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NY Elec L § 5-403 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters Title 4 - Cancellation of Registration 5-403 - Rejection of Ballot of Unqualified Voter; Notice of Action by Board.

§ 5-403. Rejection of ballot of unqualified voter; notice of action by   board.  If  the  ballot of any person, voted in an affidavit envelope in   the manner prescribed by this chapter, is rejected under the  provisions   of this chapter on the grounds that such person is not a qualified voter   of  the  election  district  wherein he or she sought to vote, or is not   duly enrolled in the party in whose primary he or she sought to vote and   if such person  has  completed  the  application  for  registration  and   enrollment or change of enrollment on such affidavit envelope, the board   of  elections  shall  process  such an application in the same manner as   other  applications  for  registration  and  enrollment  or  change   of   enrollment.  The board of elections shall immediately notify such person   by first class mail  directed  to  the  address  given  in  his  or  her   affidavit,  of  the  rejection  of  his or her ballot, together with the   reason therefor and, if such person has not  completed  the  application   for  registration  by mail, the appropriate information on the times and   places where he or she may register, re-register, enroll, or  change  or   correct  his or her enrollment. Where appropriate, a form of application   for personal registration by mail shall be included with such notice.
NY Elec L § 5-404 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters Title 4 - Cancellation of Registration 5-404 - Cancellation of Registration; Cancellation of Record.

§  5-404. Cancellation of registration; cancellation of record. 1. The   board of elections shall cancel  a  registration  by  marking  the  word   "Cancelled"  on  the  face  of  each  of  the  voter's registration poll   records, without obliterating any of  the  entries  thereon,  and  shall   enter the reasons for such cancellation on the face of such registration   record  or,  if  the  board  uses computer generated registration lists,   entering such reasons in the computer records.    If  requested  by  any   member  of  the board, the cancellation of registration of any voter, or   group of voters, must be approved by  two  such  board  members  or  two   employees  of  the  board representing different political parties. Such   members or employees shall place their  initials  or  other  identifying   information  on  the  registration  poll  record  of such voter, or on a   computer generated list of  such  cancellations.  Such  lists  shall  be   preserved   in  the  same  manner,  and  for  the  same  time,  as  such   registration poll records.2. The board shall supply a list  of  registration  cancellations  and   reinstatements  to the county chairman of any political party requesting   same.
NY Elec L § 5-502 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters Title 5 - Registration Records 5-502 - Registration Records; Supplies and Equipment.

§ 5-502. Registration records; supplies and equipment. 1. The board of   elections  shall  furnish in time for use by the boards of inspectors of   election, the registration records, an American flag, a map or certified   description  of  the  election  district,  and  the  adjoining  election   districts, challenge affidavits, absentee voting applications, a list of   voters  who are currently registered in the election district, a list of   those voters who have been cancelled in the last year  with  the  reason   for  such  cancellations,  forms  for statements of temporary absence, a   sufficient number of copies of the ballot proposals to be  submitted  to   the voters at the ensuing election, at least one copy of the instruction   booklet for inspectors and all other forms and supplies required for the   administration of the registration system as provided by this article.2.  The  board  of  elections  shall  also maintain in its custody and   control:a. At the headquarters of  the  board,  filing  cabinets  and  ledgers   sufficient  in  number  and  form to accommodate the records required by   this article to be kept at such headquarters or office.b. Carrying cases sufficient to carry to  and  from  the  registration   places  the  ledgers,  if  any, and forms required by this chapter to be   available for use at such places.3. Each ledger and cabinet shall be equipped with a  lock  of  such  a   nature  that  when  the  ledger  or  cabinet  is  locked it shall not be   possible to remove any record or form which has been filed  therein,  or   to  file  in  it  any  other record or form. Each carrying case shall be   equipped with a lock. Each carrying case lock and its key shall bear  an   identical distinctive identifying number.4.  Subject  to  the  requirements of this article, the state board of   elections shall prescribe the number of and the form, content, color and   specifications of such registration records, lists, and check cards.  It   may  require  such  other  forms,  supplies  and  equipment  as it deems   necessary to be furnished by the  boards  of  elections  and  any  other   officer charged with equipping the places for taking registrations.
NY Elec L § 5-507 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters Title 5 - Registration Records 5-507 - Voter Pre-Registration and Education on Voter Pre-Registration.

