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Home » US Law » 2022 New York Laws » Consolidated Laws » EDN - Education » Title 2 - School District Organization » Article 53 - School Elections in City School Districts of Cities With Less Than One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Inhabitants

2601 – Application of Article.

§ 2601. Application of article. This article shall apply to each city school district of a city which has less than one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants, according to the latest federal census, except as otherwise provided in section twenty-six hundred one-a of this chapter and except as otherwise provided by subdivision nine-a of section twenty-five […]

2601-A – Procedures for Adoption of School Budgets in Small City School Districts.

§ 2601-a. Procedures for adoption of school budgets in small city school districts. 1. The board of education of each city school district subject to this article shall provide for the submission of a budget for approval of the voters pursuant to the provisions of this section and in accordance with the requirements set forth […]

2602 – Annual and Special School District Meetings.

§ 2602. Annual and special school district meetings. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, including the provisions of this article, an annual school election shall be held on the same day as the annual budget vote pursuant to the provisions of article forty-one of this chapter in each city school district. 2. Except […]

2603 – Qualifications of Voters.

§ 2603. Qualifications of voters. A person shall be entitled to vote at a school election in a city school district who is: 1. A citizen of the United States. 2. Eighteen years of age. 3. a. A resident of the state and of the city school district for thirty days next preceding the election. […]

2606 – Registration of Voters.

§ 2606. Registration of voters. 1. The board of education except in those city school districts which have adopted a resolution pursuant to section twenty-five hundred thirty-one of this chapter, shall, on or before the fifteenth day of February in each year, appoint a board of registration for a term of one year, consisting of […]

2607 – Inspectors of Election; Organization.

§ 2607. Inspectors of election; organization. Not less than ten days prior to each special or annual election, the board of education shall appoint for each election district three qualified voters residing therein to act as inspectors of election in such election district at such election. The clerk of the board of education shall give […]

2608 – Nomination and Ballot.

§ 2608. Nomination and ballot. 1. Candidates for members of the board of education in a city school district shall be nominated by petition directed to the board of education and signed by at least one hundred persons qualified to vote at school elections in such district. Such petition shall contain the names and residences […]

2609 – Conduct of Election; Challenges.

§ 2609. Conduct of election; challenges. 1. Such elections shall be conducted, so far as may be, in accordance with the provisions of the election law, relative to general elections, except as otherwise provided herein. Ballot boxes shall be provided by the board of education for each school election district, at least one to contain […]

2610 – Canvass of Votes and Return to Board of Education; Declaration of Result.

§ 2610. Canvass of votes and return to board of education; declaration of result. 1. Immediately upon the close of the polls the inspectors of each school election district shall count the ballots found in the ballot box without unfolding them, except so far as is necessary to ascertain that each ballot is single. They […]

2611 – Use of Voting Machines.

§ 2611. Use of voting machines. The board of education of a city school district may authorize the use of voting machines at a school election. When such voting machines are used the provisions of section two thousand thirty-five of this chapter shall apply to and govern the use of such machines in such school […]

2613 – Absentee and Military Ballots.

§ 2613. Absentee and military ballots. The board of education of each city school district to which this article applies shall provide for absentee ballots in accordance with the provisions of section two thousand eighteen-a of this title, and military ballots in accordance with section two thousand eighteen-d of this title.