filed in the office of the county clerk, and if in the county of Erie in the office of the commissioner of elections, within the time required by this section for filing the declination of nomination to a county office, and the county clerk or the said commissioner shall forthwith notify the town clerk in writing of such declination. The officer to whom such notification is given shall forthwith inform by mail or otherwise the committee, if any, appointed on the face of such certificate as permitted by sections one hundred and twenty-one and one hundred and twenty-three of this article, and otherwise one or more persons whose names are attached to such certificate, that the nomination conferred by such certificate has been declined, and if such declination be filed. with the secretary of state, such officer shall also give immediate notice by mail or otherwise that such nomination has been declined, to the several county clerks or other officers authorized by law to prepare official ballots for election districts affected by such declination. § 134. Objections to certificates of nomination. A written objection to any certificate of nomination may be filed with the officer with whom the original certificate of nomination is filed within three days after the filing of such certificate. If such objection be filed, notice thereof shall be given forthwith by mail to the committee, if any, appointed on the face of such certificate for the purposes specified in section one hundred and thirty-five of this article, and also to each candidate placed in nomination by such certificate. The questions raised by such written objection shall be heard and determined as prescribed in section one hundred and twenty-five of this article. § 135. Filling vacancies in nominations. If a nomination is duly declined, or the attempt to nominate at a primary results in a tie, or a candidate regularly nominated dies before election day, or is found to be disqualified to hold the office for which he is nominated, or if any certificate of nomination is found to be defective but not wholly void, the committee appointed on the face of such certificate of nomination, as permitted by sections one hundred and twenty-one and one hundred and twenty-three of this article, may make a new nomination to fill the vacancy so created, or may supply such defect, as the case may be, by making and filing with the proper officer a certificate setting forth the cause of the vacancy or the nature of the defect, the name of the new candidate, the title of the office for which he is nominated, the name of the original candidate, the name of the political party or other nominating body which was inscribed on the original certificate, and such further information as is required to be given by an original certificate of nomination; except that where a certificate is filed pursuant to this section to fill a vacancy, it shall not be lawful to select a new emblem or device, but the emblem or device chosen to represent or distinguish the candidate nominated by the original certificate shall be used to represent and distinguish the candidate nominated as provided by this section. The cer any § 136. Certificates of new nominations. tificate so made shall be subscribed and acknowledged by a majority of the members of the committee, and the members of the committee subscribing the same shall make oath before the officer or officers before whom they shall severally acknowledge the execution of the said certificate that the matters therein stated are true to the best of their information and belief. Except in a case provided for in section one hundred and thirty-seven, the said certificate shall be filed in the office in which the original certificate was filed, at least six days before election, if filed in the office of a town or village clerk; at least fifteen days before the election, if filed with the county clerk or the board of elections of the city of New York, or the commissioner of elections of the county of Erie, or the city clerk of city; and at least fifteen days if filed with the secretary of state; and upon being so filed shall have the same force and effect as an original certificate of nomination. When such certificate is filed with the secretary of state, he shall, in certifying the nomination to the various county clerks and other officers, insert the name of the person who has been nominated as prescribed by the previous section, instead of that of the candidate nominated by the original certificate, or, if he has already sent forward his certificate, he shall forthwith certify to the proper clerks and other officers the name of the person nominated as prescribed by the previous section, and such other facts as are required to be stated in such certificate. When no nomination shall have been originally made by a political party or by an independent body for an office, or when a vacancy shall exist, it shall not be lawful for any committee of such party or independent body authorized to make nominations or to fill vacancies, to nominate or substitute the name of a candidate of another party or independent body for such office; it being the intention of this chapter that when a candidate of one party is nominated and placed on the ticket of another party or independent body, such nomination must be made at the time and in the manner provided for making original nominations by such party or independent body. § 137. Death of candidate after printing of ballots; official pasters. In case of the death of a candidate after the official ballots have been printed, and before election day, the vacancy may be filled by filing the proper certificate of nomination of a candidate to fill such vacancy, with the officer or board with whom the original certificate was filed, and it then shall be the duty of the officer or board furnishing the official ballots to prepare and furnish