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                                    972
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to certain  deadlines  for
   voter registration
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 5-208  of  the  election  law,  as
 added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  If such a notice is received at least [twenty] FIFTEEN days before
 a primary, special or general election, such change of address  must  be
 completed before such election.
   §  2.  Section 5-210 of the election law, as amended by chapter 179 of
 the laws of 2005, subdivision 3 as amended by a chapter of the  laws  of
 2022  amending  the  election  law  relating  to  voter registration, as
 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2951-A and A. 8858-A,  subdivi-
 sion  4  as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, paragraph (g) of
 subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 2 of the laws  of  2019,  paragraphs
 (k)  and  (l)  of subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 536 of the laws of
 2019, paragraph (m) of subdivision 5 as added by chapter 62 of the  laws
 of  2010, subdivision 9 as amended by chapter 44 of the laws of 2016 and
 subdivision 13 as amended by chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended
 to read as follows:
   § 5-210. Registration and enrollment and  change  of  enrollment  upon
 application. 1. In addition to local registration and veterans' absentee
 registration as provided in this chapter, any qualified person may apply
 personally for registration and enrollment, change of enrollment by mail
 or  by  appearing  at the board of elections on any day, except a day of
 election, during the hours that such board  of  elections  is  open  for
 business.
   2.  (a)  Application  forms  for use pursuant to this section shall be
 furnished by a county board of elections to any person  requesting  such

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04307-01-3
              

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 form.  Application  forms sent outside of the United States to a country
 other than Canada or Mexico, shall be sent airmail. Each county board of
 elections shall also cause such application forms to be  as  widely  and
 freely distributed as possible.
   (b)  The board of elections shall mail an application for registration
 by mail and information on how the person may re-register to each person
 for whom it receives notice pursuant to the  provisions  of  subdivision
 four  of  section  5-402 of this article that such person has moved into
 such city or county unless such person is already  registered  from  the
 address listed in such notice.
   3.  Completed  application  forms,  when  received  by  any  board  of
 elections and, with respect to  application  forms  promulgated  by  the
 federal  election  commission,  when  received  by  the  state  board of
 elections, or showing a dated cancellation mark  of  the  United  States
 Postal  Service or contained in an envelope showing such a dated cancel-
 lation mark which is not later than the fifteenth day  before  the  next
 ensuing primary, general or special election, and received no later than
 the tenth day before such election, or delivered in person to such board
 of  elections  not  later than the tenth day before such election, shall
 entitle the applicant to vote in such election AND TO  HAVE  THE  APPLI-
 CANT'S  VOTE  CANVASSED  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS CHAPTER, if [he or she]
 THE APPLICANT is otherwise qualified, provided, however, such  applicant
 shall  not vote on a voting machine until [his or her] THEIR identity is
 verified. Any board of elections receiving an application  form  from  a
 person who does not reside in its jurisdiction but who does reside else-
 where in the state of New York, shall [forthwith] ELECTRONICALLY forward
 such  application  form to the proper board of elections ON THE SAME DAY
 IT IS RECEIVED.  Each board of elections shall make  an  entry  on  each
 such form of the date it is received by such board.
   4.  Any  qualified  person  who has been honorably discharged from the
 military after the twenty-fifth day before a general  election,  or  who
 has a qualifying condition, as defined in section three hundred fifty of
 the  executive  law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct
 or dishonorable from the military after the twenty-fifth  day  before  a
 general  election,  or  who  is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in
 section three hundred fifty of the executive law,  and  has  received  a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from the military after
 the  twenty-fifth  day  before  a  general election, or who has become a
 naturalized citizen after the twenty-fifth day before a general election
 may personally register at the board of elections in the county of  [his
 or  her]  THEIR residence and vote in the general election held at least
 ten days after such registration.
   5. Statewide application forms shall be designed by the state board of
 elections, which shall conform to  the  requirements  for  the  national
 voter  registration form in the rules and regulations promulgated by the
 federal election commission and the federal Help America Vote  Act,  and
 shall  elicit the information required for the registration poll record.
