N.Y. Religious Corporations Law Section 482
Qualification of voters

The following parties and no others shall be qualified voters for all purposes under this article: all persons eighteen years of age or over who are members in good and regular standing of the church or body by admission into membership therewith, in accordance with the standards for membership in the local church as determined by the local church itself.

Source: Section 482 — Qualification of voters, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/RCO/482 (updated Nov. 27, 2015; accessed Feb. 14, 2026).

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