N.Y. Town Law § 212: Annual election and notice thereof

§ 212. Annual election and notice thereof. The district commissioners

of such improvement district shall publish at the expense of the

district the notice of each election of improvement district

commissioners held pursuant to this article. Such notice shall be

published at least once in one or more newspapers having general

circulation in the district and the first publication thereof shall be

at least twenty days before the day of such election. The notice of

annual election shall specify the time when and the place or places

where such election shall be held and the hours during which the polls

will be open for the receipt of ballots. Notice of such election shall

also be posted on the websites of the district and the town in which the

district is located, if such websites are maintained, on the signboard

of the town, and conspicuously posted in three or more designated public

locations within the district, on or about the day on which such notice

is published. Such election shall be held at a suitable place or places

within the district designated by the district commissioners and the

polls shall remain open from six o'clock in the evening until nine

o'clock in the evening and such additional consecutive hours prior

thereto as the district commissioners may determine and specify in the

notice of such election. The board of commissioners of such district

shall designate for each district election not less than two nor more

than four resident taxpayers to act as election inspectors and ballot

clerks for each designated polling place. The board of commissioners

shall fix the compensation of such election inspectors and ballot clerks

in an amount not to exceed ten dollars per hour each for every hour or

part thereof of such service and such compensation shall be a charge

against the district. The board of commissioners shall cause to be

prepared the ballots for all elections, and may authorize the use of

voting machines at any annual or special election of the district in

accordance with article nine of the election law. After the polls shall

have been closed at any election, the election inspectors and ballot

clerks at each polling place shall immediately canvass the ballots cast

and shall publicly announce the result of the vote at that polling

place. Within twenty-four hours the chairman of the board of

commissioners, election inspectors and ballot clerks shall execute and

file a certificate of the result of the canvass with the board of

commissioners of the improvement district and with the clerk of the town

in which said district is located.