Corning v. Board of Elections of Albany County

OPINION OF THE COURT

Subdivision 2 of section 8-100 of the Election Law provides that polls shall be open for voting in a primary election from 12:00 p.m. (noon) until 9:00 p.m., except in the City of New York and the Counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland and Erie where they are to be open from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. The predecessor of section 8-100, former section 191 of the Election Law, provided for primary voting hours of 12:00 p.m. (noon) until 9:00 p.m., except in the City of New York where the hours were 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. An amendment in 1973 extended the hours in the…