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                                   5547
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. CUSICK, BUCHWALD, BLAKE, McDONALD, KAVANAGH --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation  to  authorizing  computer
   generated  registration  lists; in relation to the list of supplies to
   be delivered to poll sites

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  1-104 of the election law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 38 to read as follows:
   38. "COMPUTER GENERATED REGISTRATION LIST" MEANS A  PRINTED  OR  ELEC-
 TRONIC  LIST  OF  VOTERS  IN  ALPHABETICAL  ORDER  FOR A SINGLE ELECTION
 DISTRICT OR POLL SITE, GENERATED FROM A COMPUTER REGISTRATION  FILE  FOR
 EACH  ELECTION  AND CONTAINING FOR EACH VOTER LISTED, A FACSIMILE OF THE
 SIGNATURE OF THE VOTER. SUCH A LIST MAY BE IN A SINGLE VOLUME OR IN MORE
 THAN ONE VOLUME. THE LIST MAY BE UTILIZED IN PLACE OF REGISTRATION  POLL
 RECORDS,  TO  ESTABLISH  A  PERSON'S  ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE IN THE POLLING
 PLACE ON ELECTION DAY.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 4-128 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 125 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   1. The board of elections of each county shall provide  the  requisite
 number  of  official  and facsimile ballots, two cards of instruction to
 voters in the form prescribed by the state board of elections, at  least
 one  copy of the instruction booklet for inspectors, a sufficient number
 of maps, street finders or other descriptions  of  all  of  the  polling
 places  and election districts within the political subdivision in which
 the polling place is located to enable the election inspectors and  poll
 clerks  to determine the correct election district and polling place for
 each street address within the political subdivision in which the  poll-
 ing  place is located, distance markers, tally sheets and return blanks,
 pens, [black ink, or ball point pens with black  ink,]  pencils  [having
 black  lead],  OR  OTHER  APPROPRIATE MARKING DEVICES, envelopes for the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 ballots of voters whose registration poll records are not in the  ledger
 or whose names are not [on] IN the computer generated registration list,
 envelopes for returns, identification buttons, badges or emblems for the
 inspectors  and  clerks  in  the  form  prescribed by the state board of
 elections and such other articles of stationery as may be necessary  for
 the  proper  conduct  of  elections,  except  that  when a town, city or
 village holds an election not conducted by the board of  elections,  the
 clerk  of  such  town,  city or village, shall provide such official and
 facsimile ballots and the necessary blanks, supplies and stationery  for
 such election.
   § 3. Subdivision c of section 4-132 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 164 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  A  booth or device in each election district for the use of voters
 marking ballots. Such booth or device shall  be  so  constructed  as  to
 permit  the  voter  to  mark  his  OR HER ballot in secrecy and shall be
 furnished at all times with [a pencil having black lead only] AN  APPRO-
 PRIATE MARKING DEVICE.
   § 4. Section 4-134 of the election law, the section heading as amended
 by  chapter  373 of the laws of 1978, subdivisions 1 and 3 as amended by
 chapter 163 of the laws of 2010, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 425
 of the laws of 1986, and subdivisions 5 and 6 as amended by chapter  635
 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
   §  4-134.  Preparation and delivery of ballots, supplies and equipment
 for use at elections. 1. The board of elections shall  deliver,  at  its
 office,  to  the  clerk  of  each town or city in the county, except the
 cities of New York, Buffalo and Rochester  and  to  the  clerk  of  each
 village  in  the county in which elections are conducted by the board of
 elections, by the Saturday before the primary, general, village or other
 election for which they are required: the official and  sample  ballots;
 ledgers  prepared for delivery in the manner provided in subdivision two
 of this section and containing the  registration  poll  records  of  all
 persons entitled to vote at such election in such town, city or village,
 or  computer  generated  registration  lists containing the names of all
 persons entitled to vote at such election in such town, city or village;
 challenge reports prepared  as  directed  by  this  chapter;  sufficient
 applications for registration by mail; sufficient ledger seals and other
 supplies  and  equipment  required by this article to be provided by the
 board of elections for each polling place in such town, city or village.
