§ 5-206 — Watchers

New York § 5-206

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law ELN: Election
• Title 2: Registration and Enrollment
• Art. 5: Registration and Enrollment of Voters

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§ 5-206. Watchers. 1. Each political party or independent body duly\nnominating or entitled to nominate candidates for offices to be filled\nat the election may, by a writing signed by the duly authorized chairman\nor secretary of the county, city, town or village committee of such\npolitical party or independent body, and delivered to and filed with one\nof the inspectors of election, appoint not more than two watchers to\nattend any meeting or meetings of the inspectors for an election\ndistrict held for the registration of voters thereof.\n 2. Each watcher must be a qualified voter of the city or county in\nwhich he is to serve. Such watchers may be present at such place of\nregistration from at least fifteen minutes before the commencement of\nsuch meeting until after the completion of the duties of the board of\ninspectors for that day of registration. Any watcher may examine any\nchallenge list furnished by the board of elections.\n