Resolution with Respect to Local Registration - Adopted 02-06-2024

RESOLUTION OF THE COMMISSIONERS
OF ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK WITH
RESPECT TO LOCAL REGISTRATION

     WHEREAS, pursuant to New York State Election Law § 5–202(1), the board of inspectors shall meet each year for the purpose of taking the registration of voters (hereinafter “Local Registration”); and

     WHEREAS, New York State Election Law § 5–202(6), adds, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any board of elections may, by resolution adopted no later than the first day of July in any year, except a year in which presidential and vice presidential electors are to be elected, provide that no meeting for local registration shall be held in the county or the city of New York; and

     WHEREAS, pursuant to New York State Election Law § 5–202(6), if a board of elections, including the Board of Elections in the City of New York, adopts a resolution eliminating meetings for local registration, such resolution shall remain in effect for such year and each succeeding year, except years in which presidential and vice presidential electors are to be elected.

     THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, pursuant to the authority vested in them by § 5–202(6) of the New York State Election Law, hereby reaffirm the longstanding practice of the Board of Elections in the City of New York that no meeting for Local Registration shall be held in New York City, except in a year in which presidential and vice presidential electors are to be elected.

Adopted unanimously at the Stated Meeting of the Commissioners of Elections in the City of New York held on Tuesday, February 6, 2024