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N.Y. Education Law § 2603: Qualifications of voters

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  1. Education Law
  2. Title 2. School District Organization
  3. Article 53. School Elections In City School Districts of Cities With Less Than One Hundred Twenty-five Thousand Inhabitants

§ 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.

b. Where territory is added to a city school district by consolidation

or alteration of boundaries pursuant to article thirty-one of this

chapter, residence in the territory so added shall be and shall be

deemed to be residence in the city school district for the purposes of

this section.

c. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subdivision, no

Indian who shall have resided on the Allegany Indian reservation for a

period of thirty days preceding the election at which he offers to vote,

shall be deemed ineligible to vote at any such election in the city

school district of the city of Salamanca because of his residence on

part of such reservation located outside of such city school district.

4. No person shall have the right to register for or vote at any

school meeting or election who would not be qualified to register for or

vote at an election in accordance with the provisions of section 5-106

of the election law.

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