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NY Elec L § 3-418 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 3 - Election Officials Title 4 - Election Inspectors and Poll Clerks 3-418 - Election Inspectors and Poll Clerks; Emergency Provisions for Filling Vacancies or Absences.

§ 3-418. Election inspectors and poll clerks; emergency provisions for   filling  vacancies  or  absences. 1. If, at the time of a meeting of the   inspectors, there shall be a vacancy,  or  if  any  inspector  shall  be   absent,  the  inspector present who is the designee of the same party as   the absent inspector shall appoint a qualified voter of the same city or   town to  act  in  place  of  the  absent  inspector.  If,  however,  any   inspectors shall be temporarily absent for a portion of the meeting, the   inspectors  present,  provided that they are not all members of the same   political party, shall have and may exercise any power  or  perform  any   duty conferred or imposed upon a board of inspectors.2.  If  at the time of any such meeting two inspectors who are members   of the same party shall be absent, or their places shall be vacant,  the   poll  clerk  or poll clerks present, if any, of the same party shall act   as inspectors and shall appoint qualified voters of  the  same  city  or   town  who are members of the same party as the absent inspectors, to act   in place of such clerks.3. If at the time of any such meeting  two  inspectors  and  the  poll   clerk  or  clerks,  if  any,  who are members of the same party shall be   absent, or their places shall be vacant,  the  inspector  or  inspectors   present,  or  in their absence the poll clerk or clerks present, if any,   shall appoint qualified voters of the same city or town, who are members   of the same party as such absent inspectors, to act as  such  inspectors   and  clerks,  until  the  inspectors  or  clerks  duly  appointed by the   original appointing authority, shall appear.4. If at the time of any such meeting, there shall be a vacancy in the   office of poll clerk, or if a poll clerk shall be absent, the inspectors   who are designees of the same party, or in their absence, any poll clerk   of the same party who is present, shall appoint a qualified voter of the   same city or town who is a member of the same party, to act in place  of   the absent poll clerk.5.  Every  person so appointed or named shall take the oath of office,   which shall be administered by any person authorized to administer oaths   or by one of the inspectors.
NY Elec L § 3-420 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 3 - Election Officials Title 4 - Election Inspectors and Poll Clerks 3-420 - Election Inspectors, Poll Clerks and Election Coordinators; Compensation.

§  3-420.  Election inspectors, poll clerks and election coordinators;   compensation. 1. Election inspectors, poll clerks, election coordinators   and qualified voters appointed to act in place of an  absent  inspector,   clerk  or  coordinator  shall  be paid for their services on the days of   registration  and  election,  by  the  county  containing  the  election   district  in  which  they  serve,  in  an  amount  fixed  by  the county   legislative body, subject to such limitations as shall be prescribed  or   authorized by statute, except that in the city of New York the amount of   such  compensation  shall  be payable by such city and shall be fixed by   the mayor at a daily rate which, in  the  case  of  election  inspectors   shall  not  be  less  than one hundred thirty dollars and in the case of   election  coordinators  not  less  than  two   hundred   dollars.   Such   inspectors, poll clerks, election coordinators and qualified voters at a   general  or special village election conducted by the board of elections   shall be paid by such village in an amount fixed by the village board of   trustees subject to any such limitations.2. An election inspector or poll clerk who attends a required training   session shall be paid not less than twenty-five dollars for each meeting   plus, at the option of the county, transportation expenses not to exceed   the mileage allowance approved by the county legislative body for  their   permanent employees, payable by the county or in the case of the city of   New  York,  by  such  city. For administrative purposes, each county may   establish one or more categories for the mileage allowance, based on the   range of distance traveled, and  pay  the  mileage  allowance  for  that   category.3.  The  chairman of the board of inspectors of each election district   shall, within  twenty-four  hours  of  any  election  or  day  of  local   registration, furnish to the board appointing such officers, if required   by  such  board  to  do  so, a certificate stating the days and hours of   actual service of each member of such board, the names of  the  persons,   if  any,  who  served  as  clerks on an election day, the hours of their   service, and the days on which the store, building  or  room  hired  for   registration and election purposes was actually used for such purposes.4.  If  a  person recommended and examined for appointment as election   officer in a city, or examined therefor without  recommendation  in  the   absence  of a party list, be found disqualified and be not appointed, as   therein provided, and such person shall serve in the same calendar  year   as  inspector  at a registration or election or as clerk at an election,   under a vacancy appointment, he shall receive no compensation  for  such   services.
NY Elec L § 3-500 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 3 - Election Officials Title 5 - Alternate Provisions 3-500 - Alternative Poll Site Staffing Plan.

