ยง 2020. Penalty for false declaration or unauthorized vote. 1. A
person who shall wilfully make a false statement to a board of
registration, or to any member or members thereof, or the clerk of the
district, for the purpose of having his name placed upon the register,
as provided for in section two thousand fifteen, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor.
2. A person who shall wilfully make a false declaration of his right
to vote at a school district meeting or election after his right to vote
thereat has been challenged, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
3. Any person not qualified to vote at such meeting or election, who
shall vote thereat, shall thereby forfeit ten dollars, to be sued for by
the supervisor for the benefit of the district.
Structure New York Laws
Title 2 - School District Organization
Article 41 - District Meetings
2001 - Notice of First Meeting of District.
2002 - Time and Place of Annual Meeting.
2003 - Notice of Annual Meeting in Common School District.
2004 - Notice of Annual Meeting in Union Free School District.
2005 - Special Meeting to Transact Business of Annual Meeting.
2006 - Special Meeting in Common School District.
2007 - Special Meeting in Union Free School District.
2008 - Call of Special District Meeting by District Superintendent.
2009 - Additional Requirements of Notice Where Tax to Be Authorized to Be Levied in Installments.
2010 - Effect of Want of Due Notice of District Meetings.
2011 - Duty to Attend District Meetings.
2012 - Qualifications of Voters at District Meetings.
2014 - Registration of Voters.
2015 - Register to Be Filed; Addition to and Correction of Register; Challenges.
2016 - Review of Registration Procedure by Supreme Court or County Judge.
2017 - Division of Union Free School District Into Election Districts.
2018-A - Absentee Ballots for School District Elections.
2018-B - Absentee Ballots for School District Elections by Poll Registration.
2018-C - Additional Voting Procedures.
2019 - Declaration in Case of Challenge of Voter.
2019-A - Voting by Persons Whose Names Are Not in the Registration Poll Ledgers.
2020 - Penalty for False Declaration or Unauthorized Vote.
2023 - Levy of Tax for Certain Purposes Without Vote; Contingency Budget.
2023-A - Limitations Upon School District Tax Levies.
2023-B - Certification of Compliance With Tax Levy Limit.
2024 - Reference to Commissioner of Education.
2025 - Procedures at School District Meetings.
2030 - Ballot Box; Voting Booth.
2031-A - Electioneering Within One Hundred Feet of Polling Place Prohibited; Distance Markers.
2032 - Ballots for Election of School District Officers.
2033 - Voting After Closing of Polls.
2034 - Canvass of Votes; Declaration of Result.
2035 - Use of Voting Machines at School District Meetings or Elections.