 The town, city or village clerk shall call at the office of  such  board
 of  elections at such time and receive such ballots, supplies and equip-
 ment. In the cities of New York, Buffalo  and  Rochester  the  board  of
 elections  shall cause such ballots, supplies and equipment to be deliv-
 ered to the board of inspectors of each election district  approximately
 one-half hour before the opening of the polls for voting, and shall take
 receipts therefor.
   2.  The  board of elections shall provide for each election district a
 ledger or ledgers containing the registration poll records or  [printed]
 lists with computer generated facsimile signatures, of all persons enti-
 tled  to  vote  in such election district at such election. Such ledgers
 shall be labelled, sealed, locked and  transported  in  locked  carrying
 cases.  After leaving the board of elections no such carrying case shall
 be unlocked except at the time and in the manner provided in this  chap-
 ter.
   3.  [Any  envelope  containing  absentee  voters' ballots on which the
 blanks have not been properly filled in shall be stamped to indicate the

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 defect and shall be preserved by the board for at least one  year  after
 the receipt thereof.
   4.] Each kind of official ballot shall be arranged in a package in the
 consecutive  order of the numbers printed on the stubs thereof beginning
 with number one. All official  and  sample  ballots  for  each  election
 district  shall  be  in  separate sealed packages, clearly marked on the
 outside thereof, with the number and kind of ballots  contained  therein
 and  indorsed  with  the  designation of the election district for which
 they were prepared.  The  other  supplies  provided  for  each  election
 district also shall be [inclosed] ENCLOSED in a sealed package, or pack-
 ages,  with  a label on the outside thereof showing the contents of each
 package.
   [5. Each town, city and village clerk receiving  such  packages  shall
 cause  all] 4. ALL such packages so received and marked for any election
 district [to] SHALL be delivered unopened and  with  the  seals  thereof
 unbroken  to  the  inspectors  of election of such election districts at
 least [one-half] ONE hour before  the  opening  of  the  polls  of  such
 election  therein, [and] WHO shall [take] GIVE a receipt therefor speci-
 fying the number and kind of packages delivered. [At the same time  each
 such  clerk shall cause to be delivered to such inspectors the equipment
 described in subdivision two of this section and shall cause  a  receipt
 to be taken therefor.
   6.]  5. Town, city and village clerks required to provide official and
 sample ballots, registration records, seals, supplies and equipment,  as
 described  in  this  section,  for  town, city and village elections not
 conducted by the board of elections, shall in like manner, deliver  them
 to  the inspectors or presiding officers of the election at each polling
 place at which such meetings and elections are  held,  respectively,  in
 like  sealed  packages  marked  on the outside in like manner, and shall
 take receipts therefor in like manner.
   § 5. Subdivision 1 of section 5-302 of the election law, as separately
 amended by chapter 164 and chapter 558 of the laws of 1985,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   1.  Before  placing the registration poll record in the poll ledger OR
 IN THE COMPUTER GENERATED REGISTRATION LIST, the board  shall  enter  in
 the  space  provided  therefor  [on  the  back of such registration poll
 record] the name of the party designated by the voter on his application
 form, provided such party continues to be a party  as  defined  in  this
 law.    If such party ceases to be a party at any time, either before or
 after such enrollment is so entered, the enrollment of such voter  shall
 be  deemed  to  be  blank  and shall be entered as such until such voter
 files an application for change of enrollment pursuant to the provisions
 of this chapter.  [In the city of New York the board shall also affix  a
 gummed  sticker  of  a different color for each party in a place on such
 registration poll record immediately adjacent to such entry.] The  board
 shall  enter  the  date  of such entry and affix initials thereto in the
 space provided.
