New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle V - State Board of Elections › Part 6217 - New York State Database Regulations › Section 6217.7 - Processing voters who move between counties

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) NYSVoter shall identify as voters that
				have moved between counties those voters who have stated on their application
				that the last year they voted, or were registered to vote, was in a county
				other than where they are applying to register to vote and the voter provided
				the previous address at which they were registered.
(b) NYSVoter shall notify affected counties
				of an apparent duplicate voter record, and thus a possible move between
				counties based upon a match of an applicant's name and date of birth.
(c) NYSVoter shall provide the capability for
				the county to verify that a voter has moved between counties based upon a match
				of the applicant's signature and either the New York State Department of Motor
				Vehicles driver license or non-driver number or last four digits of the voter's
				social security number or matching of the previous address of the
				voter.
(d) When a board of
				elections receives notice that a voter on the statewide list has moved to an
				address in such board of elections' county or city, the board of elections
				shall transfer the voter to the new address and send a transfer notice as
				provided for in Election Law, section
				5-208(1)(5).
(e) NYSVoter shall notify the "from county"
				if a voter has moved their voter registration between the counties. After
				determining that the voter has moved, the "to county" will effectuate the
				transfer and substitute the NYSVoter assigned unique identifier with such
				unique identifier of the "from county". The NYSVoter system shall allow all
				information associated with the registration to be viewed by the "to"
				county.
(f) NYSVoter shall notify
				the "from county" if a voter has moved their voter registration between
				counties. In such cases, the "from county," upon determining that such records
				are for the same voter, shall cancel the voter record in their county and
				provide the required cancellation notice to the voter pursuant to Election Law,
				section 5-402. I n such cases where the "from county" is unable to determine
				that the proposed duplicate records are from the same voter, after providing
				the required notice to the voter, the "from county" shall place such voter in
				inactive status.
(g) NYSVoter shall
				facilitate the move process if the "to county" has been informed of the
				registrant's "from county" on the voter registration form or from the
				registrant.
(h) The moving of voters
				from one county to another may occur as a result of a new voter registration
				form being processed or by any mechanism provided for in Election Law §
									5-208.
(i) Applicable to Transfers. Any board of
				elections which receives information that a voter has moved to an address in
				another county in New York State which would have permitted such "from county"
				board to transfer the voter registration address within the county if the
				address indicated was an in-county change of address, shall send a copy of the
				address transfer information, including a voter registration number to the "to
				county" board of elections where the voter has moved. The "to county" shall,
				using such voter's information contained in NYSVoter, including enrollment and
				signature exemplar, along with the new address information, place the voter at
				the new address pursuant to Election Law §
									5-208 and provide notice to the voter in
				the manner provided in this section. When the "from county" forwards transfer
				information to another county board of elections for further processing, the
				"from county" shall send a confirmation notice in a form approved by the State
				Board to the prior address of such voter in the "from county." Further list
				maintenance steps as required by this Part shall be undertaken upon
				notification by NYSVoter that the voter is registered at an address in another
				county in New York or upon notification received from the voter.
(j) If such registration or change of address
				information effectuating such transfer also reflects a change of enrollment as
				evidenced by the NYSVoter record, the "to county" Board of Elections shall also
				treat such as an application for a change of enrollment pursuant to Election
				Law 5-304.