§    5-507.    Voter   pre-registration   and   education   on   voter   pre-registration. 1. Pre-registration. A person who is at least  sixteen   years  of  age  and  who  is otherwise qualified to register to vote may   pre-register  to  vote,  and  shall  be  automatically  registered  upon   reaching the age of eligibility as provided by this chapter.2.  Encouragement  of student voter registration and pre-registration.   Local boards of education are required  to  adopt  policies  to  promote   student  voter  registration  and  pre-registration.  These policies may   include collaboration with county boards of elections to  conduct  voter   registration  and  pre-registration  in  high  schools.  Completion  and   submission of voter registration or pre-registration forms shall not  be   a course requirement or graded assignment for students.
NY Elec L § 5-600 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters Title 6 - Filing and Custody of Registration Records 5-600 - Registration Records; Filing Of.

§  5-600.  Registration  records; filing of. 1. The board of elections   shall keep all registration records, when not in use at the polls for an   election, at its main office, or a branch office designated by it.  Such   records  shall  be  kept in locked ledgers or locked filing cabinets and   shall not be removed from the office or branch office of  the  board  of   elections,  except  that  the  registration  poll  records of all voters   entitled to vote at an election shall be delivered as provided  in  this   chapter  to  the appropriate election district polling places for use at   such election.2. The central file registration records shall be filed for the entire   county  using  a  system  permitting   location   by   name.   Cancelled   registration  records shall be filed separately and shall be arranged in   the same manner as current registration records.3. The registration poll  records  shall  be  classified  by  election   districts,  the records for each election district being filed according   to street, by number, and alphabetically within any address  or  in  the   discretion of the board of elections they may be filed alphabetically by   name of voter.4.  Any  registration record not completed because of the refusal of a   board of inspectors to register an applicant shall be filed by the board   of elections with the cancelled registration records as  if  the  person   affected had registered and his registration had been cancelled.5.  After receipt thereof from a board of inspectors at the close of a   period of local registration, the board of  elections,  before  removing   any  records  or  blank  forms  from  any ledger containing registration   records of voters registered during  such  period,  shall  compare  such   records  and  blanks  with  the  certificate  filed  by  such  board  of   inspectors. It shall investigate any discrepancy between  such  returned   material  and  the information contained on such certificate and if such   discrepancy is not satisfactorily resolved, it shall, at the request  of   any  commissioner,  make a written report thereof in triplicate and send   one copy of such report to the district attorney and one  to  the  state   board  of  elections  and keep the third copy on file at its office as a   public record. The board of elections shall then remove the records  and   blanks from the ledgers and shall file them as provided herein.
NY Elec L § 5-602 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters Title 6 - Filing and Custody of Registration Records 5-602 - Lists of Registered Voters; Publication Of.

§ 5-602. Lists of registered voters; publication of. 1. After the last   day  of  local  registration  and  before  the sixth day before the next   ensuing general election in each year,  the  board  of  elections  shall   cause  to  be published a complete list of names and residence addresses   of the registered voters for each election district over which the board   has jurisdiction. The names for each election district may  be  arranged   according  to  street  and number or alphabetically.  Each list shall be   prepared in such a manner as to indicate the registrants whose names did   not appear on the list of registered voters last published  pursuant  to   the  provisions  of this section and the registrants who are in inactive   status. The board of elections, in its discretion, may publish the names   of the registrants in inactive status as a separate  list.  In  lieu  of   publishing such a registration list, such board of elections may publish   a  complete  list of the names and residence addresses of all registered   voters whose  names  do  not  appear  in  the  annual  enrollment  lists   published  in  such  year  by  such  board,  in  the  same  form as such   enrollment lists, and a list of the registered voters whose names appear   in such annual enrollment lists but who have  been  placed  in  inactive   status  or whose registrations have been cancelled since the publication   of such annual enrollment lists. Lists for all election districts  in  a   ward or assembly district may be bound together in one volume.2.  The board of elections shall cause a list to be published for each   election district over which it has jurisdiction.3. The board of elections shall prepare such number of copies of  such   lists  as  it  determines will be sufficient to meet the demand for such   lists and shall send at least one copy of each such list  to  the  state   board  of  elections,  and  shall  keep  at least five copies for public   inspection at each main office or branch  of  the  board.  Other  copies   shall be sold at a charge not exceeding the cost of publication.
NY Elec L § 5-604 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters Title 6 - Filing and Custody of Registration Records 5-604 - Enrollment Lists; Publication Of.

