New York Laws
Article 2 - Incorporation
2-218 - Registration List of Voters.

§ 2-218 Registration list of voters. 1. Preparation. It shall be the
duty of the clerk of each town in which a portion of such teritory is
located to make and file in his office, at least ten days before such
election an accurate list of voters, alphabetically arranged, who are
qualified to vote at such election. Such list shall be copied from the
registration poll records for the last preceding general election, and
shall be modified in accordance with whatever information the town clerk
may have or receive from the board of elections.

2. Inspection of and additions to registration list. At least three
days prior to such election and not on a Sunday the registration list
for such election shall be open for inspection by the public in the
office of the town clerk preparing same between the hours of twelve
o'clock noon and nine o'clock in the evening where and when any person
claiming to be qualified to vote at such election whose name is not
included in the registration list of voters therefor may apply to such
clerk for a revision of such list to include his or her name. The clerk,
upon presentation of proper proofs showing that such person is or will
at the time of such election be qualified to vote for town officers of
such town as a resident of such territory, shall revise such list to
include the name of such person.

3. Notice of availability of list for inspection and additions. Within
ten days after the right to an election is complete the town clerk of
each town in which any portion of such territory is located shall cause
to be posted in five public places in that part of such territory
located in such town and also to be published at least twice in the
newspaper or newspapers designated pursuant to subdivision eleven of
section sixty-four of the town law, a notice: that a registration list
of voters qualified to vote at such election will be available for
inspection in his office between the hours of twelve o'clock noon and
nine o'clock in the evening on a day specified therein which day shall
not be on a Sunday and shall be at least three days prior to such
election; that at said time and place said list will be available for
inspection by the public; and also that at said time and place persons
claiming to be qualified to vote at such election whose names are not on
such list may, upon presentation of proper proofs, have their names
added thereto. For the purposes of this section, in the event that the
town maintains a website, one of the posting requirements required by
this subdivision may be fulfilled by posting such information on the
town's website.

4. No person shall be entitled to vote at such election whose name
does not appear on the registration list of voters.

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