§ 5-612 — Registration records; use by town or village clerks and for school district, improvement district and fire district elections

New York § 5-612

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law ELN: Election
• Title 6: Filing and Custody of Registration Records
• Art. 5: Registration and Enrollment of Voters

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§ 5-612. Registration records; use by town or village clerks and for\nschool district, improvement district and fire district elections. 1.\nThe board of elections shall, not later than the twentieth day before a\nspecial town election and not later than the seventh day before a\nvillage election conducted by the village clerk, provide a list of\nregistered voters or shall place registration poll records in properly\nlocked ledgers in the temporary custody of the town or village clerk for\nthe purpose of permitting him to copy such records or to deliver such\nrecords for village election purposes to the board of inspectors of the\nseveral polling places in the election districts as provided by this\nchapter. The board of elections shall indicate on such list, or on a\nseparate accompanying list, the names of those voters whose registration\nrecords have been marked "permanently disabled". The names of voters in\ninactive status shall appear on a separate accompanying list. Voters\nlisted in inactive status who appear at the polls to vote shall be\nchallenged in the manner provided by section 8-504 of this chapter.\n 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections nineteen hundred six,\ntwenty hundred fourteen and twenty-six hundred six of the education law\nwith respect to registration of voters, any person, otherwise qualified\nto vote who is registered under the provisions of this article shall be\nentitled to vote at all school district meetings or elections without\nfurther registration.\n 3. Whenever a school district meeting or election is scheduled, the\nboard of elections for the appropriate county or counties shall deliver\nthe registration lists, indicating on such list, or on a separate\naccompanying list, the names of those voters whose registration record\nhas been marked "permanently disabled", and, on a separate accompanying\nlist, the names of voters in inactive status who shall be challenged if\nthey appear at the polls to vote, for the appropriate election districts\nor those portions of the election districts encompassing the school\ndistrict to the appropriate officials of such school district as soon as\npossible upon request of the appropriate officials, but no later than\nthe thirty days immediately prior to the regularly scheduled school\ndistrict election, provided further, that such board of elections shall\ndeliver no later than ten days prior to each such special or regular\nschool district election supplemental registration lists containing the\nnames of those voters who have registered after delivery of the first\nregistration lists and who are eligible to vote in such elections,\nindicating on such list or on a separate accompanying list the names of\nthose voters whose registration record has been marked "permanently\ndisabled".\n 4. Within five days of the adoption by a board of education of a\nresolution in accordance with subdivisions one and three of section two\nthousand fourteen of the education law, such board of education shall\nnotify the appropriate board of elections of such adoption.\n 5. The board of education of a school district which has adopted such\na resolution shall, not less than forty-five days before each regularly\nscheduled school district meeting or election and fourteen days before\nany such special meeting or election notify the board of elections of\nthe date of such meeting or election.\n 6. The board of elections, upon the request of the board of\ncommissioners of an improvement district which elects commissioners or a\nfire district shall, not later than the twenty-first day before each\nelection in such district, deliver to the secretary of such district a\nlist of persons registered to vote as of the twenty-third day before\nsuch election in the election districts contained in such district,\nindicating on such list the names of the voters in inactive status, or\nshall place the registration poll records for such election districts in\nproperly locked ledgers in the temporary custody of such district\nsecretary for the purpose of permitting him to copy such records. Any\nvoter listed in inactive status who appears at the polls to vote, shall\nbe challenged.\n 7. The appropriate official of each town, village, school district,\nimprovement district or fire district which obtains a list of registered\nvoters from the board of elections pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection shall deliver the list containing the names of the voters in\ninactive status or, at the discretion of such official, a photocopy of\nsuch list to the board of elections not later than one week after the\nelection at which the list was used with an indication of which voters\nlisted in inactive status on such list voted at the election for which\nthe list was prepared. If such official delivered the original list, the\nboard of elections shall return such list to the official from whom it\nwas received within three weeks thereafter.\n