   § 6. Paragraph c of subdivision 3 of section  5-506  of  the  election
 law,  as  amended by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read
 as follows:
   c. The computer generated registration list prepared for each election
 in each election district shall be [printed by a printer] PREPARED IN  A
 MANNER  which  meets  or  exceeds  standards  for  clarity  and speed of
 [reproduction] PRODUCTION established by the state board  of  elections,
 shall  be  in  a form approved by such board, shall include the names of
 all voters eligible to vote in such election and shall be  in  alphabet-

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 ical  order, except that, at a primary election, the names of the voters
 enrolled in each political party may be placed in a separate part of the
 list or in a separate list, as the board of elections in its discretion,
 may  determine.  Such list shall contain, adjacent to each voter's name,
 OR IN A SPACE SO DESIGNATED, at least  the  following:  street  address,
 date  of  birth,  party  enrollment,  year  of  registration, a computer
 reproduced facsimile of the voter's signature or an indication that  the
 voter is unable to sign his name, a place for the voter to sign his name
 at  such  election  and  a  place  for the inspectors to mark the voting
 machine number, the public counter number [and] IF ANY, OR the number of
 any paper ballots given the voter.
   § 7. Subdivision 2 of section 8-202 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 164 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   2. The exterior of any  ballot  scanner,  ballot  marking  device  and
 privacy booth and every part of the polling place shall be in plain view
 of  the  election  inspectors  and watchers. The ballot scanners, ballot
 marking devices, and privacy booths shall be placed at least  four  feet
 from  the  table  used  by  the inspectors in charge of the poll [books]
 LEDGER OR COMPUTER GENERATED REGISTRATION LIST. The guard-rail shall  be
 at  least  three feet from the machine and the table used by the inspec-
 tors. The election inspectors shall not  themselves  be,  or  allow  any
 other  person  to  be,  in  any position or near any position, that will
 permit one to see or ascertain how a voter votes, or how he or  she  has
 voted  nor shall they permit any other person to be less than three feet
 from the ballot scanner, ballot marking device, or privacy  booth  while
 occupied.  The  election inspectors or clerks attending the ballot scan-
 ner, ballot marking device, or privacy booth shall regularly inspect the
 face of the ballot scanner, ballot marking device, or  the  interior  of
 the privacy booth to see that the ballot scanner, ballot marking device,
 or privacy booth has not been damaged or tampered with. During elections
 the  door  or  other  covering of the counter compartment of the machine
 shall not be unlocked or opened except by  a  member  of  the  board  of
 elections,  a  voting  machine  custodian  or  any other person upon the
 specific instructions of the board of elections.
   § 8. Subdivisions 2, 2-a, 3, 4 and 5 of section 8-302 of the  election
 law, subdivision 2-a as added by chapter 179 of the laws of 2005, subdi-
 visions 3 and 4 as amended by chapter 200 of the laws of 1996, the open-
 ing  paragraph  of  paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 as amended by chapter
 125 of the laws of 2011 and subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (e) of subdi-
 vision 3 as amended by chapter 164 of the laws of 2010, are  amended  to
 read as follows:
   2.  The  voter shall give [his] THE VOTER'S name and [his] THE VOTER'S
 residence address to the inspectors. An inspector shall then loudly  and
 distinctly announce the name and residence of the voter.
   2-a. (a) If a voter's name appears in the LEDGER OR computer generated
 registration  list  with a notation indicating that the voter's identity
 was not yet verified as required by the federal Help America  Vote  Act,
 the  inspector shall require that the voter produce one of the following
 types of identification before permitting the voter to cast his  or  her
 vote on the voting machine:
   (i)  a  driver's  license  or  department of motor vehicles non-driver
 photo ID card or other current and valid photo identification;
   (ii) a copy of a current  utility  bill,  bank  statement,  government
 check,  paycheck  or  other  government document that shows the name and
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   (b) If the voter produces an identification document listed  in  para-
 graph  (a)  of  this subdivision, the inspector shall indicate so in the
 LEDGER OR computer generated registration list, the voter will be deemed
 verified as required by the federal Help America Vote Act and the  voter
 shall be permitted to cast his or her vote on the voting machine.
   (c) If the voter does not produce an identification document listed in
 paragraph  (a)  of this subdivision, the voter shall only be entitled to
 vote by affidavit ballot unless a court order provides otherwise.