 The form shall include such other information  as  the  state  board  of
 elections  may  reasonably  require  to enable the board of elections to
 assess the eligibility of the applicant and to administer  voter  regis-
 tration  and  other parts of the election process and shall also include
 the following information:
   (a) Notice that those voters  currently  registered  do  not  need  to
 reregister unless they have moved outside of the city or county in which
 they were registered.
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   (b)  Instructions  on how to fill out and submit the form and that the
 form must be received by any county board of elections at  least  [twen-
 ty-five] TEN days prior to the election at which the applicant may vote,
 AND  IF  MAILED,  MUST  BE POSTMARKED AT LEAST FIFTEEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE
 ELECTION AT WHICH THE APPLICANT MAY VOTE.
   (c)  Notice that registration and enrollment is not complete until the
 form is received by the appropriate county board of elections.
   (d) Notice of a voter's right to register locally.
   (e) A warning that it is a crime to procure a false registration or to
 furnish false information to the board of elections.
   (f) Notice that political party enrollment is optional  but  that,  in
 order  to  vote in a primary election of a political party, a voter must
 enroll in that political party, unless state party  rules  allow  other-
 wise.
   (g)  Notice that the applicant must be a citizen of the United States,
 is at least sixteen years old when [he or she submits]  THEY  SUBMIT  an
 application  to  register  to vote which will be effective for elections
 occurring on or after the applicant turns eighteen years of  age  and  a
 resident of the county or city to which application is made.
   (h)  Notice  that  a  voter  notification  form will be mailed to each
 applicant whose completed form is received.
   (i) The telephone number of the county board of elections and  a  toll
 free  number  at  the  state  board  of elections that can be called for
 answers to registration questions.
   (j) A space for the applicant to indicate whether or not the voter  is
 willing to serve on election day for a board of elections as an election
 inspector, poll clerk, interpreter or in other capacities.
   (k)  The  form shall also include space for the following information,
 which must be contained on the inside of the form after it is folded for
 mailing:
   (i) A space for the applicant to indicate whether or not  [he  or  she
 has]  THEY  HAVE ever voted or registered to vote before and, if so, the
 approximate year in which such applicant last voted  or  registered  and
 [his or her] THEIR name and address at the time.
   (ii) The name and residence address of the applicant including the zip
 code and apartment number, if any.
   (iii)  A space for the furnishing of an e-mail address, the furnishing
 of which shall be optional, together with a notice stating  that  if  an
 e-mail  address  is  furnished, all notices and communications otherwise
 required to be sent by the state board of  elections  to  the  voter  by
 postal  mail  shall be sent by e-mail in addition to postal mail. County
 boards of elections and the board of elections of the city of  New  York
 shall  have  the  option of sending notices and communications otherwise
 required to be sent to the voter by postal mail by e-mail in addition to
 postal mail if the voter furnishes an email address.
   (iv) The date of birth of the applicant.
   (v) A space for the applicant to indicate [his or her] THEIR  driver's
 license  or  department  of motor vehicles non-driver photo ID number or
 the last four digits of [his or her] THEIR social security number or, if
 the applicant does not have either such number, a space for  the  appli-
 cant to indicate [he or she does] THEY DO not have either.
   (vi)  A  space for the applicant to indicate whether or not [he or she
 is] THEY ARE a citizen of the United States and the  statement  "If  you
 checked "no" in response to this question, do not complete this form."
   (vii) A space for the applicant to answer the question "Will you be 18
 years  of  age  on  or  before  election day?" and the statement "If you
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 checked "no" in response to this question, do  not  complete  this  form
 unless you will be 18 by the end of the year."
