N.Y.
Village Law Section 2-222
Canvass of election
1.
At the close of the polls and as soon thereafter as the inspectors of election shall have completed their other duties as provided in this chapter and in the applicable provisions of the election law, the inspectors thereat shall publicly canvass and ascertain the vote without adjournment or postponement and upon the completion of the canvass shall make and sign a certificate of the holding of the election and of the canvass showing for the territory or for each part of each town in the territory and computed separately for each such part, as the case may be, the whole number of such votes, the number of blank and void ballots, if any, the number for incorporation and the number against incorporation. If a majority of the valid votes cast in the territory or in each part of each town in the territory and computed separately for each such part, as the case may be, is for incorporation, the proposed village shall be incorporated as provided in § 2-234 (Date and certificate of incorporation and effective dates)section 2-234 of this article. The inspectors of election shall also and before nine thirty o’clock in the forenoon of the following day file the original of such certificate in the office of the clerk of the town wherein was filed the original of the petition for incorporation and duplicate copies thereof in the offices of the clerks of all other towns in which a portion of such territory is located.2.
If the certificate shows that less than a majority of the valid votes cast in the territory or in any part of any town in the territory and computed separately for such part, as the case may be, at such election is for incorporation then no proceeding for the incorporation of the same territory shall be commenced within one year from the date of such election.
Source:
Section 2-222 — Canvass of election, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/VIL/2-222 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Apr. 13, 2024).
