Section 4-134. Preparation and delivery of ballots, supplies and equipment for use at elections

1. The board of elections shall  deliver,  at  its
  office,  to  the  clerk  of  each town or city in the county, except the
  cities of New York, Buffalo and Rochester  and  to  the  clerk  of  each
  village  in  the county in which elections are conducted by the board of
  elections, by the Saturday before the primary, general, village or other
  election for which they are required: the official and  sample  ballots;
  envelopes  containing  absentee  voters' ballots received not later than
  five o'clock in the afternoon  of  the  Friday  before  the  day  of  an
  election;  unless  such  board of elections has determined by resolution
  adopted at least thirty days before election day  not  to  deliver  such
  absentee  ballots  to  the  inspectors of election at the polling place,
  ledgers prepared for delivery in the manner provided in subdivision  two
  of  this  section  and  containing  the registration poll records of all
  persons entitled to vote at such election in such town, city or village,
  or computer generated registration lists containing  the  names  of  all
  persons entitled to vote at such election in such town, city or village;
  challenge  reports  prepared  as  directed  by  this chapter; sufficient
  applications for registration by mail; sufficient ledger seals and other
  supplies and equipment required by this article to be  provided  by  the
  board of elections for each polling place in such town, city or village.
  The board of elections shall deliver at its office to each town, city or
  village  clerk  those ballots from military and absentee voters received
  after five o'clock in the afternoon of  the  Friday  before  and  before
  twelve  o'clock  noon on the Monday before the primary, general or other
  election for which they are required, unless such board of elections has
  determined by resolution adopted at least thirty  days  before  election
  day  not  to  deliver  such ballots to the inspectors of election at the
  polling place, and the town, city or village clerk receiving such ballot
  envelope shall cause the same to  be  delivered  to  the  inspectors  of
  election of the election district as provided in this section. The town,
  city  or  village  clerk  shall  call  at  the  office  of such board of
  elections at such time and receive such ballots, supplies and equipment.
  In the cities of New York, Buffalo and Rochester the board of  elections
  shall  cause such ballots, supplies and equipment to be delivered to the
  board of inspectors of each  election  district  approximately  one-half
  hour before the opening of the polls for voting, and shall take receipts
  therefor.
    2.  The  board of elections shall provide for each election district a
  ledger or ledgers containing the registration poll  records  or  printed
  lists  with  computer  generated  facsimile  signatures,  of all persons
  entitled to vote in  such  election  district  at  such  election.  Such
  ledgers  shall  be  labelled,  sealed,  locked and transported in locked
  carrying cases. After leaving the board of elections  no  such  carrying
  case  shall be unlocked except at the time and in the manner provided in
  this chapter.
    3. Any envelope containing  absentee  voters'  ballots  on  which  the
  blanks  have  not  been properly filled in shall not be delivered to the
  town or city clerk or the board of inspectors as aforesaid but shall  be
  stamped  to  indicate the defect and shall be preserved by the board for
  at least one year after the receipt thereof.
    4. Each kind of official ballot shall be arranged in a package in  the
  consecutive  order of the numbers printed on the stubs thereof beginning
  with number one.   All official and sample  ballots  for  each  election
  district  shall  be  in  separate sealed packages, clearly marked on the
  outside thereof, with the number and kind of ballots  contained  therein
  and  indorsed  with  the  designation of the election district for which
  they were prepared.  The  other  supplies  provided  for  each  election

  district also shall be inclosed in a sealed package, or packages, with a
  label on the outside thereof showing the contents of each package.
    5.  Each  town,  city  and village clerk receiving such packages shall
  cause all such packages so received and marked for any election district
  to be delivered unopened and with the  seals  thereof  unbroken  to  the
  inspectors of election of such election districts at least one-half hour
  before the opening of the polls of such election therein, and shall take
  a receipt therefor specifying the number and kind of packages delivered.
  At  the  same  time  each such clerk shall cause to be delivered to such
  inspectors the equipment described in subdivision two  of  this  section
  and shall cause a receipt to be taken therefor.
    6.  Town,  city  and  village  clerks required to provide official and
  sample ballots, registration records, seals, supplies and equipment,  as
  described  in  this  section,  for  town, city and village elections not
  conducted by the board of elections, shall in like manner, deliver  them
  to  the inspectors or presiding officers of the election at each polling
  place at which such meetings and elections are  held,  respectively,  in
  like  sealed  packages  marked  on the outside in like manner, and shall
  take receipts therefor in like manner.