§ 4-104. Registration and polling places; designation of. 1. Every\nboard of elections shall, in consultation with each city, town and\nvillage, designate the polling places in each election district in which\nthe meetings for the registration of voters, and for any election may be\nheld. The board of trustees of each village in which general and special\nvillage elections conducted by the board of elections are held at a time\nother than the time of a general election shall submit such a list of\npolling places for such village elections to the board of elections. A\npolling place may be located in a building owned by a religious\norganization or used by it as a place of worship. If such a building is\ndesignated as a polling place, it shall not be required to be open for\nvoter registration on any Saturday if this is contrary to the religious\nbeliefs of the religious organization. In such a situation, the board of\nelections shall designate an alternate location to be used for voter\nregistration. Such polling places must be designated by March fifteenth,\nof each year, and shall be effective for one year thereafter. Such a\nlist required to be submitted by a village board of trustees must be\nsubmitted at least four months before each general village election and\nshall be effective until four months before the subsequent general\nvillage election. No place in which a business licensed to sell\nalcoholic beverages for on premises consumption is conducted on any day\nof local registration or of voting shall be so designated. If, within\nthe discretion of the board of elections a particular polling place so\ndesignated is subsequently found to be unsuitable or unsafe or should\ncircumstances arise that make a designated polling place unsuitable or\nunsafe, then the board of elections is empowered to select an\nalternative meeting place. In the city of New York, the board of\nelections shall designate such polling places and alternate registration\nplaces if the polling place cannot be used for voter registration on\nSaturdays.\n 1-a. Each polling place shall be accessible to citizens with\ndisabilities and comply with the accessibility guidelines of the\nAmericans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The state board of elections\nshall publish and distribute to each board of elections with the power\nto designate poll sites, a concise, non-technical guide describing\nstandards for poll site accessibility, including a polling site access\nsurvey instrument, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities\nAct accessibility guidelines (ADAAG) and methods to comply with such\nstandards. Such guide and procedures shall be developed in consultation\nwith persons, groups or entities with knowledge about public access as\nthe state board of elections shall determine appropriate.\n 1-b. The county board of elections shall cause an access survey to be\nconducted for every polling site to verify substantial compliance with\nthe accessibility standards cited in this section. Completed surveys\nshall be submitted to the state board of elections and kept on file as a\npublic record by each county. Each polling site shall be evaluated prior\nto its designation or upon changes to the facility. A site designated as\na polling place prior to the effective date of this subdivision shall be\nevaluated within two years of the effective date of this subdivision by\nan individual qualified to determine whether or not such site meets the\nexisting state and federal accessibility standards. Any polling place\ndeemed not to meet the existing accessibility standards must make\nnecessary changes and/or modifications, or be moved to a verified\naccessible polling place within six months.\n 1-c. The state board of elections shall promulgate any rules and\nregulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section.\n 2. (a) If the board of elections, after designating a polling place,\nand after sending written notice of such polling place to eac
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