to the inspectors of election in the election districts affected adhesive pasters containing the name of the candidate nominated to fill the vacancy, and the title of the office for which he was nominated. The pasters shall be of plain white paper, printed in plain black ink and in the same kind of type as that used in printing the titles of the offices and the names of the candidates upon the official ballots, and shall be of a size as large as and no larger than the space occupied upon the official ballot by the title of the office and the name of the candidate in whose place the candidate named upon the paster has been nominated. If the candidate be one of a group of candidates, such official paster shall contain the name of the candidate but not the title of the office. Whenever such pasters are provided, the officer or board furnishing them shall certify to the inspectors of election in the election districts affected by the vacancy, the name of the original candidate, the name of the new nominee, the title of the office for which the nomination is made, and the name of the political party or independent body making the nomination, and shall state the number of pasters furnished, which number shall be equal to the number of official ballots furnished for such district. Upon the delivery of said pasters, the inspectors of election shall sign a receipt for the same, which receipt shall be retained by the officer or board furnishing the pasters, and shall be part of the record of his or their office. The inspectors shall deliver the pasters to the ballot clerks, who are required to affix one of such pasters in the proper place and in a proper manner upon each official ballot before said ballot shall be delivered to a voter. When so affixed to the official ballot, the pasters shall be considered as being part of the official ballot. The ballot clerks shall include in their statement of ballots a statement showing the number of pasters received by them, the number of pasters affixed to official ballots and the number of unused pasters returned by them, the unused pasters to be inclosed in the package of ballots not delivered to voters. The use of any paster upon the official ballot otherwise than as herein provided is hereby declared a felony, punishable by imprisonment in a state prison for not less than one nor more than five years. ARTICLE 6 Registration of Voters Section 150. Meetings for registration. 151. Additional meetings for registration. 153. Adding and erasing names on register. 155. Register where personal registration is required. 159. Registration elsewhere. 160. Registration for other than general elections. 162. Qualifications of voters. 163. Gaining or losing a residence. 164. Illiterate and disabled voters. 165. Change of residence within election district. 167. Preparation of challenge affidavits. 168. Form of challenge affidavits. 169. Challenging applicants for registration. 176. Certification of register. 177. Making up the registers; custody thereof after regis tration. 178. Custody and filing of registers after registration in cities of first class. 179. Certifying changes in registers. 180. Custody of registers after election. 181. Certifying number of registered voters. Section 182. Delivery of blank books for registration; certificates and instructions. 183. Delivery of previous registers and poll books to inspectors. 184. Penalties. § 150. Meetings for registration. Before every general election, the board of inspectors for each election district in every city, and in villages having five thousand inhabitants or more, shall hold four meetings for the registration of the voters thereof, at the place designated therefor, to be known respectively as the first, second, third and fourth meetings for registration. The said meetings shall be held in every city, and in villages having five thousand inhabitants or more, except in the city of New York, on the fourth Friday, fourth Saturday and the third Friday and third Saturday before such election. In the city of New York the said meetings shall be held on the twenty-ninth, twenty-eighth, twenty-fourth and twenty-second days before such election. Each meeting, if in cities of the first class, shall begin at seven o'clock, if elsewhere, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, and continue, if in cities of the first class, until ten o'clock, if elsewhere, until nine o'clock in the evening. In all election districts other than in cities or villages having five thousand inhabitants or more, the board of inspectors of election for each such election district shall hold two meetings for the registration of voters thereof, at the places designated therefor, before each general election, namely, on the fourth and third Saturdays before the election, to be known respectively as the first and second meetings for registration, which meetings shall begin at nine o'clock in the forenoon and continue until nine o'clock in the evening. § 151. Additional meetings for registration. The board of inspectors of election shall also, if ordered so to do by the supreme court, or a justice thereof, or a county judge, as provided in section one hundred and fifty-three of this article, meet on the second Saturday before each general election for the purpose of correcting the registers by adding or striking off the name of any person as directed by such order. It shall be the duty of each inspector of election to make a note on the registers opposite the name of each person so added or so stricken off, of the date of such order, and the court, justice or judge issuing the same. If any special or other election other than a general election shall be ordered or held in any city or village, the inspectors of election of the various election districts in which such special or other election is to be held, shall meet in their respective districts at the place |