NY Educ L § 2014 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 41 - District Meetings Part 1 - General Provisions 2014 - Registration of Voters.

§ 2014. Registration of voters.  1. In any union free school district,   the  board of education may upon its own motion provide for the personal   registration of voters at school meetings or elections in such  district   as provided in this section.In  such  event,  the  board  of  education  in  such  district  shall   immediately  designate  four  qualified  voters  of  such  district   to   constitute  a board of registration for such district to serve until the   thirtieth day following the next annual  meeting  or  election  of  such   district.  Thereafter,  the  board  of  education of such district shall   annually designate, not later  than  the  thirtieth  day  following  the   annual  meeting  or  election of such district, four qualified voters of   such district to constitute a board of registration for  such  district.   Such members of the board of registration so appointed shall serve until   the  thirtieth day after the annual meeting or election of such district   in the following year. In the event that a vacancy shall  occur  on  the   board  of registration, the board of education at any time may designate   a qualified voter  of  such  district  as  a  member  of  the  board  of   registration for such district to fill the vacancy.Each  member  of  the  board  of  registration  shall  be  entitled to   compensation at a rate to be fixed by the board of  education  for  each   day actually and necessarily spent upon the duties of his office.2.  The  board  of registration of such district shall meet during the   annual meeting or election of such district  at  the  place  where  such   annual  meeting  or  election  is  held  for  the purpose of preparing a   register for meetings  or  elections  held  subsequent  to  such  annual   meeting  or election. Such board of registration of such district shall,   in addition, meet on such day or days as shall be fixed by the board  of   education,  the  last  day  of  which,  however,  shall not be more than   fourteen nor less than  five  days  preceding  each  school  meeting  or   election  in  such district at such place in the school district, and at   such hours, as the board of education  shall  by  resolution  designate,   which  hours shall include at least four consecutive hours between seven   o'clock in the morning and eight o'clock in the evening, for the purpose   of preparing a register for such meeting or election provided,  however,   that  at  any  annual  meeting  the  majority  of the voters may adopt a   resolution authorizing the registration of voters during the  hours  for   enrollment  of  children  for  a school term; provided further, however,   that  such  voters  may  also  authorize  registration  during   certain   specified  hours  of the school day, at the office of the district clerk   or business office  of  the  school  district  by  the  district  clerk,   assistant  district clerk or a member of the board of registration. Such   registration shall not take place less  than  five  days  preceding  any   school  meeting  or  election.  Such  registration shall be effective to   include the next annual meeting and shall take place at  the  school  or   schools  within  the district designated in the resolution. The register   shall, so far as practical, be in the  same  form  as  the  register  of   voters  in  an  election  district  for  general  elections in a city or   village having five thousand inhabitants or  more,  under  the  election   law.  The register shall be arranged alphabetically by the surnames, and   the place of residence by street and number or otherwise of each  person   named  on  the  list  shall  be  given,  or  if  none,  some description   accurately locating such place of  residence  shall  be  given  on  such   register.  In  addition,  the register shall have a column or columns in   which the inspectors of election may indicate whether each person  named   on  the  list  shall  have  voted in any election or elections or at any   meeting or meetings. The district clerk of such  district  shall  attend   with  the  board  of  registration.  The  board  of registration and the   district clerk, shall, for the annual meeting or election of the  school    district,  prepare  a  register  of  the qualified voters of such school   district who shall present themselves personally for registration.  Such   board  of  registration shall in like manner prepare a register for each   special  school  meeting or election within such school district, except   that the register prepared at the last annual meeting  or  election  and   the  register or registers for any subsequent special meeting, meetings,   election, or elections in such school district shall be used by them  as   the  basis therefor.  The register so prepared shall include all persons   who shall have  presented  themselves  personally  for  registration  in   accordance  herewith  and  may  include  all persons who shall have been   previously registered hereunder for any annual  or  special  meeting  or   election  and  who  shall have voted at any annual or special meeting or   any election held or conducted during the four calendar years  prior  to   the  year  in  which  such  register is being prepared; and the board of   registration shall remove from the register all persons who are known to   be deceased, who have moved out  of  the  school  district  or  who  are   otherwise  not qualified as school district electors. The district clerk   shall furnish the necessary blank books and blanks  at  the  expense  of   such  school  district.  School  meetings  and  elections in such school   district shall be thereafter conducted in the manner  provided  by  this   chapter,  except  that no person shall be entitled to vote thereat whose   name does not appear upon the register of the school district  in  which   he  claims  to be entitled to vote. In all cases, the board of education   shall  cause  the  district  clerk  to  give  the  notice  required   by   subdivision four of section two thousand four of this chapter.3.  The  board  of education may, upon its own motion and at least two   months prior to a school district meeting or election at which the  same   is  to  be  effective,  revoke  the provisions for personal registration   adopted as provided in this section. However, the board of education may   not thereafter provide for personal registration  unless  authorized  by   the voters at a district meeting or election.4.   Whenever  any  union  free  school  district  in  which  personal   registration of voters  at  school  meetings  or  elections  therein  is   required  as provided in subdivision one of this section shall have been   divided  into  election  districts  pursuant  to  section  two  thousand   seventeen  of this chapter, the board of education shall appoint a board   of registration pursuant to the provisions of subdivision  one  of  this   section  consisting  of  as  many  members as shall provide two for each   election district,  shall  designate  a  place  in  each  such  election   district and shall designate two members of the board of registration to   attend thereat for the purpose of preparing a register for such election   district.  At  the same time, the board of education shall designate the   registration place  at  which  the  district  clerk  shall  attend.  The   provisions  of  subdivisions  one,  two  and three of this section shall   apply with respect to the registration of  voters  in  such  union  free   school  districts,  except  as  may  be  inconsistent with the foregoing   provisions of this subdivision, and except that the notice  provided  to   be  given  by  the district clerk in subdivision two of this section and   subdivision five and six of section two thousand four  of  this  chapter   shall describe each of the election districts as required in subdivision   two of section two thousand seventeen and subdivision six of section two   thousand four of this chapter.5.  The provisions of this section shall not apply with respect to any   person registered to vote pursuant to the provisions  of  section  three   hundred fifty-two of the election law.6. In any case where a union free school district has provided for the   registration  of  voters during specified hours of the school day at the   office of the district clerk, assistant clerk or a member of  the  board    of  registration,  such  school district's board of registration, at the   discretion of the board of education, may not be required to meet  prior   to  the  annual  meeting  or  election, or prior to a special meeting or   special election pursuant to subdivision two of this section, solely for   the purposes of registering voters.