N.Y. Election Law § 5-202: Local registration; provision for

§ 5-202. Local registration; provision for. 1. The board of inspectors

for every election district shall meet for the purpose of taking the

registration of voters not earlier than the sixth Saturday or later than

the fourth Saturday before each general election. During such period, in

the city of New York and in counties having a population of three

hundred thousand or more, the board shall hold two meetings each year,

including at least one on a Saturday. During such period, in all other

counties, the board shall hold one meeting each year, on a Saturday,

except that in years in which a president of the United States is to be

elected, the board shall hold two such meetings, including at least one

on a Saturday. If the polling place of an election district is located

in a building owned by a religious organization or used by it as a place

of worship, the building will not be required to be open for voter

registration on any Saturday if this is contrary to the religious

beliefs of the religious organization. The dates of such meetings and

any additional meetings that the board of elections may, in its

discretion, direct to be held shall be determined by the board of

elections except that no such meeting shall be held on the religious

holidays of Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashana, Simchas Torah, Shmini Atzereth or

Succoth. The board of elections shall also determine the hours for

conducting all such meetings, provided, however, that there shall be not

less than seven consecutive hours for registration on a Saturday and not

less than three and one-half consecutive hours on any other meeting day.

The days and hours of registration shall be uniform throughout the

county and in the city of New York throughout the city, and meetings

shall begin not earlier than six o'clock in the morning and continue not

later than half-past ten o'clock in the evening and no Saturday meeting

shall end before nine o'clock in the evening.

2. Local registration shall always be received by two members of the

local board of inspectors, representing respectively the two political

parties as provided herein for the appointment of inspectors.

3. The last day of local registration shall be uniform throughout the

state and such registration day shall be designated by the state board

of elections not later than the first day of June preceding the general

election in each year. Such statewide registration day shall be one of

the registration days hereinabove provided in this section, provided,

however, that in any year in which presidential and vice-presidential

electors are to be elected such day shall not be more than thirty days

before the general election. If the polling place of an election

district is located in a building owned by a religious organization or

used by it as a place of worship, the building will not be required to

be open for voter registration on a Saturday if this is contrary to the

religious beliefs of the religious organization.

4. Each board of elections shall make and file in its office and with

the state board of elections a determination as to the dates and hours

for local registration not later than the tenth day of July next

preceding the general election in each year, and shall publish such

dates and hours at least once in the two week period preceding the first

day of such registration. Such publication shall be in two newspapers

published within the county. If the county contains a city or cities, at

least one of such newspapers shall be published in the city, or the

largest city, if there be more than one.

5. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this chapter, in any

year the board of elections may provide that a single place and a single

board of inspectors shall be used for taking the local registration of

two or more election districts provided that such board shall find that

more than one-half the anticipated registrants in such districts are

already registered permanently. In cities, notice of such action shall

be published with the list of registration places as provided in this

chapter. In towns, the board of elections shall cause notice of such

action with the location of the registration place designated for such

election district to be posted in five conspicuous public places within

each affected election district or to be published in the manner

provided by this chapter for the optional publication of places of

registration. In all cases where notice is given by publication, the

board of elections shall cause notice of such action, with the location

of the registration place designated for such election district to be

posted, on the days of registration, at the entrance to the regular

polling place for each affected election district.

6. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any board of

elections, and in the city of New York, the board of elections of the

city of New York, may, by resolution adopted not later than the first

day of July in any year, except a year in which presidential and vice

presidential electors are to be elected, provide that no meeting for

local registration shall be held in the county or the city of New York.

If a board of elections or the board of elections of the city of New

York adopts a resolution eliminating meetings for local registration,

such resolution shall remain in effect for such year and each succeeding

year, except years in which presidential and vice presidential electors

are to be elected, unless it is thereafter repealed by a resolution

adopted at least sixty days prior to the first day for holding local

registrations as provided for under the provisions of this article.