New York Laws
Title 2 - Consolidation of Local Government Entities
759 - Canvassing of Vote; Moratorium on Further Referendum.

§ 759. Canvassing of vote; moratorium on further referendum. 1. In any
referendum held pursuant to this title, the ballots cast shall be
counted, returns made and canvassed and results certified in the same
manner as other municipal elections or referendums for the local
government entities to be consolidated.

2. Consolidation shall not take effect unless a majority of the
electors voting in each local government entity to be consolidated vote
in favor of consolidation. If in any one of the entities such a majority
vote does not result, the referendum shall fail and consolidation shall
not take effect.

3. If consolidation is approved by a majority of the electors voting
in each local government entity to be consolidated, certificates of such
result shall be immediately filed with the secretary of state and with
the clerks of the entities and county in which any part of the entities
is situated.

4. If the referendum shall fail, the consolidation process specified
by this title shall not be initiated for the same purpose within four
years of the date of such referendum. This subdivision, however, does
not apply to a permissive referendum conducted pursuant to section seven
hundred sixty-three of this title.