§ 5-604. Enrollment lists; publication of.1.  The  board  of elections shall also cause to be published for each   election district a complete list  of  the  registered  voters  of  each   election  district.  Such  list  shall,  in  addition to the information   required for registration lists, include the party  enrollment  of  each   voter.  At  least  as  many copies of such list shall be prepared as the   required minimum number of registration lists.Lists for all the election districts in a ward  or  assembly  district   may  be  bound together in one volume. The board of elections shall also   cause to be published a complete list of names and  residence  addresses   of  the registered voters, including the party enrollment of each voter,   for each town and city over which the board has jurisdiction. The  names   for each town and city may be arranged according to street and number or   alphabetically.  Such  lists  shall be published before the twenty-first   day of February. The board shall keep at least five  copies  for  public   inspection  at  each  main office or branch office of the board. Surplus   copies of the lists shall be sold at a charge not exceeding the cost  of   publication.2.  Immediately  after  the  publication of such lists the board shall   send at least one true copy, duly certified, of each such  list  to  the   state board of elections.
NY Elec L § 5-606 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters Title 6 - Filing and Custody of Registration Records 5-606 - Lists; Certification Of.

§  5-606.  Lists;  certification  of.  1. The board of elections shall   certify to the correctness of any transcript of original registration or   enrollment entries, or of any part thereof, on the payment of  one  cent   for every twenty names contained in the transcript.2.  The board of elections shall on request give to any enrolled voter   a certificate of enrollment which shall specify the name  of  the  party   with  which  he  is  enrolled,  the  date of enrollment and the election   district in which such voter is enrolled.
NY Elec L § 5-608 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters Title 6 - Filing and Custody of Registration Records 5-608 - Replacement of Registration and Enrollment Records; Damaged, Unusable or Lost.

§  5-608. Replacement of registration and enrollment records; damaged,   unusable or lost. 1. If the registration or enrollment  records  of  any   voter  shall  be  lost,  mutilated,  defaced  or destroyed, the board of   elections shall, except as provided in subdivision two  hereof,  require   him  to  reregister  or  reenroll.   Such reregistration or reenrollment   shall be deemed to have taken effect as of  the  date  of  the  original   registration or enrollment.2.  If  one or both of the registration records of the voter are still   in the possession of the board of elections and it is possible therefrom   to duplicate the lost or damaged record, the board  of  elections  shall   prepare  a new record containing all the information required, using the   original serial number,  and  shall  paste  photostatic  copies  of  the   voter's  signature  in  each space on the new record where his signature   was placed on the original record.3.  When  the  spaces  for  signature  or  for  other  entries,  on  a   registration  poll  record are filled so as to render a record no longer   usable, the board of elections shall prepare a second poll  record.  All   pertinent  information  shall be copied from the original poll record on   to the second poll record. The registration signature  on  the  original   poll record shall be photostated and pasted on the back in the space for   the  registration signature on the second poll record.  Within the space   reserved for remarks shall  be  imprinted  "Record  Continued--2nd  Poll   Record", or "3rd Poll Record", as appropriate.4. The active but unusable poll record shall be kept in a special file   for  active  continued  registrations  until  such time as the next poll   record may be cancelled, at which time  the  poll  records  are  stamped   "cancelled" and fastened together when placed in the cancellation file.5. All mutilated or defaced registration records which are replaced by   new records under the provisions of this section shall be stamped across   the  face  with the words "Record Replaced", without obliterating any of   the entries thereon and shall be kept on file by the board of elections.6. If the records of an entire election district or  a  large  segment   thereof  are lost, mutilated, defaced or destroyed, or are determined by   the board of elections to be  so  inaccurate  or  incomplete  as  to  be   unusable,  such  board  may, upon due notice, require re-registration of   all qualified voters resident within such district.  In such event,  the   board  shall fix and determine additional days of local registration for   such re-registration.
NY Elec L § 5-610 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters Title 6 - Filing and Custody of Registration Records 5-610 - Registration Records; New Election District.