§  3-500.  Alternative poll site staffing plan. 1. Notwithstanding the   provisions of title four of this  article,  a  board  of  elections  may   design  an  alternative  poll  site  staffing  plan  to more efficiently   conduct an election in accordance with this  section.  Such  alternative   poll site staffing plan must be filed with the state board of elections.2.  An  alternative  staffing  plan  shall  provide  for at least four   inspectors, equally divided among the major parties, to be  assigned  to   each  poll  site,  and  all  staffing  must  be  likewise bipartisan. An   alternative staffing plan may consolidate  election  district  and  poll   site  staffing  functions to efficiently conduct an election pursuant to   this chapter, provided the tabulation  of  votes  by  election  district   shall  not be impaired unless consolidation of election districts for an   election is otherwise permitted by this chapter, and such staffing  plan   complies with 9 NYCRR 6210.19(c).
NY Elec L § 3-502 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 3 - Election Officials Title 5 - Alternate Provisions 3-502 - Nassau County; Board of Elections, Special Provisions.

§ 3-502. Nassau county; board of elections, special provisions. 1. All   the provisions of this article, when not inconsistent with this section,   shall apply to the county of Nassau.2. At least thirty days before the first day of January of any year in   which  a  commissioner of elections is to be appointed, or within thirty   days after a vacancy occurs in the office of commissioner of  elections,   the  chairman  of the appropriate party county committee shall file with   the clerk of the county legislative body a certificate naming the person   whom  he  is  recommending  for  appointment  as  such  commissioner  of   elections.  The  certificate  shall  be  in  the  form  and  contain the   information prescribed by the state board of elections.3. All petitions and certificates of nomination or designation, or  of   declination  thereof, for an election to which this section applies, and   all  statements  of  receipts  and  expenditures  relating  to  such  an   election,  required  to  be  filed with any officer of Nassau county, or   political  subdivision  therein  shall  be  filed  with  the  board   of   elections.4.  Inspectors of election shall be appointed for a term of two years,   except that an inspector appointed to fill a vacancy, shall hold  office   only for the unexpired term of his predecessor.
NY Elec L § 3-504 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 3 - Election Officials Title 5 - Alternate Provisions 3-504 - Suffolk County; Board of Elections, Special Provisions.

§  3-504.  Suffolk  county; board of elections, special provisions. 1.   All the provisions of this article,  when  not  inconsistent  with  this   section, shall apply to the county of Suffolk.2. At least thirty days before the first day of January of any year in   which  a  commissioner  of elections is to be appointed or within thirty   days after a vacancy occurs in the office of commissioner of  elections,   the  chairman  of the appropriate party county committee shall file with   the clerk of the county legislative body a certificate naming the person   whom  he  is  recommending  for  appointment  as  such  commissioner  of   elections.  The  certificate  shall  be  in  the  form  and  contain the   information prescribed by the state board of elections.3. All petitions and certificates of nomination or designation, or  of   declination  thereof, for an election to which this section applies, and   all statements of receipts and expenditures required to  be  filed  with   any officer of Suffolk county, or political subdivision therein shall be   filed with the board of elections.4. Inspectors of election shall be appointed in odd-numbered years for   a  term  of  two  years,  except  that  an inspector appointed to fill a   vacancy, shall hold office for the unexpired term of his predecessor.
NY Elec L § 3-506 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 3 - Election Officials Title 5 - Alternate Provisions 3-506 - Boards of Elections; Voting Materials in Russian.

§  3-506. Boards of elections; voting materials in Russian. A board of   elections in  a  city  of  over  one  million  shall  provide  the  same   information  in Russian that it provides in languages other than English   on its website. It shall also produce and disseminate citywide a booklet   that  includes:  (a)  a  voter  registration  form   in   English   with   instructions  in  Russian;  (b)  instructions  in  Russian regarding the   criteria and application process for obtaining an absentee  ballot;  and   (c)  a  section  with  general  voter  information  in Russian including   frequently asked questions. Such board may include  other  languages  on   its website and in such booklet.
NY Elec L § 5-100 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters Title 1 - General Provisions 5-100 - Registration; Required.

