New York Laws
Article 2 - 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.

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