Section 478. Administration of oaths by superintendents and deputies.. mittee... THE ELECTION LAW. CHAP. 22. AN ACT in relation to the elections, constituting chapter seventeen of the consolidated laws. Became a law February 17, 1909, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: CHAPTER 17 OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS ELECTION LAW 'Article 1. Short title; application; definitions (§§ 1-3). 2. Enrollment of voters (§§ 4-24). 3. Party organization (§§ 35-43). 4. Party nominations and designations (§§ 45-58). 24-b. Conventions (§§ 110-114). 5. Nominating certificates; emblems; vacancies (§§ 121-- 6. Registration of voters (§§ 150-184). 8. Times, places, notices, officers and expenses of elec- 9. Ballots and stationery (§§ 330-345). 10. Conduct of elections and canvass of votes (§§ 350381). 11. Voting machines (§§ 390–421). 12. Boards of canvassers (§§ 430-444). 13. United States senators, representatives in congress and presidential electors (§§ 449–457). 14. State superintendents of elections (88 471-489). 15. Soldiers' and sailors' elections (§§ 500-522). 16. Corrupt practices (§§ 540-562). 17. Laws repealed; when to take effect (§§ 570, 571). 1 Schedule of headings amended by chap. 891, Laws of 1911, and chap. 800, Laws of 1913. 2 Article 4-b repealed by chap. 820, Laws of 1913. ARTICLE 1 Short Title; Application; Definitions 1Section 1. Short title. 2. Application. 3. Definitions. § 1. Short title. "Election Law." This chapter shall be known as the § 2. Application. Except as otherwise herein provided, articles two, three, four and four-a of this chapter shall be controlling: 1. On the method of enrolling the voters of a party. 2. On the organization and conduct of party committees. 3. On the method of electing members of state and county committees, and delegates and alternates to national party conventions. 4. On the nomination by parties of all candidates for offices authorized to be filled at a general election, except town, village and school district officers. [As added by chap. 891, Laws of 1911, and amended by chap. 820, Laws of 1913.] § 3. Definitions. The terms used in this chapter shall have the signification herein defined unless other meaning is clearly apparent in language or context; 1. The term “general election means the election held on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday in November. 2. The term "official primary" or "official primary election " means a primary election held by a party for the purpose of nominating candidates for office or, electing persons to party positions and conducted by the public officers charged by law with the duty of conducting general elections. An "unofficial primary" or "unofficial primary election" means any other primary or primary election held by a party or independent body. 3. The term "primary day" means the day upon which an official primary election is held, as in this chapter provided. 4. The term “fall primary" means the official primary election held on the fifth Tuesday before the general election. 5. The term "spring primary " means the official primary elec 1 Schedule of section headings amended by chap. 891, Laws of 1911. tion held on the first Tuesday in April in years when a president of the United States is to be elected. 6. The term " unit of representation mean's any election district, town, ward of a city, assembly district, or any other politica! subdivision of the state, respectively, which is the unit from which members of any political committee or delegates to a party convention shall be elected as herein provided. 7. The term "custodian of primary records" means the officer or board whose duty it is by the provisions of this chapter to provide official ballots for general elections. 8. The term "party" means any political organization which at the last preceding election for governor polled at least ten thousand votes for governor. 9. The term "nomination" means the selection in accordance with the provisions of this chapter of a candidate for office authorized to be filled at a general election or at a special election held to fill a vacancy in such office. 10. The term "designation means any method in accordance with the provisions of this chapter by which candidates for party nominations, or for election as party committeemen or delegates, may be named in order that they may be placed upon the official ballot for any official primary election. 11. The term "official primary ballot" means the ballot prepared, printed and supplied for use at an official primary election in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. 12. The term "party position" means membership in a party committee or the position of delegate or alternate to a national party convention. 13. The term committee means any committee chosen, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, to represent the members of a party in any political subdivision of the state. 14. The term "independent body" means any organization or association of citizens which, by independent certificate, nom inates candidates for office to be voted for at a general, special or village election, or town meeting, and which, if such independent body nominated a candidate for governor at the preceding general election of a governor, did not poll at least ten thousand votes for its candidate for such office. 15. The term 66 party nomination means the selection by a party of a candidate for an office authorized to be filled at a |