2013 New York Consolidated Laws
VIL - Village
Article 2 - (2-200 - 2-258) INCORPORATION
2-222 - Canvass of election.

 
    §  2-222 Canvass of election. 1. At the close of the polls and as soon
  thereafter as the inspectors of  election  shall  have  completed  their
  other  duties  as  provided  in  this  chapter  and  in  the  applicable
  provisions of the election law, the inspectors  thereat  shall  publicly
  canvass  and  ascertain the vote without adjournment or postponement and
  upon the completion of the canvass shall make and sign a certificate  of
  the holding of the election and of the canvass showing for the territory
  or  for  each part of each town in the territory and computed separately
  for each such part, as the case may be, the whole number of such  votes,
  the   number  of  blank  and  void  ballots,  if  any,  the  number  for
  incorporation and the number against incorporation. If a majority of the
  valid votes cast in the territory or in each part of each  town  in  the
  territory  and  computed  separately for each such part, as the case may
  be, is for incorporation, the proposed village shall be incorporated  as
  provided  in  section 2-234 of this article.  The inspectors of election
  shall also and before  nine  thirty  o'clock  in  the  forenoon  of  the
  following day file the original of such certificate in the office of the
  clerk  of  the  town  wherein was filed the original of the petition for
  incorporation and duplicate copies thereof in the offices of the  clerks
  of all other towns in which a portion of such territory is located.
    2.  If  the  certificate  shows that less than a majority of the valid
  votes cast in the territory or in any part of any town in the  territory
  and  computed  separately  for  such  part,  as the case may be, at such
  election is for incorporation then no proceeding for  the  incorporation
  of  the  same territory shall be commenced within one year from the date
  of such election.