§ 5-500. Registration records; form and content. 1. There shall be two
records of the registration of each voter. Except as otherwise provided
in this chapter, one record shall be sent, at the time of every
election, to the polling place where the voter is entitled to vote, and
shall be known as the "registration poll record". Between elections it
shall be kept in the main office or a branch office of the board of
elections. The other record shall be kept constantly in such main office
or branch office and shall be known as the "central file registration
record". The two types of records shall be prepared in different colors.

2. The face of each registration record, at or before its use, shall
have entered at the top the name of the county in which it is to be used
and a registration serial number, which shall be different for each
voter but the same for the two records of each voter.

3. The central file registration records shall be printed on one side
only, and shall be identical in substance, printing and arrangement with
the face of the registration poll records.

4. The central file registration records and the face of the
registration poll records shall contain a space for the voter's
signature, preceded by the words, "The foregoing statements are true",
and followed by the signature of the two members of the board of
inspectors or central registration board by whom the voter is
registered. In addition, there shall be spaces for the following
entries, all of which shall precede the space for the voter's signature:

a. Serial number assigned to voter and county of registration;

b. The voter's surname, given name and initials of other names;

c. The date of registration;

d. The residence address at which the voter claims to reside and post
office address, if not the same; and the number or designation of the
room, apartment, or floor occupied by the voter if he or she does not
claim the entire building as his or her residence; and in addition,
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 e-mail address;

e. The assembly district or ward and the election district in which
such residence address is located;

f. The length of the voter's residence in the county or city
calculated to the time of the next general election;

g. Whether the voter has previously voted or registered to vote and,
if so, the approximate year in which he last voted or registered and his
name and address at the time;

h. His date of birth;

i. A space for the applicant to indicate whether or not he is a
citizen of the United States;

j. The gender of the voter (optional);

k. The telephone number of the applicant (optional);

l. Whether the voter was challenged;

m. A space for the applicant to indicate his choice of party
enrollment, with a clear alternative provided for the applicant to
decline to affiliate with any party.

n. On the face of each registration record there also shall be spaces
appropriately entitled, for entering information about the cancellation
of registration, the date of such cancellation and the reason therefor,
and the signature of the two members or employees of the board,
representing different political parties by whom the cancellation was
recorded;

o. A space for "remarks" regarding other facts required by this
chapter to be recorded or appropriate to identify the voter;

p. A space for pre-registering applicants to respond to the following
question: "Are you at least 16 years of age and understand that you must
be 18 years of age on or before election day to vote, and that until you
will be eighteen years of age at the time of such election your
registration will be marked 'pending' and you will be unable to cast a
ballot in any election?".

5. On each registration poll record shall be spaces appropriately
entitled and arranged for the voting record and signature of each voter.
Each line above the last shall be reserved for the entries for each
election at which the voter casts his vote. Such arrangement shall allow
for the entry of the following information with reference to each
election at which the registrant shall vote; the year, month and day of
the election; the voter's number recorded on the public-counter, and the
designation of the particular machine used if there be more than one in
the district, if voting machines are used; the number on the ballot
delivered and voted by the voter, if paper ballots are used; the
signature of the voter; and the signatures or initials of the election
inspectors by whom the voter is admitted to vote. On the last line at
the bottom shall be a space for the voter's signature to be made at the
time of registration.

6. On a different part of the registration poll record shall be spaces
for recording the enrollment of the voter, changes in such enrollment,
including, in each case, the number of the enrollment blank used, the
date, the name of the party, appropriate remarks; and the initials of
the board members who make any entry:

7. The state board of elections shall prescribe the form of the record
required by this section which may include any additional information it
shall deem necessary. The state board may provide that the form of
application for registration by mail may be used in lieu of the form
prescribed by this section.