   (viii) A statement informing the applicant that if the form is submit-
 ted by mail and the applicant is registering for the first time, certain
 information or documents must be submitted with the mail-in registration
 form  in  order  to  avoid  additional  identification requirements upon
 voting for the first time. Such information and documents are:
   (A) a driver's license or  department  of  motor  vehicles  non-driver
 photo ID number; or
   (B)  the  last four digits of the individual's social security number;
 or
   (C) a copy of a current and valid photo identification; or
   (D) a copy of a  current  utility  bill,  bank  statement,  government
 check,  paycheck  or  other  government document that shows the name and
 address of the voter.
   (ix) The gender of the applicant (optional).
   (x) A space for the applicant to indicate [his or her] THEIR choice of
 party enrollment, with a clear alternative provided for the applicant to
 decline to affiliate with any party.
   (xi) The telephone number of the applicant (optional).
   (xii) A place for the applicant to execute the form on a line which is
 clearly labeled "signature  of  applicant"  preceded  by  the  following
 specific form of affirmation:
   AFFIDAVIT: I swear or affirm that:
      * I am a citizen of the United States.
      * I will have lived in the county, city, or village for at least 30
        days before the election.
      * I  meet  all  the  requirements  to  register to vote in New York
        State.
      * This is my signature or mark on the line below.
      * All the information contained on  this  application  is  true.  I
        understand that if it is not true I can be convicted and fined up
        to $5,000 and/or jailed for up to four years.
 which  form of affirmation shall be followed by a space for the date and
 the aforementioned line for the applicant's signature.
   (xiii) A space for the applicant to register in  the  New  York  state
 donate life registry for organ and tissue donations established pursuant
 to section forty-three hundred ten of the public health law.
   (l)  The  mail  voter  registration  application form developed by the
 federal election commission pursuant to the provisions of  section  nine
 of  the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 42 USC 1973gg-7 shall be
 deemed to meet the requirements of this  section.  Any  application  for
 registration  received  on such an application form shall be accepted if
 the applicant is otherwise eligible to register to vote pursuant to  the
 provisions  of  this  article.  A  voter  whose registration is accepted
 pursuant to the provisions of  this  paragraph  shall  be  permitted  to
 furnish  an  e-mail  address to the board of elections, which furnishing
 shall carry the same notice and have the  same  effect  as  provided  by
 subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (k) of this subdivision.
   (m)  The  form of affidavit prescribed by the state board of elections
 for requests for affidavit  ballot  pursuant  to  subdivision  three  of
 section  8-302  of this chapter shall be deemed to meet the requirements
 of this section. Any application for registration received on  the  form
 of affidavit shall be accepted if the applicant is otherwise eligible to
 register to vote pursuant to the provisions of this article, however the
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 failure to complete the voter registration application appearing on such
 affidavit envelope shall not otherwise invalidate the affidavit ballot.
   6.  A  person  who  willfully  makes a material false statement in any
 application for registration and enrollment and/or transfer of registra-
 tion and enrollment or special enrollment  by  mail,  or  who  knowingly
 makes a false affirmation, or who offers or attempts to offer any appli-
 cation  for  registration and enrollment or transfer of registration and
 enrollment or special enrollment knowing that the applicant is not qual-
 ified to register or enroll, or transfer [his or her] THEIR registration
 and enrollment or to specially enroll, shall be  guilty  of  a  class  E
 felony.
   7. Each county board of elections shall deliver a sufficient number of
 such uniform statewide application forms to each local post office with-
 in  its  county  and keep such post office so supplied, with the request
 that the postmaster thereof make them available to the  public  for  its
 use in participating in the electoral process.
   8. Upon its receipt by the county board of elections, each application
 form  shall  be  reviewed and examined by such board. If the application
 shall contain substantially all the required information indicating that
 the applicant is legally qualified to register and/or enroll  as  stated
 in  [his  or her] THEIR application, the county board of elections shall
 transfer all information on such application to the  appropriate  regis-
 tration  records.  If requested by any member of the board, the applica-
 tion form of any voter, or group of voters, must be reviewed  and  exam-
 ined   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 registrations. Such lists shall be preserved in the same manner,
 and  for the same time, as such registration poll records. If the appli-
 cation indicates that the voter does not  have  a  driver's  license  or
 department  of  motor  vehicles  non-driver  photo ID number or a social
 security number, the state board of elections  shall,  upon  the  trans-
 mission of voter information to the statewide voter registration list as
 required  by  section  5-614 of this article, assign such voter a unique
 identifier.
