2006 New York Code - Local Registration; Provision For.

 
    § 5-202. Local registration; provision for. 1. The board of inspectors
  for  every  election  district  shall meet for the purpose of taking the
  registration of voters not earlier than the sixth Saturday or later than
  the fourth Saturday before each general election. During such period, in
  the city of New York and  in  counties  having  a  population  of  three
  hundred  thousand  or more, the board shall hold two meetings each year,
  including at least one on a Saturday. During such period, in  all  other
  counties,  the  board  shall  hold one meeting each year, on a Saturday,
  except that in years in which a president of the United States is to  be
  elected,  the board shall hold two such meetings, including at least one
  on a Saturday. If the polling place of an election district  is  located
  in a building owned by a religious organization or used by it as a place
  of  worship,  the  building  will  not  be required to be open for voter
  registration on any Saturday  if  this  is  contrary  to  the  religious
  beliefs  of  the  religious organization. The dates of such meetings and
  any additional  meetings  that  the  board  of  elections  may,  in  its
  discretion,  direct  to  be  held  shall  be  determined by the board of
  elections except that no such meeting shall be  held  on  the  religious
  holidays  of Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashana, Simchas Torah, Shmini Atzereth or
  Succoth.  The board of elections shall  also  determine  the  hours  for
  conducting all such meetings, provided, however, that there shall be not
  less than seven consecutive hours for registration on a Saturday and not
  less than three and one-half consecutive hours on any other meeting day.
  The  days  and  hours  of  registration  shall be uniform throughout the
  county and in the city of New York throughout  the  city,  and  meetings
  shall begin not earlier than six o'clock in the morning and continue not
  later  than half-past ten o'clock in the evening and no Saturday meeting
  shall end before nine o'clock in the evening.
    2. Local registration shall always be received by two members  of  the
  local  board  of inspectors, representing respectively the two political
  parties as provided herein for the appointment of inspectors.
    3. The last day of local registration shall be uniform throughout  the
  state  and  such registration day shall be designated by the state board
  of elections not later than the first day of June preceding the  general
  election  in  each year. Such statewide registration day shall be one of
  the registration days hereinabove provided in  this  section,  provided,
  however,  that  in  any year in which presidential and vice-presidential
  electors are to be elected such day shall not be more than  thirty  days
  before  the  general  election.  If  the  polling  place  of an election
  district is located in a building owned by a religious  organization  or
  used  by  it as a place of worship, the building will not be required to
  be open for voter registration on a Saturday if this is contrary to  the
  religious beliefs of the religious organization.
    4.  Each board of elections shall make and file in its office and with
  the state board of elections a determination as to the dates  and  hours
  for  local  registration  not  later  than  the  tenth  day of July next
  preceding the general election in each  year,  and  shall  publish  such
  dates and hours at least once in the two week period preceding the first
  day  of  such registration.  Such publication shall be in two newspapers
  published within the county. If the county contains a city or cities, at
  least one of such newspapers shall be published  in  the  city,  or  the
  largest city, if there be more than one.
    5.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this chapter, in any
  year the board of elections may provide that a single place and a single
  board of inspectors shall be used for taking the local  registration  of
  two  or more election districts provided that such board shall find that
  more than one-half the anticipated registrants  in  such  districts  are
  already  registered  permanently. In cities, notice of such action shall
  be published with the list of registration places as  provided  in  this
  chapter.  In  towns,  the  board of elections shall cause notice of such
  action with the location of the registration place designated  for  such
  election  district to be posted in five conspicuous public places within
  each affected election  district  or  to  be  published  in  the  manner
  provided  by  this  chapter  for  the  optional publication of places of
  registration. In all cases where notice is  given  by  publication,  the
  board  of elections shall cause notice of such action, with the location
  of the registration place designated for such election  district  to  be
  posted,  on  the  days  of  registration, at the entrance to the regular
  polling place for each affected election district.
    6. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any board  of
  elections,  and  in  the city of New York, the board of elections of the
  city of New York, may, by resolution adopted not later  than  the  first
  day  of  July  in any year, except a year in which presidential and vice
  presidential electors are to be elected, provide  that  no  meeting  for
  local  registration shall be held in the county or the city of New York.
  If a board of elections or the board of elections of  the  city  of  New
  York  adopts  a  resolution eliminating meetings for local registration,
  such resolution shall remain in effect for such year and each succeeding
  year, except years in which presidential and vice presidential  electors
  are  to  be  elected,  unless  it is thereafter repealed by a resolution
  adopted at least sixty days prior to the first  day  for  holding  local
  registrations as provided for under the provisions of this article.