3-408 - Election inspectors and clerks; additional clerks to count absentee ballots. - New York Statutes

§ 3-408. Election inspectors and clerks; additional clerks to count absentee ballots. Two additional clerks, to be appointed in the same manner as the inspectors of election, may be appointed in any election district where absentee and military ballots have been mailed to twenty-five or more of its registrants. Such clerks shall be present at least one hour before the polls close and at the close of the polls shall canvass the absentee and military ballots. The clerks shall be divided between the major political parties. Such clerks shall be paid, by the town or city containing the election district for which they are appointed to serve, in an amount fixed by the town or city legislative body.