   9.  The county board of elections shall, [promptly] AS SOON AS PRACTI-
 CABLE and in any event, not later than  [twenty-one]  SEVEN  days  after
 receipt  by it of the application, verify the identity of the applicant.
 In order to do so, the county  board  of  elections  shall  utilize  the
 information provided in the application and shall attempt to verify such
 information  with  the  information  provided by the department of motor
 vehicles, social security administration and any other lawful  available
 information source. If the county board of elections is unable to verify
 the  identity  of  the  applicant  within [twenty-one] SEVEN days of the
 receipt of the application, it shall immediately take steps  to  confirm
 that  the  information provided by the applicant was accurately utilized
 by such county board of elections, was accurately  verified  with  other
 information  sources and that no data entry error, or other similar type
 of error, occurred. Following completion of  the  preceding  steps,  the
 county board of elections shall mail (a) a notice of its approval, (b) a
 notice  of its approval which includes an indication that such board has
 not yet been able to verify the identity of the applicant and a  request
 for  more information so that such verification may be completed, or (c)
 a notice of its rejection of the application to the applicant in a  form
 approved  by  the state board of elections. Notices of approval, notices
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 of approval with requests for more information or notices  of  rejection
 shall be sent by nonforwardable first class or return postage guaranteed
 mail on which is endorsed such language designated by the state board of
 elections  to  ensure  postal  authorities  do not forward such mail but
 return it to the board of elections with forwarding information, when it
 cannot be delivered as addressed and which contains a request  that  any
 such  mail  received  for persons not residing at the address be dropped
 back in the mail. The  voter's  registration  and  enrollment  shall  be
 complete upon receipt of the application by the appropriate county board
 of  elections.  The  failure of a county board of elections to verify an
 applicant's identity shall not be the  basis  for  the  rejection  of  a
 voter's  application,  provided, however, that such verification failure
 shall be the basis for requiring county board of elections to  take  the
 additional verification steps provided by this chapter. The notice shall
 also advise the registrant of the date when [his] THEIR registration and
 enrollment is effective, of the date and the hours of the next regularly
 scheduled primary or general election in which [he] SUCH REGISTRANT will
 be  eligible  to  vote,  of  the  location  of  the polling place of the
 election district in which [he] SUCH REGISTRANT is or will be  a  quali-
 fied voter, whether such polling place is accessible to physically hand-
 icapped  voters,  an  indication  that  physically handicapped voters or
 voters who are ill or voters who will be out of the city  or  county  on
 the  day  of  the  primary  or  general election, may obtain an absentee
 ballot and the phone number to call for  absentee  ballot  applications,
 the  phone  numbers  to  call  for location of polling places, to obtain
 registration forms and the phone number to call  to  indicate  that  the
 voter is willing to serve on election day as an inspector, poll clerk or
 interpreter. The notice of approval, notice of approval with request for
 more  information or notice of rejection shall also advise the applicant
 to notify the board of elections if there is any inaccuracy. The form of
 such mail notification  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  state  board  of
 elections  and  shall contain such other information and instructions as
 it may reasonably require to carry out the purposes of this section. The
 request for more information shall inform the voter that "THE FAILURE TO
 CONTACT THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS  AND  CORRECT  ANY  INACCURACIES  IN  THE
 APPLICATION  OR PROVIDE REQUESTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY RESULT IN A
 REQUEST FOR IDENTIFICATION AT THE POLLS IN ORDER TO CAST  A  VOTE  ON  A
 VOTING  MACHINE."  If  such notice is returned undelivered without a new
 address, the board shall forthwith send such  applicant  a  confirmation
 notice  pursuant  to the provisions of section 5-712 of this article and
 place such applicant in inactive status. The state  board  of  elections
 shall  prepare uniform notices by this section as provided for in subdi-
 vision eight of section 3-102 of this chapter.
