2006 New York Code - Ballots; Pasters, Use Of.



 
    §  7-126. Ballots; pasters, use of. 1. If a certificate of designation
  or nomination to fill a vacancy shall lawfully be filed with  the  board
  or  officer  required  to  furnish  official  ballots,  or  the board of
  elections shall receive from the state board of elections a notification
  of a new designation or nomination to fill a vacancy, after the official
  ballots have been printed, and before the election, the board or officer
  providing  the  official  ballots  shall  prepare  and  furnish  to  the
  inspectors  of  election  in  each  election district affected, adhesive
  pasters  containing  the  name  of  the  new  candidate  designated   or
  nominated, with directions for the proper use thereof.
    2.  Each  paster  shall  be  of  plain  paper of the same color as the
  official ballot to which it is being affixed, printed in plain black ink
  and in the same  kind  of  type  used  in  printing  the  names  of  the
  candidates upon the official ballots, and shall be of a size as large as
  and  no  larger  than the space occupied upon the official ballot by the
  name of the candidate in whose place the candidate named upon the paster
  has been designated or nominated.
    3. Whenever such pasters are provided, the board or officer furnishing
  them shall certify  to  the  inspectors  of  election  in  the  election
  districts  affected  by  the  vacancy  the name of the person originally
  designated or nominated, the name of the person designated  in  the  new
  certificate,  the  title  of  the office or party position for which the
  designation or nomination is made, the name of the  political  party  to
  which  the  committee  making the designation or nomination belongs, and
  shall state the number of pasters furnished, which number shall be equal
  to the number of official ballots furnished for each such district.
    4. The inspectors or clerks shall affix one of such  pasters,  in  the
  proper  place and manner, upon each official ballot before the ballot is
  delivered to the voter.

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