2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 2 - School District Organization › Article 41 - District Meetings › Part 1 - General Provisions › 2032 - Ballots for Election of School District Officers.

§ 2032. Ballots for election of school district officers. 1. In common
  school districts the ballots for the election of district officers shall
  be  written  or  printed,  typed  or mimeographed, or partly written and
  partly printed, typed or mineographed, containing the name of the person
  voted for and designating the office for which each is voted.
2. a. In union free school districts  the  board  of  education  shall
  cause  ballots  containing  the  names  of  all candidates nominated for
  election to the board of education to be printed, typed or mimeographed.
b. The names of all candidates for each separate specific office shall
  be grouped together and at the top of  each  group  shall  be  placed  a
  description  of  the  separate specific office for which such candidates
  are nominated, which description shall include at least  the  length  of
  the  term  of  office and the name of the last incumbent, if any, and in
  addition a direction that only one vote may be  cast  in  each  separate
  group.  The  names  of  the candidates for each separate specific office
  shall be listed in the order as determined by a  drawing  by  lot.  Such
  drawing  shall  be  conducted by the clerk of the board of education and
  shall be held the day after the last possible  date  for  candidates  to
  file  a  petition.  In  the  event  that any candidate is not present in
  person or by a person designated in a written proxy  to  accomplish  the
  drawing,  the district clerk shall be authorized to act as proxy. In any
  district where a proposition has been adopted pursuant to paragraph b of
  section two thousand eighteen, the names of all candidates for vacancies
  upon the board of education  shall  be  arranged  according  to  lot  as
  prescribed  in  this section, and a direction shall be made that as many
  candidates may be voted for as there are vacancies to be filled.
c. A voting square shall be provided to the left of the name  of  each
  candidate upon the ballot.
d.  A  single cross X mark in pen or pencil, or a single check * mark,
  in pen or pencil, in the voting square shall indicate a vote.
* NB There should be a check mark in this space.
e. One blank space shall be  provided  under  the  name  of  the  last
  candidate  for each separate specific office so that voters may vote for
  candidates who have not been nominated for the offices to be  filled  at
  such  election and the writing in, with a pencil having black lead, by a
  voter, of a name in the blank space so provided, shall indicate a vote.
f. Such ballot shall have placed thereon the name of the district  and
  instructions  explaining in substance the provisions of paragraphs d and
  e of subdivision two of this section and subdivisions three and four  of
  section two thousand thirty-four of this chapter.
3. All spoiled or defective ballots shall be sealed in an envelope and
  so endorsed by the inspectors of election. Such envelope shall be placed
  in the ballot box as provided in subdivision six of section two thousand
  thirty-three of this chapter.
4.  The  clerk  of  the  district  shall  cause to be delivered to the
  inspectors of election, on the day of the meeting or  election  and  not
  before,  a sufficient supply of the ballots for the use of the qualified
  voters. Such ballots shall be prepared at  the  expense  of  the  school
  district.
5.  The  ballot  shall  be  folded  by  the voter so as to conceal his
  marking or writing thereon before the ballot is deposited  in  a  ballot
  box.
6.  If  official  ballots are not furnished as provided in subdivision
  two of this section, an election of members of a board of education in a
  union free school district shall not  be  declared  invalid  or  illegal
  because  of  the use of ballots which do not conform to the requirements
  of subdivision two of this section, 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 meeting or election.