   10.  If the board of elections has been unable to verify the  identity
 of  the  applicant  within forty-five days of the application, the board
 shall mail a second request for more information to the applicant.  This
 notice  shall inform the voter that "THE FAILURE TO CONTACT THE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS AND CORRECT ANY INACCURACIES IN  THE  APPLICATION  OR  PROVIDE
 REQUESTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY RESULT IN A REQUEST FOR IDENTIFICA-
 TION  AT  THE POLLS IN ORDER TO CAST A VOTE ON A VOTING MACHINE." If the
 board of elections remains unable to verify the identity of the voter it
 shall so indicate with a notation next to the voter's name in the regis-
 tration list. Such a voter may provide information to assist the  county
 board  to  verify [his or her] THEIR identity at any time and such nota-
 tion shall be removed by the board of elections upon such verification.
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   11. If the county board of elections suspects or believes that for any
 reason the applicant is not entitled to registration and enrollment,  it
 shall make inquiry in reference thereto. If the board of elections shall
 find  that  the  applicant  is not qualified to register and enroll, the
 application  shall  be  rejected  and  the  applicant  notified  of such
 rejection and the reason therefor, no later than [ten] SEVEN days before
 the day of the first primary or  general  election  occurring  at  least
 [twenty-five] TEN days after the filing of the application.
   12.  Whenever  the  county board of elections is not satisfied from an
 examination of an application for registration and enrollment, or  after
 its initial inquiry, that the applicant is entitled to such registration
 or  enrollment,  it  may  order  an investigation through any officer or
 employee of the state or county  board  of  elections,  police  officer,
 sheriff or deputy sheriff.
   13.   An affidavit or a signed statement by any officer or employee of
 the state or county board of elections or any police officer, sheriff or
 deputy sheriff, that such person visited the  premises  claimed  by  the
 applicant  as [his or her] THEIR residence and interrogated an incarcer-
 ated individual, house-dweller, keeper, caretaker, owner, proprietor  or
 landlord  thereof or therein as to such applicant's residence therein or
 thereat, and that [he or she was] THEY WERE informed by one or more such
 persons, naming them, that they knew  the  persons  residing  upon  such
 premises and that the applicant did not reside upon such premises as set
 forth  in  [his or her] THEIR application, shall be sufficient authority
 for a determination by the board that the applicant is not  entitled  to
 registration  or  enrollment;  but this provision shall not preclude the
 board from making such other  determination,  as  the  result  of  other
 inquiry, as it may deem appropriate.
   14.  Notwithstanding the entry by the county board of elections on the
 registration poll record of the information contained on an  application
 form prescribed by this section, such entry shall not preclude the coun-
 ty  board of elections from subsequently rejecting the application if it
 is not satisfied that the applicant is entitled to register  and  enroll
 as  provided by this section, provided that the applicant is notified of
 such rejection and reasons therefor  no  later  than  [ten]  SEVEN  days
 before  the  day  of  the first primary or general election occurring at
 least [twenty-five] TEN days after the filing of such application form.
   15. a. The county board of elections shall keep a record  of  applica-
 tions  for  registration  as  they  are  received and at least once each
 month, shall, upon request of the chairman of a political party  in  the
 county, give such chairman a complete list of the persons whose applica-
 tions were approved together with their addresses and telephone numbers,
 and their election and assembly districts or wards, if any.
