2006 New York Code - Duties Of Village Clerk.

 
    § 15-124. Duties of village clerk. 1. In addition to any duties of the
  village clerk specified in this chapter and the village law, the village
  clerk  shall  be  the election officer of the village and shall have the
  responsibility for the general conduct  of  all  village  elections  and
  shall  have  vested  in  him all authority, consistent with this chapter
  which may be reasonable and necessary to  provide  for  the  proper  and
  orderly  conduct  of  such elections and the proceedings preliminary and
  subsequent thereto.
    2. The police department and the officers and members of  such  police
  department,  if  any,  the  office of the sheriff in a county in which a
  village or part of  a  village  is  located  or  any  police  agency  or
  department  charged  with  the  responsibility of law enforcement in any
  county in which a village  or  part  of  a  village  is  located  shall,
  whenever  called upon by the village clerk, render to such village clerk
  all practicable assistance in the enforcement of  this  chapter.    Such
  assistance  shall  be  rendered to the village clerk at no charge to the
  village.  Such assistance shall include, but not be limited to:
    a. the police telephone service;
    b. the investigation  of  any  registrant  or  any  applicant  for  an
  absentee  ballot  to  determine  his  qualifications to be registered or
  vote, and
    c. the maintenance of order, regulation of traffic and the control  of
  crowds on any day or days designated for voter registration and voting.