N.Y. Education Law § 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 written

notice of appointment to the persons so appointed. If a person appointed

an inspector of election refuses to accept such appointment or fails to

serve, the board may appoint a qualified voter of the school election

district to fill the vacancy. Additional inspectors of elections for

each district may be appointed for one or more of such school election

districts when, in the opinion of the board, special circumstances exist

requiring the services of such additional inspectors. Such inspectors

shall, before opening the polls in the election district for which they

are appointed, organize by electing one of their number as chairperson

and one as poll clerk. The chairperson may also appoint one of the

inspectors as an assistant poll clerk. Each inspector shall receive for

his or her services a compensation to be fixed by the board of

education, not to exceed the basic compensation paid to inspectors of

election at the preceding general elections, as fixed by the governing

body of the city in which such school district is wholly or partly

located, to be paid out of the school funds in the same manner as other

claims against the city school district. Notwithstanding the foregoing

provisions of this section, a person seventeen years of age who is

enrolled in a school district and fulfilling the requirements of section

thirty-two hundred seven-a of this chapter shall be eligible to be

appointed as, and to perform the duties of, an election inspector or

poll clerk as provided in this article.