§ 5-202. Local registration; provision for. 1. The board of inspectors
for every election district shall meet for the purpose of taking the
registration of voters not earlier than the sixth Saturday or later than
the fourth Saturday before each general election. During such period, in
the city of New York and in counties having a population of three
hundred thousand or more, the board shall hold two meetings each year,
including at least one on a Saturday. During such period, in all other
counties, the board shall hold one meeting each year, on a Saturday,
except that in years in which a president of the United States is to be
elected, the board shall hold two such meetings, including at least one
on a Saturday. If the polling place of an election district is located
in a building owned by a religious organization or used by it as a place
of worship, the building will not be required to be open for voter
registration on any Saturday if this is contrary to the religious
beliefs of the religious organization. The dates of such meetings and
any additional meetings that the board of elections may, in its
discretion, direct to be held shall be determined by the board of
elections except that no such meeting shall be held on the religious
holidays of Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashana, Simchas Torah, Shmini Atzereth or
Succoth. The board of elections shall also determine the hours for
conducting all such meetings, provided, however, that there shall be not
less than seven consecutive hours for registration on a Saturday and not
less than three and one-half consecutive hours on any other meeting day.
The days and hours of registration shall be uniform throughout the
county and in the city of New York throughout the city, and meetings
shall begin not earlier than six o'clock in the morning and continue not
later than half-past ten o'clock in the evening and no Saturday meeting
shall end before nine o'clock in the evening.

2. Local registration shall always be received by two members of the
local board of inspectors, representing respectively the two political
parties as provided herein for the appointment of inspectors.

3. The last day of local registration shall be uniform throughout the
state and such registration day shall be designated by the state board
of elections not later than the first day of June preceding the general
election in each year. Such statewide registration day shall be one of
the registration days hereinabove provided in this section, provided,
however, that in any year in which presidential and vice-presidential
electors are to be elected such day shall not be more than thirty days
before the general election. If the polling place of an election
district is located in a building owned by a religious organization or
used by it as a place of worship, the building will not be required to
be open for voter registration on a Saturday if this is contrary to the
religious beliefs of the religious organization.

4. Each board of elections shall make and file in its office and with
the state board of elections a determination as to the dates and hours
for local registration not later than the tenth day of July next
preceding the general election in each year, and shall publish such
dates and hours at least once in the two week period preceding the first
day of such registration. Such publication shall be in two newspapers
published within the county. If the county contains a city or cities, at
least one of such newspapers shall be published in the city, or the
largest city, if there be more than one.

5. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this chapter, in any
year the board of elections may provide that a single place and a single
board of inspectors shall be used for taking the local registration of
two or more election districts provided that such board shall find that
more than one-half the anticipated registrants in such districts are
already registered permanently. In cities, notice of such action shall
be published with the list of registration places as provided in this
chapter. In towns, the board of elections shall cause notice of such
action with the location of the registration place designated for such
election district to be posted in five conspicuous public places within
each affected election district or to be published in the manner
provided by this chapter for the optional publication of places of
registration. In all cases where notice is given by publication, the
board of elections shall cause notice of such action, with the location
of the registration place designated for such election district to be
posted, on the days of registration, at the entrance to the regular
polling place for each affected election district.

6. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any board of
elections, and in the city of New York, the board of elections of the
city of New York, may, by resolution adopted not 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.
If a board of elections or the board of elections of 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, unless it is thereafter repealed by a resolution
adopted at least sixty days prior to the first day for holding local
registrations as provided for under the provisions of this article.