2023 New York Laws › ELN - Election › Article 15 - Village Elections › 15-118 - Registration of Voters.

§  15-118.  Registration of voters. 1. In a village election conducted
by the board of elections pursuant to a resolution adopted  as  provided
in paragraph c of subdivision one of section 15-104 of this article or a
village which has adopted a resolution providing that there shall not be
any registration day for village elections pursuant to subdivision three
of this section, only those persons registered to vote with the board of
elections  shall be eligible to vote. If such election is held on a date
other than  the  date  of  the  general  election,  only  those  persons
registered  to  vote with the board of elections on the tenth day before
such election shall be eligible to vote.
2. In any other village election, those  persons  registered  to  vote
with  the  board  of elections on the tenth day before such election and
those persons whose names are placed on the village register pursuant to
the provisions of subdivision seven of this section shall be eligible to
vote.
3. The board of trustees of a village may adopt a resolution providing
that there shall  not  be  any  village  registration  day  for  village
elections.  Such resolution shall be effective for all elections in such
village which are held more than sixty days  after  such  resolution  is
adopted  and shall remain in effect until the board of trustees adopts a
resolution providing that there shall be a village registration day  for
village  elections  held  more  than sixty days after adoption of such a
resolution.
4. In villages in which there is a village registration day, the board
of  trustees  shall  post  in  each  election  district  and  publish  a
resolution  at least ten days prior to registration day which resolution
shall be adopted at least twenty  days  before  registration  day  which
shall designate:
(a)  The  dates  prior  to registration day on which the inspectors of
election shall meet to commence the preparation of the register.
(b) The place in each district where such meetings,  registration  and
election shall be held.
(c)  The hours for such meetings, registration and election; but in no
event shall the hours for registration be less than the hours from  noon
until five o'clock in the afternoon.
5.  Registration  day  shall  be  held  on  the tenth day prior to the
general village election except in  those  villages  which  provide,  by
resolution  adopted  at least thirty-seven days prior to the date of the
first election for which it shall be effective, for an additional day of
registration to be held on the twelfth day prior to the general  village
election.  Such resolution shall remain in effect for subsequent general
village elections unless amended, modified or repealed.
6. The board of trustees of any village, by resolution  or  ordinance,
subject   to   permissive   referendum,   may  determine  that  personal
registration shall be required for village elections.
7. (a) The register for the general village election shall be prepared
in each village election district by the inspectors of election  thereof
at  the  times  and  place  designated by the resolution of the board of
trustees. Such register must be completed not later than the fourth  day
before  the  village election. In preparing such register the inspectors
of election shall comply with the following procedure.
(b) In all villages wherein personal  registration  is  not  required,
they shall adopt, use or copy from, the registration lists certified and
supplied by the county board of elections the names appearing thereon of
all  persons,  residing  in  the  village  and qualified to vote at such
forthcoming general village election. In addition, if there is a village
registration day in the village, they shall add thereto the names of all
persons known to them who then are or who  will  at  the  time  of  such

election  be  qualified  to  vote and the names of all persons proven to
their satisfaction on the registration day to be then, or at the time of
such election, qualified to vote.
(c)  In villages wherein personal registration is required, they shall
follow the same procedure set forth in paragraph (b) above, except  that
no  names shall be added to the register other than the names of persons
personally appearing before them on the registration day,  if  any,  and
proving  to  their  satisfaction  to  be  then,  or  at  the time of the
election, qualified to vote.
(d) The register for each village election district shall include,  as
a  minimum,  space  for  the  name  of the voter, his address within the
village and a space for his or her signature to be signed by  the  voter
on  election day. In villages wherein personal registration is required,
such register shall also contain a space for the signature of the  voter
to  be signed by such voter on registration day. The village clerk shall
furnish a printed certificate to  be  signed  by  a  voter  who  appears
personally  before  the inspectors of election on registration day. Such
certificate shall contain a statement that the person possesses all  the
necessary   qualifications   for   voting  in  village  elections.  Such
certificate shall be accepted for all purposes as the equivalent  of  an
affidavit  and  if it contains a material false statement, shall subject
the person signing it to the same penalties  as  if  he  had  been  duly
sworn,  and  such provision shall be printed in bold type directly above
the signature line of the certificate.
8. The village clerk shall furnish  the  inspectors  of  election,  at
village   expense,   with  all  necessary  registration  books,  papers,
equipment and supplies. The village clerk  shall  also  deliver  to  the
inspectors  a  list  of  all  persons who have applied for early mail or
absentee ballots for the election for which the registration meeting  is
being held.
9.  Registration  for  special village elections for officers shall be
held in the same manner  as  is  provided  herein  for  general  village
elections and the registration day therefor shall be the same as if said
special village election were a general village election.
10.  The  board of trustees of any village, if it determines that more
than one-half of the voters qualified to vote at a  forthcoming  village
election  for  village  officers  were personally registered at the last
preceding general election other than a village  election  for  officers
and  that  taking the registration for such forthcoming election will be
accomplished more efficiently and  economically  thereby,  may,  in  the
resolution  required  by subdivision seven of this section, provide that
for such election a single place and a single board of  elections  shall
be  used  for  taking  the  registration of two or more village election
districts. If such action is taken the board of trustees shall,  in  the
same  resolution,  appoint  a  single board of inspectors of election to
conduct such registration for each such two  or  more  village  election
districts.