§ § 4-114Determination of candidates and questions; county board of elections

elections. The county board of elections, not later than the
fifty-fourth day before the day of a primary or general election, the
fifty-third day before a special election, or twenty-four days before a
special election held pursuant to paragraph b of subdivision three of
section forty-two of the public officers law, shall determine the
candidates duly nominated for public office and the questions that shall
appear on the ballot within the jurisdiction of that board of elections.