NY Town L § 84 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 6 - Town Elections 84 - Qualifications of Electors at Town Elections.

§  84.  Qualifications  of  electors at town elections.   1. No person   shall  be  entitled  to  vote  upon   any   proposition   for   raising,   appropriating or expending money or incurring any town liability, or for   the sale or other disposition of town land or property, unless he or she   is  an elector of the town; nor shall he or she be entitled to vote upon   any  proposition  for  raising,  appropriating  or  expending  money  or   incurring  any  liability  which  shall  be  a  charge  wholly against a   district or a portion of said town unless he or she is an elector.2. The town board of a town may, by resolution adopted  at  a  regular   meeting, determine that thereafter personal registration of voters shall   be  required  for special town elections. Such resolution and the notice   hereinafter provided for shall specify the day or  days,  the  place  or   places,  and  the  hours  during which a board or boards of registration   shall meet for the purpose of preparing a register of voters of the town   qualified  to  vote  in  such  special  elections,  who  shall   present   themselves  personally  for  registration for such special election. The   town clerk shall give  notice  at  the  expense  of  the  town,  by  the   publication  of a notice in a newspaper published in said town, if there   be any, or, if there be none, in a newspaper  published  in  the  county   having  general circulation in the town, specifying the day or days, the   place or  places,  and  hours  during  which  the  board  or  boards  of   registration  will  meet  for  the  purpose  of  preparing a register of   qualified voters of the town as provided  in  this  section.  The  first   publication of such notice shall be at least ten days prior to the first   day  fixed by the town board on which boards of registration shall meet.   In addition, the town clerk shall post or cause to  be  posted  in  five   conspicuous  places in said town copies of such notice at least ten days   prior to the first day fixed by the town board on which  the  boards  of   registration shall meet.3.  In  such  event,  the  town  board  shall  select from the list of   election inspectors previously designated for general election purposes,   not less than two nor more than four persons to constitute  a  board  of   registration  for  each  voting  place  designated  by  the  town board,   provided, however, a town board may, by resolution adopted at a  regular   meeting,  determine  that  one  or  more boards of registration shall be   reasonably  capable  of   carrying   out   the   personal   registration   requirements,  as  provided  in  this  section,  for  all  voting places   designated for such special town election. Each member  of  a  board  of   registration  shall be entitled to compensation at a rate to be fixed by   the town board for time spent upon the duties of his office.4. Such boards of registration shall meet on such  days  as  the  town   board  shall,  by said resolution designate, the last day of which shall   not be more than fifteen nor less than ten days preceding  such  special   town  election at the place in each election district where the election   is to be held, and at such hours as  the  town  board  shall  designate,   which  shall  include  at  least  four  consecutive hours between twelve   o'clock noon and nine o'clock in the evening of each  day  required  for   the  preparation of the register for such election, which shall include,   at a minimum, a space for the name of the voter and his  address  within   the  town,  a space for the voter's signature to be signed on the day of   the  election  and  a  space  in  which  there  shall  be  entered   the   qualifications   for  voters  as  provided  by  this  section.  All  the   provisions of the election law in relation to the registration of voters   shall, so far as applicable, apply to the registration provided  for  by   this section and such special elections in such towns shall be conducted   in the manner provided by this chapter and the election law, except that   no  person  shall be entitled to vote thereat whose name does not appear    upon the register of the voting place in which he claims to be  entitled   to vote.5.  In  order  to  assist boards of registration in the preparation of   their registers, the town clerk, prior to  the  first  meeting  of  such   boards  of registration, shall obtain from the board of elections of the   county in which such town is located, the list of names and addresses of   all voters registered with such board of  elections  on  or  before  the   twenty-third  day  before  such  special  election. The town clerk shall   deliver the names and addresses of qualified voters to  the  appropriate   board  or  boards of registration on or before the first meeting of such   board or boards. At the first and subsequent meetings of  the  board  of   registration for each voting place designated by the town board for such   special  town  election,  such  board of registration shall place on the   register described in subdivision four hereof the names of all qualified   voters and all other qualified voters who personally appear,  and  those   military  voters  and  such  other  voters  who  are absent by reason of   confining illness or physical disability or whose duties, occupation  or   business  required  them  to be outside of the state of New York, having   the qualifications of voters prescribed in this  section  and  who  have   made  application  for absentee ballots as certified to them by the town   clerk.6. The register prepared as provided in this section shall immediately   upon its completion and not more  than  eighteen  hours  thereafter;  be   filed  in  the  office  of  the  town clerk, and thereafter shall at all   reasonable times be open to inspection by any  qualified  voter  of  the   town  on each day up to and including the day next preceding the day set   for such town election, except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.Additions, corrections, challenges and judicial review of registration   procedure shall so far as practicable conform to sections  5-218,  5-220   and 16-108 of the election law.