§  5-100.  Registration;  required.  A person shall not be entitled to   vote in any election held pursuant to this chapter unless  he  shall  be   registered, and if required, enrolled pursuant to the provisions of this   article  unless  he  shall  present  a  court order directing that he be   permitted to vote at such election. Where a specific  provision  of  law   relating  to  the  registration  of  voters exists in any other statute,   which  is  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  article,  such   provision   shall   apply   and  the  provisions  of  this  article  not   inconsistent therewith shall apply.
NY Elec L § 5-102 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters Title 1 - General Provisions 5-102 - Qualifications of Voters; Age and Residence.

§  5-102.  Qualifications  of  voters; age and residence. 1. No person   shall be qualified to register for and vote at any election unless he is   a citizen of the United States and is or will be, on  the  day  of  such   election,  eighteen  years  of age or over, and a resident of this state   and of the county, city or village for a minimum  of  thirty  days  next   preceding such election.2.  The  provisions  herein  with  respect  to  a durational residency   requirement for purposes of qualifying to vote shall not prohibit United   States citizens otherwise qualified, from voting for president and  vice   president of the United States.
NY Elec L § 5-104 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters Title 1 - General Provisions 5-104 - Qualifications of Voters; Residence, Gaining or Losing.

§  5-104.  Qualifications of voters; residence, gaining or losing.  1.   For the purpose of registering and voting no person shall be  deemed  to   have  gained  or  lost  a residence by reason of his presence or absence   while employed in the service of the United States, nor while engaged in   the navigation of the waters of this state, or of the United States,  or   of  the  high  seas; nor while a student of any institution of learning;   nor while kept at any welfare institution, asylum or  other  institution   wholly  or  partly  supported at public expense or by charity; nor while   confined in any public prison.2. In determining a voter's qualification to register  and  vote,  the   board  to  which such application is made shall consider, in addition to   the  applicant's  expressed  intent,  his  conduct  and  all   attendant   surrounding  circumstances  relating  thereto.  The  board  taking  such   registration  may  consider  the  applicant's  financial   independence,   business  pursuits, employment, income sources, residence for income tax   purposes,  age,  marital  status,  residence  of  parents,  spouse   and   children,  if any, leaseholds, sites of personal and real property owned   by  the  applicant,  motor   vehicle   and   other   personal   property   registration,  and  other  such  factors  that  it  may  reasonably deem   necessary to determine the qualification of an applicant to vote  in  an   election  district  within  its jurisdiction. The decision of a board to   which such application is  made  shall  be  presumptive  evidence  of  a   person's residence for voting purposes.
NY Elec L § 5-106 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters Title 1 - General Provisions 5-106 - Qualifications of Voters; Reasons for Exclusion.

§ 5-106. Qualifications of voters; reasons for exclusion.1.  No  person who shall receive, accept, or offer to receive, or pay,   offer or promise to pay, contribute, offer or promise to  contribute  to   another,  to be paid or used, any money or any other valuable thing as a   compensation or reward for the  giving  or  withholding  a  vote  at  an   election,  or for registering or refraining from registering as a voter,   or who shall make any promise to influence the giving or withholding  of   any  such  vote or registration, or who shall make or become directly or   indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the  result  of   an election, shall vote at such election.2.  No  person  who  has been convicted of a felony and sentenced to a   period of imprisonment for such felony pursuant  to  the  laws  of  this   state,  shall  have  the  right  to register for or vote at any election   while he or she is incarcerated for such felony.3. No person who has been convicted in a federal court, of  a  felony,   or  a crime or offense which would constitute a felony under the laws of   this state, and sentenced to a period of imprisonment for  such  felony,   shall have the right to register for or vote at any election while he or   she is incarcerated for such felony.4.  No  person  who has been convicted in another state for a crime or   offense which would constitute a felony under the laws of this state and   sentenced to a period of imprisonment for such felony,  shall  have  the   right  to register for or vote at any election in this state while he or   she is incarcerated for such felony.5. The provisions of subdivisions two, three and four of this  section   shall  not  apply  if the person so convicted is not sentenced to either   death or imprisonment, or if the execution of a sentence of imprisonment   is suspended.6. No person who has been adjudged incompetent by order of a court  of   competent  judicial  authority  shall  have the right to register for or   vote at any election in this state unless thereafter he shall have  been   adjudged competent pursuant to law.
NY Elec L § 5-206 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters Title 2 - Registration and Enrollment 5-206 - Watchers.

