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N.Y. Election Law § 5-228: Registration; certificates of local registration

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  1. Election Law
  2. Article 5. Registration and Enrollment of Voters
  3. Title 2. Registration and Enrollment

§ 5-228. Registration; certificates of local registration. 1. At the

close of local registration, each board of inspectors shall mail, or, if

the board of elections directs, shall deliver to the board of elections

a certificate, signed by the members of such board, stating the name,

present residence address of each registrant and such other information

as the board of elections shall require and a certificate stating the

name and address of each person whom the board refused to register for

any reason other than that he was already registered, and, in each

instance, the reason for such refusal. The names and addresses shall be

entered on such certificates during the day of registration as the

voters concerned are registered or refused registration.

2. At the end of each period of local registration, the board of

inspectors shall sign a certificate containing a tabulation of the

following information:

a. The total number of voters registered on each day of local

registration;

b. The total number of voters registered during such period of

registration;

c. Such other information as shall be deemed appropriate by the county

board of elections and the state board of elections.

Such certificate shall be mailed or delivered to the board of

elections as it may direct, by the board taking registrations. In any

city having therein an office of the board of elections, the board of

elections may direct that such certificate shall be delivered to the

police at the place of registration or the nearest police stationhouse.

In such event, the police shall forthwith deliver the certificate to the

board of elections at its nearest office.

3. The state board of elections shall prescribe the form of the

certificates required by this section.

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