   b.  Not  more than four times a year, on dates determined by the state
 board of elections, the county board of  elections  shall  send  to  the
 chairman  of  each  political party in the county a complete list of the
 persons whose applications were approved together with their  addresses,
 their  election  and  assembly  districts  or wards, if any, their party
 enrollments and an indication of whether such persons  are  eligible  to
 vote in the primary elections to be held in that calendar year. Not more
 than  twice  a  year, in even numbered years, on dates determined by the
 state board of elections, the county board of  elections  shall  send  a
 copy  of  such list to the state board of elections. In counties of over
 one hundred thousand population, each such list shall be, and  in  other
 counties  each such list may be, cumulative and include the names of all
 such persons whose names do not appear in the  annual  enrollment  lists
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 last  published  by such board of elections, together with an indication
 of which such names did not appear on the previous list. Such lists  may
 also  include  the  names  of those persons whose names do appear in the
 annual enrollment lists. Such lists shall be arranged in the same manner
 as the annual enrollment lists. Additional copies of such lists shall be
 available  to  the public at a charge not exceeding the cost of publica-
 tion or reproduction.
   § 3. Subdivisions 11 and 12 of section  5-211  of  the  election  law,
 subdivision  11 as amended by chapter 200 of the laws of 1996 and subdi-
 vision 12 as added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994,  are  amended  to
 read as follows:
   11. The participating agency shall transmit the completed applications
 for registration and change of address forms to the appropriate board of
 elections  not  later  than  ten days after receipt except that all such
 completed applications and forms received by the agency [between]  AFTER
 the [thirtieth] TWENTIETH DAY PRIOR TO AN ELECTION and [twenty-fifth] BY
 THE  TWELFTH  day before [an] SUCH election shall be transmitted in such
 manner and at such time as to assure their  receipt  by  such  board  of
 elections  AS  SOON  AS  PRACTICABLE  AND not later than the [twentieth]
 TENTH day before such election.
   12. Completed application forms,  when  received  by  a  participating
 agency  not  later  than  the [twenty-fifth] TWELFTH day before the next
 ensuing primary, general or special election  and  transmitted  by  such
 agency  to  the appropriate board of elections so that they are received
 by such board not later than  the  [twentieth]  TENTH  day  before  such
 election  shall  entitle the applicant to vote in such election provided
 the board determines that the applicant is otherwise qualified.
   § 4. Subdivisions 6 and 7 of section 5-212 of the election law, subdi-
 vision 6 as amended by chapter 200 of the laws of 1996 and subdivision 7
 as added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   6. The department of motor vehicles shall transmit that portion of the
 form  which  constitutes  the  completed application for registration or
 change of address form to the appropriate board of elections  not  later
 than  ten days after receipt except that all such completed applications
 and forms received by the department  [between]  AFTER  the  [thirtieth]
 TWENTIETH DAY PRIOR TO AN ELECTION and [twenty-fifth] BY THE TWELFTH day
 before  [an]  SUCH  election  shall be transmitted in such manner and at
 such time as to assure their receipt by such board of elections AS  SOON
 AS  PRACTICABLE AND not later than the [twentieth] TENTH day before such
 election.  All transmittals shall include original signatures.
   7. Completed application forms received by  the  department  of  motor
 vehicles  not  later than the [twenty-fifth] TWELFTH day before the next
 ensuing primary, general or special election  and  transmitted  by  such
 department  to  the  appropriate  board  of  elections  so that they are
 received not later than the [twentieth] TENTH day before  such  election
 shall  entitle the applicant to vote in such election provided the board
 determines that the applicant is otherwise qualified.
   § 5. Subdivision 3 of section 5-213 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 200 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   3. The board of elections shall restore the registration of  any  such
 voter  to  active  status  if such voter notifies the board of elections
 that [he resides] THEY RESIDE at the address from which [he is] THEY ARE
 registered, or the board finds that such  voter  has  validly  signed  a
 designating  or  nominating petition which states that [he resides] THEY
 RESIDE at such address, or if such voter casts a ballot in an  affidavit
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 envelope  which states that [he resides] THEY RESIDE at such address, or
 if the board receives notice that such voter has voted  in  an  election
 conducted with registration lists prepared pursuant to the provisions of
 section  5-612 of this article.  If any such notification or information
 is received [twenty] TEN days or  more  before  a  primary,  special  or
 general election, the voter's name must be restored to active status for
 such election.