§ 5-610. Registration records; new election district. When an election   district  is  created,  abolished  or  altered  in any way, the board of   elections shall  do  all  things  necessary  to  transfer  the  affected   registration  records  to  conform to the new plan of election districts   and shall make all necessary changes in the designation of the  election   district  and  political  subdivision on the registration record of each   voter affected. At least twenty days before  the  next  election,  after   such  new  plan  of  election  districts has been effected, the board of   elections shall mail a written notice to each affected registered  voter   notifying  him  of  the designation of the new political subdivision, if   any, and the number of the election district to which  his  registration   record  has  been  transferred,  and  if  available,  the address of his   polling place.
NY Elec L § 5-700 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters Title 7 - Checks Against Fraudulent Practices 5-700 - Checks on Registration.

§  5-700.  Checks on registration. The board of elections shall permit   only those persons to register or to  remain  registered  who  have  the   qualifications prescribed by this article.
NY Elec L § 5-704 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters Title 7 - Checks Against Fraudulent Practices 5-704 - Notification to Jurisdiction of Prior Registration.

§  5-704. Notification to jurisdiction of prior registration.  1. Each   board of elections shall,  at  least  once  a  month,  transmit  to  the   appropriate  boards  of  election,  a  list  of  all  persons  who  have   registered with such board  of  elections  and  stated  that  they  were   previously  registered  outside  of  the  city or county of such board's   jurisdiction.  Such list shall include the name of the  registrant,  the   name  of  the  prior registration if different, the address of the prior   registration including street address, city or town,  county  and  state   and  the date of birth of the registrant.  Such information with respect   to those persons whose address of previous registration is  outside  the   state, shall be sent to the state board of elections.2.  The state board shall arrange such list by state and transmit such   list to the chief state election official of such state  at  such  times   and in such manner as it deems appropriate.
NY Elec L § 5-710 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters Title 7 - Checks Against Fraudulent Practices 5-710 - Check of Registrants; Personal.

§  5-710.  Check  of  registrants; personal. 1. A special door to door   check of all the registered  voters  in  any  or  all  of  the  election   districts  including  election  districts  previously  checked  shall be   conducted in any year upon the written filed request of any  one  member   of  the  board  of  elections.  The  board  of  elections shall employ a   sufficient number of  employees  for  the  purpose  of  conducting  such   checks.2.  The  board  shall  supply  such  employees with copies of the most   recent registration list prepared for such election district under check   as corrected by the board to reflect new registrations and cancellations   occurring since the publication thereof. Such check shall  be  performed   by  two  employees of the board representing the major political parties   and they shall submit to the board of elections  on  or  before  a  date   fixed  by the board, a report signed by each of them. Such signed report   shall be accepted for all purposes as the equivalent  of  an  affidavit,   and  if  it  contains  any  material  false statement, shall subject the   persons who sign the report to the same penalties as if  each  had  been   duly  sworn  and  such  provision shall be printed in bold type directly   above the signature lines on such report. At  the  end  of  the  ensuing   period of local registration in such years, the board of elections shall   forthwith  prepare a supplementary list of all voters registered for the   first time during such period of  local  registration  in  the  election   districts  so  canvassed and shall direct the conduct of a similar check   of all such voters.3. Whenever it appears from the report that a registered voter  is  no   longer  qualified  the  board  shall proceed in the manner prescribed by   section 5-402 of this article.
NY Elec L § 5-800 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 5 - Registration and Enrollment of Voters Title 8 - Electronic Personal Voter Registration Process 5-800 - Electronic Voter Registration Transmittal System.

§ 5-800. Electronic voter registration transmittal system. In addition   to  any  other means of voter registration provided for by this chapter,   the state board of elections shall establish and maintain an  electronic   voter registration transmittal system through which applicants may apply   to  register  to  vote  online.  The  state  board  of  elections  shall   electronically transmit such applications to  the  applicable  board  of   elections  of each county or the city of New York for filing, processing   and verification  consistent  with  this  chapter.  In  accordance  with   technical  specifications provided by the state board of elections, each   board of elections shall maintain a voter registration system capable of   receiving and processing  voter  registration  application  information,   including  electronic signatures, from the electronic voter registration   transmittal  system  established  by  the  state  board  of   elections.   Notwithstanding  any  other  inconsistent  provision  of  this  chapter,   applications filed using such system shall be considered filed with  the   applicable  board  of  elections on the calendar date the application is   initially  transmitted  by  the  voter  through  the  electronic   voter   registration transmittal system.