N.Y. Education Law Section 2031-A
Electioneering within one hundred feet of polling place prohibited

  • distance markers

1.

At every election held for the office of trustee or member of a board of education and at every vote upon any proposition or issue in a school district where the election or vote is held at a different time from, and not during, the annual meeting of the district, there shall be conspicuously placed, by the inspectors of election, distance markers at a distance of one hundred feet from the polling place. Such distance markers shall indicate the prohibition contained herein and shall be so placed at least one-half hour before the opening of the polls and shall remain until the polls are closed.

2.

At such elections or voting held at a different time from, and not during, the annual meeting of the district, while the polls are open no person shall do any electioneering within the polling place, or within one hundred feet therefrom in any public street, or within such distance in any place in a public manner and no banner, poster or placard on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate or issue to be voted upon shall be allowed in or upon the polling place or within one hundred feet therefrom during the election. For the purposes of this section, the one hundred foot distance shall be deemed to include a one hundred foot radial measured from the entrances, designated by the inspectors of election, to a building where such election is being held. This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the board of trustees or board of education from displaying within any polling place a copy or copies of any budget or proposition to be voted upon.

3.

Any person who wilfully violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Source: Section 2031-A — Electioneering within one hundred feet of polling place prohibited; distance markers, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/2031-A (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Feb. 21, 2026).

2001
Notice of first meeting of district 2002
Time and place of annual meeting 2003
Notice of annual meeting in common school district 2004
Notice of annual meeting in union free school district 2005
Special meeting to transact business of annual meeting 2006
Special meeting in common school district 2007
Special meeting in union free school district 2008
Call of special district meeting by district superintendent 2009
Additional requirements of notice where tax to be authorized to be levied in installments 2010
Effect of want of due notice of district meetings 2011
Duty to attend district meetings 2012
Qualifications of voters at district meetings 2014
Registration of voters 2015
Register to be filed 2016
Review of registration procedure by supreme court or county judge 2017
Division of union free school district into election districts 2018
Nomination of candidates for the office of member of the board of education in all union free school districts or for the office of membe... 2018–A
Absentee ballots for school district elections 2018–B
Absentee ballots for school district elections by poll registration 2018–C
Additional voting procedures 2018–D
Military voters 2018–E
Early mail ballots for school district elections 2018–F
Early mail ballots for school district elections by poll registration 2019
Declaration in case of challenge of voter 2019–A
Voting by persons whose names are not in the registration poll ledgers 2020
Penalty for false declaration or unauthorized vote 2021
Powers of voters 2022
Vote on school district budgets and on the election of school district trustees and board of education members 2022–A
Disaster 2023
Levy of tax for certain purposes without vote 2023–A
Limitations upon school district tax levies 2023–B
Certification of compliance with tax levy limit 2024
Reference to commissioner of education 2025
Procedures at school district meetings 2029
Poll list 2030
Ballot box 2031
Election of officers 2031–A
Electioneering within one hundred feet of polling place prohibited 2032
Ballots for election of school district officers 2033
Voting after closing of polls 2034
Canvass of votes 2035
Use of voting machines at school district meetings or elections 2036
Effect of failure to appoint or elect qualified voters as district meeting or election officials 2037
Determination of meeting or election disputes 2038
Application of article 2039
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Verified:
Feb. 21, 2026

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 2031-A. Electioneering within one hundred feet of polling place prohibited's source at nysenate​.gov

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