   § 6. Subdivisions 4 and 5 of section 5-302 of the election law, subdi-
 vision  4 as amended by chapter 91 of the laws of 1992 and subdivision 5
 as amended by chapter 164 of the laws of 1985, are amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4.  Registration  poll  records  of voters whose registrations are not
 rejected by the board of elections shall forthwith be placed in the poll
 ledger or such voters' names shall forthwith be entered in the  computer
 files from which the computer generated registration lists are prepared,
 except that the registration poll record of an otherwise qualified voter
 who  registers  after  the  [twenty-fifth]  TENTH  day  before a primary
 election shall not be placed in such poll ledger or such  voters'  names
 shall  not  appear  on such a computer generated registration list until
 after such primary and except further that the registration poll  record
 of  a  voter  whose  previous registration was cancelled pursuant to the
 provisions of this chapter after the previous general election  and  who
 registers  pursuant to the provisions of this chapter after such cancel-
 lation shall not be placed in such poll ledger  or  such  voters'  names
 shall  not  appear  on such a computer generated registration list until
 after the fall primary election, unless such voter has enrolled with the
 same party as the enrollment on the registration which was so cancelled.
   The registration poll record of a voter who is not eligible to vote in
 a primary election but who is eligible to vote  in  a  special  election
 held  before  such primary election shall be placed in its regular place
 in the poll ledger or in a special section of such poll ledger for  such
 special  election  as  the  board of elections, in its discretion, shall
 provide, or such name shall appear in its regular place on the  computer
 generated  registration  list prepared for use in such special election.
 Such poll record shall be removed from  such  poll  ledger  or  computer
 generated registration list immediately after such special election.
   5. During the period preceding the ensuing primary election, the board
 of elections shall maintain as a public record a list of all enrollments
 entered,  transferred  or  corrected,  and  not  contained  in  the last
 published enrollment  list.  Such  supplemental  enrollment  list  shall
 contain the same information and shall be distributed in the same manner
 as the original enrollment list not later than the [fifteenth] TENTH day
 before the primary election.
   § 7. Subdivision 3 of section 5-306 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 90 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  A  voter may correct [his] THEIR enrollment pursuant hereto on any
 of the days the board is open for registration. A correction made during
 the [twenty-five-day] NINE-DAY period preceding a primary election shall
 not be effective for such election.
   § 8. Subdivision 4 of section 5-308 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 37 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   4. If a voter appears at a primary election  and  votes  by  affidavit
 ballot  indicating  the  intent  to enroll in such party, such affidavit
 ballot shall be cast and counted if the board  of  elections  determines
 that  the voter registered (or pre-registered) to vote at least [twenty-
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 five] TEN days before that primary pursuant to title nine of this  arti-
 cle and such voter is otherwise qualified to vote in such election.
   § 9. Subdivision 1 of section 5-602 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  After  the  last  day of local registration and before the [sixth]
 FIFTH 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 enroll-
 ment lists but who have been placed in inactive status or  whose  regis-
 trations  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.
   § 10. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (e) of subdivision 3  of  section
 8-302 of the election law, as amended by section 8 of part XX of chapter
 55 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (ii)  [He or she] THEY may swear to and subscribe an affidavit stating
 that [he or she has] THEY HAVE duly registered to vote, the  address  in
 such  election district from which [he or she] THEY registered, that [he
 or she remains] THEY REMAIN a duly  qualified  voter  in  such  election
 district, that [his or her] THEIR registration poll record appears to be
 lost  or  misplaced  or that [his or her] THEIR name and/or [his or her]
 THEIR signature was omitted from  the  computer  generated  registration
 list  or  such record indicates the voter already voted when [he or she]
 THEY did not do so or that [he or she has] THEY HAVE  moved  within  New
 York  state  since  [he  or  she] THEY last registered, the address from
 which [he or she was] THEY WERE previously registered and the address at
 which [he or she] THEY currently [resides]  RESIDE,  and  at  a  primary
 election,  the  party  in  which  [he  or she is] THEY ARE enrolled. The
 inspectors of election shall offer such an affidavit to each such  voter
 whose residence address is in such election district.  Each such affida-
 vit 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 YET registered  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  in the computer generated registration list, with the notation
 that the voter has executed the affidavit hereinabove prescribed, or, if
 such person's name appears in  such  registration  list,  the  board  of
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 elections  may  provide  a place to make such entry next to [his or her]
 THEIR name 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]  THEIR affidavit, and the envelope sealed and returned to the board
 of elections in the manner provided by this chapter for protested  offi-
 cial ballots, including a statement of the number of such ballots.