   3. (a) If an applicant is challenged, the board, without delay,  shall
 either  enter  his  name  in  the second section of the challenge report
 together with the other entries required to  be  made  in  such  section
 opposite the applicant's name or make an entry next to [his] THE VOTER'S
 name  [on]  IN  the computer generated registration list or in the place
 provided [at the end of] IN the computer generated registration list.
   (b) A person who claims to have moved to  a  new  address  within  the
 election  district  in  which  he  OR SHE is registered to vote shall be
 permitted to vote in the same manner as other voters  unless  challenged
 on other grounds. The inspectors shall enter the names and new addresses
 of  all such persons in either the first section of the challenge report
 or in the place provided [at the  end  of]  IN  the  computer  generated
 registration  list  and  shall  also  enter the new address next to such
 person's address on such computer generated registration list. When  the
 registration  poll  records of persons who have voted from new addresses
 within  the  same  election  district  are  returned  to  the  board  of
 elections,  such  board  shall  change the addresses on the face of such
 registration  poll  records  without  completely  obliterating  the  old
 addresses  and  shall enter such new addresses and the new addresses for
 any such persons whose names were [on] IN computer  generated  registra-
 tion lists into its computer records for such persons.
   (c)  A  person who claims a changed name shall be permitted to vote in
 the same manner as other voters unless challenged on other grounds.  The
 inspectors shall either enter the names of all such persons in the first
 section of the challenge report or in the place provided [at the end of]
 IN  the  computer generated registration list, in the form in which they
 are registered, followed in parentheses by the name as changed or  enter
 the  name as changed next to such voter's name on the computer generated
 registration list. The voter shall sign first on the  registration  poll
 record  or  [on]  IN  the computer generated registration list, the name
 under which the voter is registered and, immediately above it,  the  new
 name,  provided  that  [on]  IN such [a computer generated] registration
 list, the new name may be signed in the place provided [at  the  end  of
 such list].  When the registration poll record of a person who has voted
 under a new name is returned to the board of elections, such board shall
 change  [his] THE VOTER'S name on the face of each [of his] registration
 [records] RECORD without completely obliterating the old one, and there-
 after such person shall vote only under his OR HER new name. If a  voter
 has  signed  a  new name [on] IN a computer generated registration list,
 such board shall enter such voter's new name and new signature  in  such
 voter's computer record.
   (d) If an applicant requests assistance in voting and qualifies there-
 for, the board shall provide assistance as directed by this chapter, and
 shall  without  delay  either  enter such applicant's name and the other
 entries required in the third section of the challenge report or make an
 entry next to such applicant's  name  [on]  IN  the  computer  generated
 registration  list  or in the place provided [at the end of the computer
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   (e) Whenever a voter presents himself or herself and offers to cast  a
 ballot,  and  he or she claims to live in the election district in which
 he or she seeks to vote but no registration poll record can be found for
 him or her in the poll ledger or his or her name does not appear [on] IN
 the  computer  generated  registration list or his or her signature does
 not appear next to his or her name [on]  IN  such  [computer  generated]
 registration list or his or her registration poll record or the computer
 generated  registration  list does not show him or her to be enrolled in
 the party in which he or she claims to be  enrolled,  a  poll  clerk  or
 election   inspector  shall  consult  a  map,  street  finder  or  other
 description of all of the polling places and election  districts  within
 the political subdivision in which said election district is located and
 if  necessary,  contact  the  board  of elections to obtain the relevant
 information and advise the  voter  of  the  correct  polling  place  and
 election  district  for  the  residence address provided by the voter to
 such poll clerk or election inspector. Thereafter, such voter  shall  be
 permitted  to  vote  in  said  election  district  only  as  hereinafter
 provided:
   (i) He OR SHE may present a court order requiring that he  OR  SHE  be
 permitted to vote. At a primary election, such a court order must speci-
 fy  the  party  in  which the voter is permitted to vote. [He] THE VOTER
 shall be required to sign [his] THEIR full name on top of the first page
