APPENDIX B

NEW YORK STATE ELECTION LAWS

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General Election. The place each year on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, the polls being open continuously from 6 A. M. until 5 P. M. A vote on national, state, county, city, town and village officers and on constitutional amendments and public questions is taken on this date in varying years. Every fourth year the General Election is on the same day as the National Presidential Election, when 45 electors for President and Vice President of the United States are elected by state-wide vote. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney-General and State Engineer are chosen at the General Election each even-numbered year. The state is represented in the national Senate by two senators, each holding office for six years. A new senator is elected at the General Election preceding the expiration of the term of the holder of the office. A Congressman from each of the 43 congressional districts is elected each even-numbered year, as well as a state senator from each of the 51 senatorial districts. An assemblyman from each of the 150 assembly districts is elected each year. The

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APPENDIX B

NEW YORK STATE ELECTION LAWS

General Election. The General Election takes place each year on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, the polls being open continuously from 6 A. M. until 5 P. M. A vote on national, state, county, city, town and village officers and on constitutional amendments and public questions is taken on this date in varying years. Every fourth year the General Election is on the same day as the National Presidential Election, when 45 electors for President and Vice President of the United States are elected by state-wide vote. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney-General and State Engineer are chosen at the General Election each even-numbered year. The state is represented in the national Senate by two senators, each holding office for six years. A new senator is elected at the General Election preceding the expiration of the term of the holder of the office. A Congressman from each of the 43 congressional districts is elected each even-numbered year, as well as a state senator from each of the 51 senatorial districts. An assemblyman from each of the 150 assembly districts is elected each year. The

fourteen-year terms of office of the seven judges of the court of appeals and of the supreme court judges expire in varying years, and their successors are chosen at the General Elections preceding the expiration of the terms. County officers are elected at the General Election in odd-numbered years, as are officers in first and second and some third class cities. Smaller communities have their elections on varying dates.

Qualifications of Voters. A qualified voter is a citizen who is or will be on the day of election 21 years old, who has been an inhabitant of the state for one year preceding the election, who has been a resident of the county for the last four months, who has been a resident of the election district in which he votes for the last 30 days. If a naturalized citizen he must in addition to the foregoing provisions have been naturalized at least 90 days prior to the election. Property-owning qualifications are necessary for voting on some town and village questions. The ownership of property taxable for school purposes or the guardianship of a child of school age is also necessary for voting in school district meetings.

Registration of Voters. Days are appointed annually in each district for the registration of voters. At this time are registered, the name, address, occupation and other statistics concerning the applicant. In cities and villages of 5,000 or more inhabitants only those may be registered who appear personally at the appointed time. In an election district sit

uated wholly outside a city or village of 5,000 or more inhabitants the election inspectors register without personal application the names of those voting at the last General Election still living in the district and the names of such others as are shown to be qualified to be registered. On registration days registration may be made for any election in the district during the following year, provided the citizen will be qualified to vote on the day of election. A person who has been registered and who changes his residence within the same election district may state the change to the election inspectors on registration day or election day.

Official Primary Elections. An official primary election is held each year on the seventh Tuesday before the General Election. In the year of a National Presidential Election an additional official primary is held on the first Tuesday in April. On these days the political parties choose their candidates, the official polling places and regular election officers being used. Each primary is open for voting from 7 a. M. until 9 P. M., except in a city of more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, where the primaries are open from 3 P. M until 9 P. M. To be entitled to vote at an official primary election a citizen must have enrolled in the preceding year as a member of the party holding the election and must be qualified to vote on the day of election.

Party Enrollment. Party enrollment is made on registration day where personal registration is required. A person enrolled as a member of one po