§  5-206.  Watchers.  1. Each political party or independent body duly   nominating or entitled to nominate candidates for offices to  be  filled   at the election may, by a writing signed by the duly authorized chairman   or  secretary  of  the  county,  city, town or village committee of such   political party or independent body, and delivered to and filed with one   of the inspectors of election, appoint not more  than  two  watchers  to   attend  any  meeting  or  meetings  of  the  inspectors  for an election   district held for the registration of voters thereof.2. Each watcher must be a qualified voter of the  city  or  county  in   which  he  is  to  serve.  Such watchers may be present at such place of   registration from at least fifteen minutes before  the  commencement  of   such  meeting  until  after the completion of the duties of the board of   inspectors for that day of registration. Any  watcher  may  examine  any   challenge list furnished by the board of elections.
NY Elec L § 5-213 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters Title 2 - Registration and Enrollment 5-213 - Inactive Status.

§  5-213.  Inactive  status.  1.  When  a voter is sent a confirmation   notice pursuant to the provisions of  this  article,  the  voter's  name   shall be placed in inactive status.2.  The  registration poll records of all such voters shall be removed   from the poll ledgers and maintained at the  offices  of  the  board  of   elections  in  a  file  arranged alphabetically by election district. If   such board uses computer generated registration lists, the names of such   voters shall not be placed on such lists at subsequent  elections  other   than  lists prepared pursuant to the provisions of section 5-612 of this   article but shall be kept as a computer record at the  offices  of  such   board.3.  The  board of elections shall restore the registration of any such   voter to active status if such voter notifies  the  board  of  elections   that he resides at the address from which he is registered, or the board   finds  that  such  voter  has validly signed a designating or nominating   petition which states that he resides at such address, or if such  voter   casts  a ballot in an affidavit envelope which states that he resides at   such address, or if the board receives notice that such voter has  voted   in  an  election  conducted with registration lists prepared pursuant to   the  provisions  of  section  5-612  of  this  article.    If  any  such   notification  or  information  is  received twenty days or more before a   primary, special or general election, the voter's name must be  restored   to active status for such election.4. As soon as practicable, after it restores a voter's registration to   active  status,  the  board  of elections shall send the voter, by first   class forwardable mail, a notice advising him of the  restoration  in  a   form  which is similar to the notice sent to new registrants pursuant to   the provisions of section  5-210  of  this  title  and  which  has  been   approved by the state board of elections.5.  If the board of elections receives notice, which complies with the   requirements of this  article,  that  a  voter  in  inactive  status  is   residing  at  another  address within the jurisdiction of such board, it   shall transfer the registration and enrollment of  such  voter  to  such   other address pursuant to the provisions of section 5-208 of this title.
NY Elec L § 5-214 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters Title 2 - Registration and Enrollment 5-214 - Registration Cards for Identification.

§  5-214.  Registration cards for identification. A board of elections   may provide identification cards for use in any city  or  town  in  such   county  in  which  the  board  deems  it necessary to facilitate voting.   However, the failure of a voter to present such card shall  not  deprive   such  voter  of  the right to exercise the franchise, or any other right   provided under this chapter.
NY Elec L § 5-216 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters Title 2 - Registration and Enrollment 5-216 - Registration; Assistance to Applicant.

§  5-216.  Registration;  assistance  to  applicant.  1. If any person   entitled to be registered shall declare to the board of inspectors  that   he is unable to read or write by reason of illiteracy or disability, the   board  shall  provide  assistance  in registering. Such person shall, if   unable to write, be excused from signing and the board shall  enter  the   words  "unable  to  sign"  in each space reserved for his signature. The   board shall also  enter  in  the  remarks  space  on  the  face  of  the   registration records the reason for his inability to write his name.2.  If  the  applicant  be  a  person  who  does not speak the English   language, he may be assisted by a relative who can interpret for him. If   the applicant registers with this assistance the board shall put in  the   remarks  space  of  the registration forms the name and address, and the   relationship,  of  the  person  so  doing  the  interpreting   and   the   interpreter shall sign his name in the remarks space.3.  If  the registrant needs assistance with registration, he may also   have the same assistance in order to mark the enrollment blank.