 of such order, together  with  [his]  THE  VOTER'S  registration  serial
 number,  if  any,  and  [his]  THE  VOTER'S  name  and the other entries
 required shall then be entered without delay in the  fourth  section  of
 the  challenge  report  or  in the place provided [at the end of] IN the
 computer generated registration list, or, if such person's name  appears
 on  [the  computer  generated]  SUCH  registration  list,  the  board of
 elections may provide a place to make such entry next to his OR HER name
 on such list. The voter shall then be permitted to vote  in  the  manner
 otherwise  prescribed  for  voters  whose  registration poll records are
 found in the ledger or whose names are found on the  computer  generated
 registration list; or
   (ii) He or she may swear to and subscribe an affidavit stating that he
 or  she  has  duly  registered  to  vote,  the  address in such election
 district from which he or she registered, that he or she remains a  duly
 qualified  voter in such election district, that his or her registration
 poll record appears to be lost or misplaced or  that  his  or  her  name
 and/or  his  or  her  signature  was omitted from the computer generated
 registration list or that he or she has moved within the county or  city
 since  he  or  she last registered, the address from which he or she was
 previously registered and the address  at  which  he  or  she  currently
 resides,  and  at  a  primary  election, the party in which he or she is
 enrolled. The inspectors of election shall offer such  an  affidavit  to
 each  such  voter  whose residence address is in such election district.
 Each such affidavit shall be in a form prescribed by the state board  of
 elections,  shall be printed on an envelope of the size and quality used
 for an absentee ballot envelope, and  shall  contain  an  acknowledgment
 that  the  affiant  understands that any false statement made therein is
 perjury punishable according to law. Such form prescribed by  the  state
 board  of  elections shall request information required to register such
 voter should the county board determine that such voter  is  not  regis-
 tered  and  shall  constitute  an  application to register to vote.  The
 voter's name and the entries required  shall  then  be  entered  without
 delay and without further inquiry in the fourth section of the challenge
 report  or  in the place provided [at the end of] IN the computer gener-

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 ated registration list, with the notation that the  voter  has  executed
 the  affidavit hereinabove prescribed, or, if such person's name appears
 [on the computer generated] IN SUCH  registration  list,  the  board  of
 elections may provide a place to make such entry next to his or her name
 [on]  IN  such list.   The voter shall then, without further inquiry, be
 permitted to vote an affidavit ballot provided for by this chapter. Such
 ballot shall thereupon be placed in the envelope containing his  or  her
 affidavit,  and  the  envelope  sealed  and  returned  to  the  board of
 elections in the manner provided by this chapter for protested  official
 ballots, including a statement of the number of such ballots.
   4. At a primary election, a voter whose registration poll record is in
 the ledger OR COMPUTER GENERATED REGISTRATION LIST shall be permitted to
 vote  only  in the primary of the party in which such record shows [him]
 THE VOTER to be enrolled unless [he] THE VOTER  shall  present  a  court
 order pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (e) of
 subdivision  three  of  this  section  requiring  that [he] THE VOTER be
 permitted to vote in the primary of another party, or  unless  [he]  THE
 VOTER  shall  present a certificate of enrollment issued by the board of
 elections, not earlier than one  month  before  such  primary  election,
 pursuant to the provisions of this chapter which certifies that [he] THE
 VOTER  is  enrolled  in  a party other than the one in which such record
 shows [him] THE VOTER  to  be  enrolled,  or  unless  he  OR  SHE  shall
 subscribe  an  affidavit pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (ii)
 of paragraph (e) of subdivision three of this section.
   5. Except for voters unable to sign their names, no  person  shall  be
 permitted  to  vote  without  first  identifying  himself  OR HERSELF as
 required by this chapter.
   § 9. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 8-304  of  the  election  law,
 subdivisions  1 and 2 as amended by chapter 425 of the laws of 1986, are
 amended to read as follows:
   1. A person before being allowed to vote shall be required, except  as
 provided  in this chapter, to sign his OR HER name on the back of his OR
 HER registration poll record on the first line reserved for his  OR  HER
 signature  at  the  time of election which is not filled with a previous
 signature, or [on the line of] IN THE SPACE  PROVIDED  IN  the  computer
 generated  registration  list  reserved for [his] THE VOTER'S signature.