   §  11. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 7 of section 9-209 of the election
 law, as added by chapter 763 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (h) If the central board of canvassers finds that the voter registered
 or  pre-registered  to vote for the first time pursuant to title nine of
 article five of this chapter at least [twenty-five] TEN  days  before  a
 primary, appeared at such primary election, and indicated on the affida-
 vit  ballot  envelope  the intent to enroll in such party, the affidavit
 ballot shall be cast and canvassed if the voter is  otherwise  qualified
 to vote in such election.
   §  12. Subdivision 5 of section 10-106 of the election law, as amended
 by chapter 290 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
   5. The state board of elections shall forward to the appropriate board
 of elections all applications for military ballots received  by  it.  An
 application  from  a  military  voter  not previously registered must be
 received by the appropriate board of elections not later than  ten  days
 before  a  general,  PRIMARY,  or  special election [or twenty-five days
 before a primary election] in order to entitle the applicant to vote  at
 such  election.  An  application  from  a  military voter who is already
 registered must be received at least seven days before  an  election  in
 order  to entitle the applicant to vote at such election; except that an
 application from such a military voter who delivers [his] THEIR applica-
 tion to the board of elections in person, must  be  received  not  later
 than the day before the election.
   §  13. Subdivision 2 of section 11-200 of the election law, as amended
 by chapter 473 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   2. Every person registered pursuant to this title shall continue to be
 eligible to vote in all elections in which special  federal  voters  are
 eligible to vote except that in order to vote at a primary election of a
 party,  a  voter  registered  pursuant  to  this title must have been so
 registered and enrolled  in  such  party  before  the  previous  general
 election; or, if such voter was not registered in New York state for the
 previous  general  election,  such  voter must so register and enroll in
 such party not later than [twenty-five] TEN days  before  such  primary;
 or,  if such voter was registered in New York state for the last general
 election, such voter must have had the same party enrollment  with  such
 registration  as  such  voter  sets forth on [his] THEIR application for
 registration and enrollment as a special federal voter.
   § 14. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 11-202 of  the  election
 law,  as  amended by chapter 262 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read
 as follows:
   a. A person, who, pursuant to this title, is qualified to  vote  as  a
 special federal voter may, by application received by the state board of
 elections  or  any  local  board  of elections on or before the [twenty-
 fifth] TENTH day next preceding any election in which such person  would
 be  entitled  to  vote  or  the  last day of local registration for such
 election, whichever is later, apply to the board  of  elections  of  the
 county  in  which  [he  resided]  THEY  RESIDED in person or by personal
 application by mail for registration and enrollment as a special federal
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 voter. An application for registration and enrollment pursuant  to  this
 article  shall be treated as an application for a special federal ballot
 for every election in which the applicant  would  be  eligible  to  vote
 which  is  held  through  and including the next two regularly scheduled
 general elections held in even numbered years,  including  any  run-offs
 which may occur.
   §  15.  This  act  shall  take effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the election law relat-
 ing to voter registration, as proposed in legislative bills  numbers  S.
 2951-A and A. 8858-A, takes effect; provided, however, that:
   (a)  section  eight of this act shall take effect on the same date and
 in the same manner as section 2 of chapter 37 of the laws of 2021, takes
 effect; and
   (b) section eleven of this act shall take effect on the same date  and
 in  the  same  manner  as  section 1 of chapter 763 of the laws of 2021,
 takes effect.