§ 2014. Registration of voters. 1. In any union free school district,\nthe board of education may upon its own motion provide for the personal\nregistration of voters at school meetings or elections in such district\nas provided in this section.\n In such event, the board of education in such district shall\nimmediately designate four qualified voters of such district to\nconstitute a board of registration for such district to serve until the\nthirtieth day following the next annual meeting or election of such\ndistrict. Thereafter, the board of education of such district shall\nannually designate, not later than the thirtieth day following the\nannual meeting or election of such district, four qualified voters of\nsuch district to constitute a board of registration for such district.\nSuch members of the board of registration so appointed shall serve until\nthe thirtieth day after the annual meeting or election of such district\nin the following year. In the event that a vacancy shall occur on the\nboard of registration, the board of education at any time may designate\na qualified voter of such district as a member of the board of\nregistration for such district to fill the vacancy.\n Each member of the board of registration shall be entitled to\ncompensation at a rate to be fixed by the board of education for each\nday actually and necessarily spent upon the duties of his office.\n 2. The board of registration of such district shall meet during the\nannual meeting or election of such district at the place where such\nannual meeting or election is held for the purpose of preparing a\nregister for meetings or elections held subsequent to such annual\nmeeting or election. Such board of registration of such district shall,\nin addition, meet on such day or days as shall be fixed by the board of\neducation, the last day of which, however, shall not be more than\nfourteen nor less than five days preceding each school meeting or\nelection in such district at such place in the school district, and at\nsuch hours, as the board of education shall by resolution designate,\nwhich hours shall include at least four consecutive hours between seven\no'clock in the morning and eight o'clock in the evening, for the purpose\nof preparing a register for such meeting or election provided, however,\nthat at any annual meeting the majority of the voters may adopt a\nresolution authorizing the registration of voters during the hours for\nenrollment of children for a school term; provided further, however,\nthat such voters may also authorize registration during certain\nspecified hours of the school day, at the office of the district clerk\nor business office of the school district by the district clerk,\nassistant district clerk or a member of the board of registration. Such\nregistration shall not take place less than five days preceding any\nschool meeting or election. Such registration shall be effective to\ninclude the next annual meeting and shall take place at the school or\nschools within the district designated in the resolution. The register\nshall, so far as practical, be in the same form as the register of\nvoters in an election district for general elections in a city or\nvillage having five thousand inhabitants or more, under the election\nlaw. The register shall be arranged alphabetically by the surnames, and\nthe place of residence by street and number or otherwise of each person\nnamed on the list shall be given, or if none, some description\naccurately locating such place of residence shall be given on such\nregister. In addition, the register shall have a column or columns in\nwhich the inspectors of election may indicate whether each person named\non the list shall have voted in any election or elections or at any\nmeeting or meetings. The district clerk of such district shall attend\nwith the board of registration. The board of registration and the\ndistrict clerk, shall, for the annual meeting or election of the school\nd
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