 The two inspectors in charge shall satisfy themselves by a comparison of
 this signature with [his] THE  VOTER'S  registration  signature  and  by
 comparison of [his] THE VOTER'S appearance with the descriptive material
 on  the  face of the registration poll record that [he] THE VOTER is the
 person registered.  If they are so satisfied they shall enter the  other
 information  required for the election on the same line with the voter's
 latest signature, shall sign their  names  or  initials  in  the  spaces
 provided therefor, and shall permit the applicant to vote. Any inspector
 or inspectors not satisfied shall challenge the applicant forthwith.
   2.  If a person who alleges [his] AN inability to sign his OR HER name
 presents himself OR HERSELF to  vote,  the  board  of  inspectors  shall
 permit  [him]  SUCH  PERSON to vote, unless challenged on other grounds,
 provided [he] THE VOTER had been permitted to register  without  signing
 [his] THE VOTER'S name. The board shall enter the words "Unable to Sign"
 in  the space on [his] THE VOTER'S registration poll record reserved for
 [his] THE VOTER'S signature or on the line [of] OR  SPACE  the  computer
 generated  registration list reserved for [his] THE VOTER'S signature at
 such election. If [his] THE VOTER'S signature  appears  upon  [his]  THE
 VOTER'S  registration  record or [upon] IN the computer generated regis-
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 that if such a person claims that he OR SHE is unable to sign his OR HER
 name by reason of a physical disability incurred since [his] THE VOTER'S
 registration, the board, if convinced of the existence of such disabili-
 ty,  shall  permit  him OR HER to vote, shall enter the words "Unable to
 Sign" and a brief description of such disability in the  space  reserved
 for  [his]  THE  VOTER'S  signature at such election. At each subsequent
 election, if such disability still exists, [he] THE VOTER shall be enti-
 tled to vote without signing [his] THEIR name and the board  of  inspec-
 tors,  without  further notation, shall enter the words "Unable to Sign"
 in the space reserved for [his] THE VOTER'S signature at such election.
   3. The voter's FACSIMILE signature [made by him upon registration  and
 his  signature  made  at  subsequent  elections]  shall  be  effectively
 concealed from the voter by a blotter or [piece of opaque  paper]  OTHER
 MEANS until after the voter shall have completed [his] THE signature.
   §  10.  Subdivision 3 of section 8-306 of the election law, as amended
 by chapter 154 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
   3. Any voter who requires assistance to vote by reason  of  blindness,
 disability  or  inability  to read or write may be given assistance by a
 person of the voter's choice, other than the voter's employer  or  agent
 of  the employer or officer or agent of the voter's union. A voter enti-
 tled to assistance in voting who does not select a particular person may
 be assisted by two election inspectors not of the same political  faith.
 The  inspectors  or  person  assisting  a  voter  shall enter the voting
 machine or booth with [him] THE VOTER, help [him] THE VOTER in the prep-
 aration of [his] THE VOTER'S ballot and, if necessary, in the return  of
 the  voted  ballot  to the inspectors for deposit in the ballot box. The
 inspectors shall enter in the [remarks space on  the  registration  poll
 card  of  an  assisted voter, or next to the name of] SPACE PROVIDED FOR
 such voter [on] IN the computer generated registration list, the name of
 each officer or person rendering such assistance.
   § 11. Subdivision 2 of section 8-508 of the election law,  as  amended
 by chapter 200 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  (a)  The  first  section  of such report shall be reserved for the
 inspectors of election to enter the name, address and registration seri-
 al number of each person who claims a change in name,  or  a  change  of
 address  within  the  election  district,  together with the new name or
 address of each such person. In lieu of preparing  section  one  of  the
 challenge  list, the board of elections may provide, next to the name of
 each voter [on] IN the computer generated registration list, a place for
 the inspectors of election to record  the  information  required  to  be
 entered  in  such  section  one, or provide [at the end of such computer
 generated] ELSEWHERE IN SUCH registration list, a place for the  inspec-
 tors of election to enter such information.
