Section 1-102. Applicability of chapter  


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  • This  chapter shall govern the
      conduct of all elections at which voters of the state of  New  York  may
      cast  a  ballot  for  the purpose of electing an individual to any party
      position or nominating or electing an individual to any federal,  state,
      county,  city,  town  or village office, or deciding any ballot question
      submitted to all the voters of the state or the voters of any county  or
      city,  or  deciding  any  ballot question submitted to the voters of any
      town or village at the time of a  general  election.  Where  a  specific
      provision  of law exists in any other law which is inconsistent with the
      provisions  of  this  chapter,  such  provision  shall  apply  unless  a
      provision  of this chapter specifies that such provision of this chapter
      shall apply notwithstanding any other provision of law.