposed constitutional amendments and\nquestions. 1. a. Whenever any proposed amendment to the constitution or\nother question provided by law to be submitted to a statewide vote shall\nbe submitted to the people for their approval, the state board of\…
N.Y. Election Law § 4-110 Certification of primary election candidates; state board of elections
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§ 4-110. Certification of primary election candidates; state board of\nelections. The state board of elections, not later than fifty-five days\nbefore a primary election, shall certify to each county board of\nelections: The name and residence of each candidate to be voted for\n…
N.Y. Election Law § 4-112 Certification of nominations; state board of elections
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§ 4-112. Certification of nominations; state board of elections. 1.\nThe state board of elections, not later than fifty-five days before a\ngeneral election, fifty-three days before a special election, or\ntwenty-four days before a special election held pursuant to paragraph b\n…
N.Y. Election Law § 4-114 Determination of candidates and questions; county board of elections
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§ 4-114. Determination of candidates and questions; county board of\nelections. The county board of elections, not later than the\nfifty-fourth day before the day of a primary or general election, the\nfifty-third day before a special election, or twenty-four days before a\nspec…
N.Y. Election Law § 4-116 Constitutional amendments and questions; publication of by state board of elections and secretary of state
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§ 4-116. Constitutional amendments and questions; publication of by\nstate board of elections and secretary of state. 1. The secretary of\nstate shall cause each concurrent resolution of the two houses of the\nlegislature agreeing to a proposed amendment to the constitution that…
N.Y. Election Law § 4-117 Check of registrants and information notice by mail
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§ 4-117. Check of registrants and information notice by mail. 1. The\nboard of elections, between the third Tuesday in April and the second\nFriday in May in each year, shall send by mail on which is endorsed such\nlanguage designated by the state board of elections to ensure po…
N.Y. Election Law § 4-118 Notice of primary election; publication of by board of elections
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§ 4-118. Notice of primary election; publication of by board of\nelections. 1. Each county board of elections shall publish in the week\nending on the Saturday preceding a primary election a notice specifying\nthe day of such primary election, the hours during which it will be h…
N.Y. Election Law § 4-119 Publication of list of places for registration
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§ 4-119. Publication of list of places for registration. 1. The board\nor body authorized to designate places for registration in any city,\nother than the city of New York, shall publish on each day of\nregistration a list of the places for registration designated within\nsuch …
N.Y. Election Law § 4-120 Notices of general, village and special elections; publication of
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§ 4-120. Notices of general, village and special elections;\npublication of. 1. The board of elections shall publish once in each of\nthe two weeks preceding a general election, or a special or village\nelection conducted by the board of elections, a notice specifying the\nday o…
N.Y. Election Law § 4-122 Lists of nomination; publication of by board of elections
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§ 4-122. Lists of nomination; publication of by board of elections. 1.\nThe county board of elections shall publish, at least six days before an\nelection, a list containing the name of every candidate for public\noffice to be voted for within its jurisdiction at such election.\…
N.Y. Election Law § 4-123 Publication of candidate websites
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§ 4-123. Publication of candidate websites. 1. The state board of\nelections shall publish on its website the campaign website address\ndesignated by any candidate for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney\ngeneral, state comptroller, member of the state senate and member of t…
N.Y. Election Law § 4-124 City of New York; publications within made necessary by this law
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§ 4-124. City of New York; publications within made necessary by this\nlaw. In the city of New York any publication made necessary by any\nsection of this law shall be made in two newspapers published in each\ncounty or published in the city of New York and having an edition for…
N.Y. Election Law § 4-126 Delivery of election laws to clerks, boards and election officers
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§ 4-126. Delivery of election laws to clerks, boards and election\nofficers. 1. The state board of elections, within ten days after the\nenactment of any amendment to the election law, shall transmit a copy of\nsuch amendment to each board of elections.\n 2. The state board of e…
N.Y. Election Law § 4-128 Supplies; furnished by board of elections or city, town or village clerk
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§ 4-128. Supplies; furnished by board of elections or city, town or\nvillage clerk. 1. The board of elections of each county shall provide\nthe requisite number of official and facsimile ballots, two cards of\ninstruction to voters in the form prescribed by the state board of\ne…
N.Y. Election Law § 4-130 Supplies for registration; manner and time of delivery
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§ 4-130. Supplies for registration; manner and time of delivery. 1.\nBefore it is sent from the office or branch office of the board of\nelections, each ledger or binder of blank registration records shall be\nlocked in a distinctively numbered carrying case. Such board shall pl…