   (b)  The second section of such report shall be reserved for the board
 of inspectors to enter the name, address and registration serial  number
 of  each  person who is challenged on the day of election, together with
 the reason for the challenge.  If no voters are challenged, the board of
 inspectors shall enter  the  words  "No  Challenges"  across  the  space
 reserved  for  such names. In lieu of preparing section two of the chal-
 lenge report, the board of elections may provide, next to  the  name  of
 each voter [on] IN the computer generated registration list, a place for
 the  inspectors  of  election  to  record the information required to be
 entered in such section two, or provide [at the  end  of  such  computer
 generated]  ELSEWHERE IN SUCH registration list, a place for the inspec-
 tors of election to enter such information.

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   (c) The third section of such report shall be reserved for  the  board
 of  inspectors to enter the name, address and registration serial number
 of each voter given assistance, together with the reason the  voter  was
 allowed  assistance,  the  name of the person giving such assistance and
 his address if not an inspector.  If no voters are given assistance, the
 board  of  inspectors  shall  enter the words "No Assistance" across the
 space reserved for such names. In lieu of providing section three of the
 challenge report, the board of elections may provide, next to  the  name
 of  each voter [on] IN the computer generated registration list, a place
 for the inspectors of election to record the information required to  be
 entered  in  such section three, or provide [at the end of such computer
 generated] ELSEWHERE IN SUCH registration list, a place for the  inspec-
 tors of election to enter such information.
   (d)  The fourth section of such report shall be reserved for the board
 of inspectors to enter the name, address and registration serial  number
 of  each  person who was permitted to vote pursuant to a court order, or
 to vote on a paper ballot which was inserted in an  affidavit  envelope.
 If  there  are  no  such  names,  such board shall enter the word "None"
 across the space provided for such names. In lieu of  providing  section
 four  of  such  report,  the board of elections may provide, next to the
 name of each voter [on] IN the computer generated registration  list,  a
 place  for the inspectors of election to record the information required
 to be entered in such section four,  or  provide  [at  the  end  of  the
 computer generated] ELSEWHERE IN SUCH registration list, a place for the
 inspectors of election to enter such information.
   (e) At the foot of such report [and] OR at the end of any such comput-
 er  generated  registration  list,  IF  APPLICABLE, shall be [printed] a
 certificate that such report OR LIST contains the names of  all  persons
 who  were  challenged  on  the  day  of election, and that each voter so
 reported as having been challenged took the oaths as required, that such
 report OR LIST contains the names of all voters to whom such board  gave
 or  allowed  assistance  and  lists  the  nature of the disability which
 required such assistance to be given and the names and family  relation-
 ship,  if  any,  to the voter of the persons by whom such assistance was
 rendered; that each such assisted voter informed such board  under  oath
 that  he  required  such  assistance and that each person rendering such
 assistance took the required oath; that such report OR LIST contains the
 names of all voters who were permitted to vote although their  registra-
 tion  poll records were missing; that the entries made by such board are
 a true and accurate record  of  its  proceedings  with  respect  to  the
 persons named in such report OR LIST.
   (f)  Upon  the  return  of  such report [and] OR lists to the board of
 elections, it shall complete the investigation of voting  qualifications
 of  all  persons named in the second section thereof or for whom entries
 were placed [on] IN such computer generated registration lists  in  lieu
 of  the  preparation  of the second section of the challenge report, and
 shall forthwith proceed to cancel the registration of any person who, as
 noted upon such report, OR IN SUCH LIST, was challenged at such election
 and refused either to take a challenge oath or to answer  any  challenge
 question.
   (g)  The  state board of elections shall prescribe a form of challenge
 report for use pursuant to the provisions of this section. Such form may
 require the insertion of such other information as the state board shall
 deem appropriate.
