NY Elec L § 5-208 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters Title 2 - Registration and Enrollment 5-208 - Transfer of Registration and Enrollment.

§  5-208.  Transfer  of  registration  and enrollment. 1. The board of   elections shall transfer the registration and enrollment  of  any  voter   appearing  on  a  statewide  voter  list  pursuant to subdivision one of   section 5-614 of this article for whom it receives a notice of change of   address to another address in New York  state,  or  for  any  voter  who   submits a ballot in an affidavit ballot envelope which sets forth such a   new  address. Such notices shall include, but not be limited to, notices   received from any state  agency  which  conducts  a  voter  registration   program  pursuant  to the provisions of sections 5-211 and 5-212 of this   title, that the voter has notified such agency of a change of address in   New York state unless the  voter  has  indicated  that  such  change  of   address  is  not  for  voter registration purposes, notices of change of   address from the United  States  Postal  Service  through  the  National   Change  of  Address  System, any notices of a forwarding address on mail   sent to a voter by the board of elections and  returned  by  the  postal   service,  national  or  state  voter  registration  forms,  confirmation   mailing  response  cards,  United  States  Postal  Service  notices   to   correspondents  of change of address, applications for registration from   persons already registered in New York state, or any  other  notices  to   correspondents sent to the board of elections by such voters.2.  Upon  receipt  of  such  a  notice,  the  board  shall compare the   signature (if any) and other information with the  signature  and  other   information  on  the  registration record on file. If such signature and   other information appears to be correct,  the  board  shall  change  the   address of the voter in all the records of such board.3. If such a notice is received at least twenty days before a primary,   special  or  general  election, such change of address must be completed   before such election.4.  If  such  application  for  registration  from  a  voter   already   registered  in  New York state also reflects a change of enrollment, the   board of elections shall treat such application as  an  application  for   change of enrollment pursuant to section 5-304 of this article.5.  As soon as practicable, after it transfers a voter's registration,   the board of elections shall send the voter, by forwardable first  class   or return postage guaranteed mail, a notice advising him of the transfer   in  a  form  which  is  similar  to  the  notice sent to new registrants   pursuant to the provisions of section 5-210 of this title and which  has   been  approved  by the state board of elections. If the notice of change   of address did not contain the  voter's  signature,  such  notice  shall   include  a  postage  paid return card, in a form prescribed by the state   board of elections, on which the voter may notify the board of elections   of any correction of address, together with a statement on  such  notice   and  on  the  return card that the voter should return such card only if   the address to which the notice was sent  is  not  the  voter's  current   address.6.  If  a  notice sent pursuant to subdivision five of this section is   returned by the postal service as undeliverable and without a forwarding   address, the board of elections shall return the  registration  of  such   voter  to  the  original  address, send such voter a confirmation notice   pursuant to the provisions of subdivision one of section 5-712  of  this   title and place such voter in inactive status.7.  The  board  of  elections shall preserve such notices of change of   address for as long as registration records are otherwise required to be   preserved or, if the computer readable records maintained by  the  board   of  elections  include  a  complete copy of such notice, the board shall   preserve the original notice for a period of at least two years or  such   longer period as the state board of elections may require. 8.  If  the  board of elections receives notice of a change of address   within New York state  from,  or  with  respect  to,  a  person  who  it   determines  is not registered in New York state, it shall forthwith send   such person a notice to that effect in a  form  approved  by  the  state   board of elections at the new address set forth in such notice of change   of address, together with a voter registration form.9. The state board of elections shall promulgate regulations as to the   procedures for transferring a voter from one county to another.