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N.Y. Election Law § 4-132: Polling places; equipment for

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  1. Election Law
  2. Article 4. Proceedings Preliminary to Registration, Enrollment and Elections

§ 4-132. Polling places; equipment for. The board of elections or the

town, city or village clerk, when a town, city or village holds an

election not conducted by the board of elections, shall provide in each

polling place, as required, the following articles:

a. Material to define the voting area.

b. Separate boxes for the purposes of receiving ballots. Such boxes

shall have an opening on the top, large enough to allow a single ballot

to be passed easily through the opening, but no larger, and shall be

supplied with a protective lock or seal.

c. A booth or device in each election district for the use of voters

marking ballots. Such booth or device shall be so constructed as to

permit the voter to mark his or her ballot in secrecy and shall be

furnished at all times with an appropriate marking device.

d. A sufficient number of maps, street finders or other descriptions

of all of the polling places and election districts within the political

subdivision in which the polling place is located to enable the election

inspectors and poll clerks to determine the correct election district

and polling place for each street address within the political

subdivision in which the polling place is located.

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