2006 New York Code - General Village Election.

 
    § 15-104. General village election. 1. a. The general village election
  shall  be held on the third Tuesday in March except in any village which
  presently elects, or  hereafter  adopts  a  proposition  to  elect,  its
  officers on a date other than the third Tuesday in March.
    b.  In any village in which the general village election, or a special
  village election for officers pursuant to this chapter, is scheduled  to
  be  held  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  March,  for any year in which the
  seventeenth day of March shall  fall  on  such  Tuesday,  the  board  of
  trustees  of such village shall provide, by the resolution prescribed by
  paragraph b of subdivision three of this  section,  that  such  election
  shall  be  held  on  the  eighteenth  day  of  March. Any provision of a
  resolution adopted pursuant to  this  subdivision  shall  not  otherwise
  alter the political calendar for any such election, which shall continue
  to  be  computed  from  the  third Tuesday of March. Notwithstanding the
  provisions of subdivision five of  this  section,  any  provision  of  a
  resolution  adopted pursuant to this subdivision shall be effective only
  if such provision is specifically published as provided by this section.
    c. The board of trustees of a village may adopt a resolution,  subject
  to  a  permissive  referendum as provided in article nine of the village
  law, providing that village elections shall be conducted by the board of
  elections. The board of trustees of a village which has adopted  such  a
  resolution and which is wholly in one county may also adopt a resolution
  providing  that  village elections shall occur on the day of the general
  election provided that all the election districts contained within  such
  village  are  wholly  within  such  village.  Upon  approval  of  such a
  resolution by the board of  trustees  and,  if  requested  by  petition,
  approval  by  a  vote of the qualified voters of the village, the county
  board of elections shall conduct  all  village  elections  including  in
  those  cases  in which such village elections are held on the day of the
  general election, primary elections, if any. Such  resolution  shall  be
  effective  for  all  elections in such village held more than six months
  after such resolution is adopted, provided however,  that  a  resolution
  providing  that  village elections shall occur on the day of the general
  election, shall be effective for such  elections  in  such  village  for
  which  the  primary  election  is  held  more than six months after such
  resolution is adopted.
    d. In any village which adopts a local law which provides for  run-off
  elections  pursuant  to  the  provisions of this chapter, such a village
  must elect its officers on the first Tuesday of the month  in  which  it
  chooses to hold such election.
    2.  A  proposition  changing  the date of the general village election
  shall not become effective until the next election  regularly  scheduled
  to  be  held  more  than one hundred twenty days following its adoption.
  Upon the adoption of such a proposition, the term of any village officer
  elected at the election at which such proposition  is  adopted  or  less
  than one hundred twenty-one days thereafter, and the term of any village
  officer  whose  successor  is  scheduled  to  be  selected more than one
  hundred twenty days thereafter shall be extended until the date fixed as
  a result of such proposition for his successor to take office.
    3. a. The village clerk of a village shall, at least four months prior
  to the general village election publish a notice designating the  office
  or  offices to be filled at such election and the term or terms thereof.
  In the event of a special village election to fill a vacancy as provided
  in this article, such notice shall be  published  at  least  sixty  days
  prior to the date of such special election.
    b.  The  board  of  trustees  of  a village shall, at least sixty days
  before any village election conducted by either the village clerk or the
  board of elections on  a  date  other  than  the  date  of  the  general
  election, adopt a resolution which shall state:
    (1) the polling place in each election district
    (2)  the  hours  during  which  the  polls  shall be open, which shall
  include at least the hours from noon to nine o'clock in the evening.
    c. The village clerk shall publish, at least ten  days  prior  to  any
  village election, a notice which shall state:
    (1) the polling place in each election district
    (2) the hours during which the polls shall be open
    (3)  the names and addresses of all those who have been duly nominated
  in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for village office  by
  certificate  or petition of nomination duly filed with the village clerk
  and the office and term of such office  for  which  they  have  been  so
  nominated
    (4) an abstract of any proposition to be voted upon.
    4.  In  addition  to  such publication, a copy of such notice shall be
  posted in at least six conspicuous public places within the village  and
  at each polling place at least one day before the village election.
    5.  The  failure  of  the  village  to  publish  and post all required
  information shall not invalidate the election provided, however, that  a
  vote  on  a proposition shall be void if the required notice of election
  is not given.