   § 12. Section 8-510 of  the  election  law,  the  section  heading  as
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 chapter 200 of the laws of 1996, and subdivision 3 as amended by chapter
 43 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
   §  8-510. Challenge report; completion of and [closing of registration
 poll ledgers] PROCEDURE AFTER. 1. Immediately after  the  close  of  the
 polls the board of inspectors of election shall verify the entries which
 it has made on the challenge report or [at the end of the] IN THE SPACES
 PROVIDED  IN  THE computer generated registration list by comparing such
 entries with the information appearing on the registration poll  records
 of  the  affected voters or the information appearing [next to the names
 of such voters on] IN THE SPACES  PROVIDED  IN  the  computer  generated
 registration  list.  If  it has made no entries in section two, three or
 four of such report it shall write across OR NOTE IN  such  section  the
 words "No challenges", "No assistance" or "None", as the case may be, as
 directed in this chapter.
   2.  After  completing  such  report  the inspectors shall sign [the] A
 certificate [at the end of] IN THE SPACES PROVIDED BY THE  COUNTY  BOARD
 OF ELECTIONS FOR such report.
   3.  The  inspectors  shall place such completed report, and each court
 order, if any, directing that a person be permitted to vote, [inside  a]
 IN  THE  SECURE  CONTAINER PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS FOR
 SUCH ledger of registration records or computer  generated  registration
 lists  [between  the front cover, and the first registration record] and
 then shall close and seal each ledger of registration records or comput-
 er generated registration lists, [affix their signature  to  the  seal,]
 lock  such  ledger  in  the carrying case furnished for that purpose and
 enclose the keys in a sealed package or seal such list in  the  envelope
 provided for that purpose.
   §  13.  Clauses  (C)  and  (D) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of
 subdivision 2 of section 9-209 of the election law, as amended by  chap-
 ter 308 of the laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   (C)  If  such  person  is  found to be registered and has not voted in
 person, an inspector shall compare the signature, if any, on each envel-
 ope with the signature, if any, on the  registration  poll  record,  the
 computer  generated  list  of  registered  voters or the list of special
 presidential voters, of the person of the same name who registered  from
 the  same  address.  If  the  signatures  are  found to correspond, such
 inspector shall certify thereto by [signing] PLACING his or her initials
 in the ["Inspector's Initials"  line  on  the]  SPACE  PROVIDED  IN  THE
 computer generated list of registered voters [or in the "remarks" column
 as appropriate].
   (D)  If  such  person  is  found to be registered and has not voted in
 person, and if no challenge is made, or  if  a  challenge  made  is  not
 sustained, the envelope shall be opened, the ballot or ballots withdrawn
 without  unfolding,  and  the  ballot or ballots deposited in the proper
 ballot box or boxes, or envelopes, provided however that, in the case of
 a primary election, the ballot shall be deposited in the box only if the
 ballot is of the party with which the voter is enrolled according to the
 entry on the back of his or her registration poll record or [next to his
 or her name on] IN the computer generated registration list; if not, the
 ballot shall be rejected without inspection or unfolding  and  shall  be
 returned  to the envelope which shall be endorsed "not enrolled." At the
 time of the deposit of such ballot or ballots in the box  or  envelopes,
 the  inspectors shall enter the words "absentee vote" or "military vote"
 in the space reserved for the voter's signature on the aforesaid list or
 in the "remarks" [column] SPACE as appropriate, and shall enter the year

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 and month of the election on the same line in the spaces provided there-
 for.
   §  14. Subdivision 4 of section 11-206 of the election law, as amended
 by chapter 91 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   4. The registration poll records of special federal  voters  shall  be
 filed, in alphabetical order, by election district.  At each election at
 which  [the  ballots  of]  special  federal voters are [delivered to the
 inspectors of election in each election district] ELIGIBLE TO VOTE,  the
 registration  poll  records  of  all special federal voters [eligible to
 vote at such election] shall be delivered to such inspectors of election
 together with the other registration poll records or the names  of  such
 voters  shall  be  included  [on] IN the computer generated registration
 list. Such records shall be delivered either in a separate  poll  ledger
 or  a separate, clearly marked section, of the main poll ledger or [in a
 separate,] BE clearly marked[, section of]  IN  the  computer  generated
 registration list as the board of elections shall determine.
   § 15. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.