Section 3-300. Board employees; appointment

Every board of elections shall
  appoint, and at its pleasure remove, clerks, voting machine technicians,
  custodians and  other  employees,  fix  their  number,  prescribe  their
  duties,  fix  their  titles and rank and establish their salaries within
  the amounts appropriated therefor by  the  local  legislative  body  and
  shall  secure  in the appointment of employees of the board of elections
  equal representation of the major political parties.  Every commissioner
  in each board of elections except for  commissioners  of  the  board  of
  elections  of the city of New York, may approve and at pleasure remove a
  deputy, establish his title and prescribe his duties. In the city of New
  York, the board of elections shall appoint an executive director  and  a
  deputy  executive  director  whose  duties  it shall be to supervise the
  operations of the board of  elections  under  the  supervision  of  such
  board.