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N.Y. Elec. Law § 8-510

Challenge report; completion of and procedure after

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Current — January 1, 2020
As of January 1, 2015
§ 8-510. Challenge report; completion of and closing of registration\npoll ledgers. 1. Immediately after the close of the polls the board of\ninspectors of election shall verify the entries which it has made on the\nchallenge report or at the end of the computer generated registration\nlist by comparing such entries with the information appearing on the\nregistration poll records of the affected voters or the information\nappearing next to the names of such voters on the computer generated\nregistration list. If it has made no entries in section two, three or\nfour of such report it shall write across such section the words "No\nchallenges", "No assistance" or "None", as the case may be, as directed\nin this chapter.\n 2. After completing such report the inspectors shall sign the\ncertificate at the end of such report.\n 3. The inspectors shall place such completed report, and each court\norder, if any, directing that a person be permitted to vote, inside a\nledger of registration records or computer generated registration lists\nbetween the front cover, and the first registration record and then\nshall close and seal each ledger of registration records or computer\ngenerated registration lists, affix their signature to the seal, lock\nsuch ledger in the carrying case furnished for that purpose and enclose\nthe keys in a sealed package or seal such list in the envelope provided\nfor that purpose.\n
§ 8-510. Challenge report; completion of and procedure after. 1.\nImmediately after the close of the polls the board of inspectors of\nelection shall verify the entries which it has made on the challenge\nreport or in the spaces provided in the computer generated registration\nlist by comparing such entries with the information appearing on the\nregistration poll records of the affected voters or the information\nappearing in the spaces provided in the computer generated registration\nlist. If it has made no entries in section two, three or four of such\nreport it shall write across or note in such section the words "No\nchallenges", "No assistance" or "None", as the case may be, as directed\nin this chapter.\n 2. After completing such report the inspectors shall sign a\ncertificate in the spaces provided by the county board of elections for\nsuch report.\n 3. The inspectors shall place such completed report, and each court\norder, if any, directing that a person be permitted to vote, in the\nsecure container provided by the county board of elections for such\nledger of registration records or computer generated registration lists\nand then shall close and seal each ledger of registration records or\ncomputer generated registration lists, lock such ledger in the carrying\ncase furnished for that purpose and enclose the keys in a sealed package\nor seal such list in the envelope provided for that purpose.\n

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