New York § 15-134 - 15-134Failure to designate terms
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 15-134 — 15-134Failure to designate terms, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 15-134. 15-134Failure to designate terms
§ 15-134. Failure to designate terms. No election of village officers, held in any village, shall be invalid on account of the failure of the electors to designate in their ballots the respective terms of office of persons to be elected thereat, for the same office, for different terms; but the persons so to be elected to such office, who are eligible and receive the highest number of votes, shall be elected. The person first named on a ballot containing the names of more than one person for such an office, and not designating their respective terms, shall be deemed designated for the longest term, the second, for the next longest term, and so on to the end; and the inspectors of election shall count the ballots and certify the result accordingly.
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Section 15-134 ("15-134Failure to designate terms") is part of the New York Consolidated Laws, the codified statutory law of New York. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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