NY Educ L § 2608 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 53 - School Elections in City School Districts of Cities With Less Than One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants 2608 - Nomination and Ballot.

§ 2608. Nomination  and  ballot.  * 1.  Candidates  for members of the   board of education in a city  school  district  shall  be  nominated  by   petition directed to the board of education and signed by at least fifty   persons  qualified  to  vote  at school elections in such district. Such   petition shall contain the names and residences of  the  candidates  for   the  vacancies  in  the  board  of  education to be filled at the annual   election.  Where a proposition has been adopted by the  voters  of  such   district  to  require  that each vacancy on the board of education to be   filled shall be  considered  a  separate  specific  office,  a  separate   petition  shall  be  required  to  nominate a candidate to each separate   office and such petition shall describe  the  specific  vacancy  on  the   board   of  education  for  which  the  candidate  is  nominated,  which   description shall include at least the length of the term of office  and   the name of the last incumbent, if any. Such petitions shall be filed in   the  office  of the clerk of the board of education between the hours of   nine a.m. and five p.m., on or before the twentieth  day  preceding  the   day  of  the annual election. The clerk shall refuse to accept petitions   signed by an insufficient number of qualified voters, or petitions which   are not timely. If a candidate for whom a nominating  petition  for  the   office  of  member of a board of education has been duly filed withdraws   such petition, dies or becomes otherwise ineligible to hold such  office   at  a  time which is later than fifteen days before the last day for the   filing of nominating petitions as provided in this subdivision, the time   for filing nominating petitions for such office  shall  be  extended  to   five  p.m.  on  the  fifteenth day after the date on which the candidate   withdrew, died or otherwise  became  ineligible  to  hold  such  office,   provided  that  no such nominating petition may be filed after five p.m.   on the seventh day preceding the election.* NB Effective until December 31, 2021* 1. Candidates for members of the board of education in a city school   district shall be  nominated  by  petition  directed  to  the  board  of   education  and  signed by at least one hundred persons qualified to vote   at school elections in such district. Such petition  shall  contain  the   names and residences of the candidates for the vacancies in the board of   education  to  be filled at the annual election. Where a proposition has   been adopted by the voters of such district to require that each vacancy   on the board of education to be filled shall be  considered  a  separate   specific  office,  a  separate  petition shall be required to nominate a   candidate to each separate office and such petition shall  describe  the   specific  vacancy  on  the board of education for which the candidate is   nominated, which description shall include at least the  length  of  the   term  of  office  and  the  name  of  the  last  incumbent, if any. Such   petitions shall be filed in the office of the  clerk  of  the  board  of   education between the hours of nine a.m. and five p.m., on or before the   twentieth  day preceding the day of the annual election. The clerk shall   refuse to accept petitions signed by an insufficient number of qualified   voters, or petitions which are not timely. If a  candidate  for  whom  a   nominating petition for the office of member of a board of education has   been  duly  filed  withdraws  such  petition,  dies or becomes otherwise   ineligible to hold such office at a time which  is  later  than  fifteen   days  before  the  last  day  for  the filing of nominating petitions as   provided in this subdivision, the time for filing  nominating  petitions   for  such  office  shall  be  extended to five p.m. on the fifteenth day   after the date on which the candidate withdrew, died or otherwise became   ineligible to  hold  such  office,  provided  that  no  such  nominating   petition  may  be filed after five p.m. on the seventh day preceding the   election.* NB Effective December 31, 2021 2. The board of education shall cause to be printed  official  ballots   containing  the  names  of all candidates as above provided, except that   the board may refuse to have the names of ineligible  candidates  placed   on  such  ballots.  The names of the candidates shall be arranged in the   order  as  determined  by  the  drawing  by  lot  in accordance with the   provisions of paragraph b of subdivision two  of  section  two  thousand   thirty-two  of  this  law. Blank spaces shall be provided so that voters   may vote for candidates who have not been nominated for the  offices  to   be  filled  at  such  elections.  The form of such ballots shall conform   substantially to the form  of  ballots  used  at  general  elections  as   prescribed  in  the  election  law. Such ballots shall be printed at the   expense of the city school district.3. There shall be delivered to the inspectors in each school  election   district  on  the  day of the annual election, before the opening of the   polls therein, a supply of such ballots which shall at least  equal  the   number of qualified voters entitled to vote in such district.4.  Such  ballots  shall  have  printed thereon instructions as to the   marking of the ballots and the number  of  candidates  for  the  several   offices for which a voter is permitted to vote.5.  If  official  ballots  are  not  furnished  as  above provided, an   election of members of a board of education in a  city  school  district   shall  not  be declared invalid or illegal because of the use of ballots   which do not conform to the requirements  of  this  section  or  of  the   provisions  of the election law, provided the intent of the voter may be   ascertained from the use of such irregular or defective ballots and such   use was not fraudulent and did not substantially affect  the  result  of   the election.