§ 5-614. Statewide voter registration list. 1. There shall be one
official record of the registration of each voter. Such record shall be
maintained in an interactive, statewide, computerized, voter
registration list. Such statewide voter registration list shall
constitute the official list of voters for the state of New York. Such
list shall be in the custody of the state board of elections and
administered and maintained by the state board of elections, subject to
rules and regulations promulgated by the state board of elections in
accordance with subdivision four of section 3-100 of this chapter. Local
boards of elections shall comply with all the rules and regulations
promulgated by the state board of elections pursuant to this section.

2. The official statewide voter registration list shall be created by
combining the existing voter registration list maintained by each local
board of elections into a single integrated list. The state board of
elections, pursuant to subdivision four of section 3-100 of this
chapter, shall promulgate rules and regulations, which shall be binding
upon each local board of elections, concerning the combining of each
existing voter registration list into a single integrated list. Such
rules and regulations shall be designed, to the maximum extent
practicable, to allow each local board of elections to continue to use
its existing computer infrastructure, computer software and database
applications to access data from and transmit data to the statewide
voter registration list. To create such list, each local board of
elections shall transmit to the state board of elections a certified
copy of the voter registration records of such board in an electronic
format prescribed by the state board of elections. The state board of
elections shall on an ongoing basis compile such records from the local
boards of elections into a statewide voter registration list. The
computer infrastructure of such list shall be maintained and
administered by the state board of elections and such board shall, in
accordance with subdivision four of section 3-100 of this chapter,
promulgate uniform rules and regulations for the maintenance of voter
registration records not inconsistent with this chapter. The state board
of elections shall make accessible to each local board of elections the
statewide voter registration list. Such list shall be maintained in a
computerized form which permits different user interfaces.

3. The statewide voter registration list shall:

a. serve as the single system for storing and managing the official
list of registered voters throughout the state which local boards of
elections shall use for creating the computer generated registration
list prepared for each election for each election district as provided
by this chapter;

b. contain the name and registration information of every legally
registered voter in the state, as provided by section 5-500 of this
article and such other information as may be deemed necessary by the
state board of elections in accordance with subdivision four of section
3-100 of this chapter;

c. contain a unique identifier for each legally registered voter in
the state;

d. be coordinated and referenced with other state and federal
identification records;

e. provide timely electronic access to the information contained
therein to election officials;

f. provide that all voter registration information obtained by a local
board of elections shall be electronically entered into such list on an
expedited basis at the time the information is provided to such board;

g. ensure that the state board of elections provides such support as
may be required so that local boards of elections are able to enter the
information described in paragraph f of this subdivision;

h. serve as the official voter registration list for the conduct of
all elections in the state which are administered by local boards of
elections; and

i. allow local boards of elections, using their own systems, to
perform essential election functions including but not limited to
processing of early mail voters, absentee voters, administration of poll
workers and polling places, assignment of election jurisdictions based
on residence and address and other functions necessary for the conduct
of elections using voter registration information from the official
statewide voter registration list.

4. Adding, changing, canceling or removing voter registration records
shall be conducted only by local boards of elections as provided by this
chapter.

5. For purposes of removing names of ineligible voters from the list
of eligible voters, the state board of elections shall obtain and
transmit to local boards of elections (a) the list of persons who have
died maintained by the New York city department of health and the state
department of health, and (b) the list of persons subject to forfeiture
of the right to vote pursuant to section 5-106 of this article
maintained by the office of court administration or by a court having
made such determination.

6. Each local board of elections shall, within twenty-five days after
receiving such list of decedents or list of persons subject to
forfeiture of the right to vote pursuant to section 5-106 of this
article, use such lists to identify and remove decedents and persons
subject to forfeiture of the right to vote pursuant to section 5-106 of
this article from the list of eligible voters.

7. The local board of elections shall electronically file with the
state board of elections a cancellation and removal report indicating
all cancellations and removal actions taken by the local board of
elections from the list of eligible voters. Such report shall be filed
in a format and at such intervals as directed by the state board of
elections.

8. If the information received by the board of elections through the
statewide voter registration list indicates that a voter is currently
registered to vote more than once, the local board of elections
containing the registration record of the earlier dated registration
record shall send such voter the confirmation notice prescribed by
section 5-712 of this article and place such voter in inactive status
pursuant to section 5-213 of this article.

9. The state board of elections shall, in accordance with subdivision
four of section 3-100 of this chapter, promulgate rules and regulations
to ensure compliance with the adding, changing, canceling or removing of
voters from the single, official, statewide voter registration list.

10. Any person may bring a challenge pursuant to this chapter against
any board of elections to compel the removal of an ineligible voter from
the list of eligible voters or to compel the correction of a
registration record in the case of a voter wrongfully canceled or
removed from the statewide, single, official voter registration list.

11. The state board of elections shall establish a statewide voter
hotline using information available through the statewide voter
registration list for voters to obtain information regarding their voter
registration.

12. a. The state board of elections, in consultation with local boards
of elections and in accordance with subdivision four of section 3-100 of
this chapter, shall establish minimum standards for statewide voter
registration list maintenance activities and schedules for such
activities by regulation.

b. The list maintenance performed pursuant to the minimum standards
required by paragraph a of this subdivision shall be conducted in a
manner consistent with this chapter to ensure that:

(1) the name of each registered voter appears in the statewide voter
registration list;

(2) only names of persons who are not registered or who are not
eligible to vote are removed from such list; and

(3) the prior registrations of duplicate names are removed from such
list.

13. The state board of elections shall provide adequate technological
security measures to prevent the unauthorized access to or disruption of
the statewide voter registration list established pursuant to this
section and any voter registration records electronically transmitted
between local boards of elections and the state board of elections as
provided for in subdivision two of this section. A copy of such list
shall be stored at least twenty-five miles away from the place where the
original is housed.

14. The statewide voter registration list system shall ensure that
voter registration records in the state are accurate and are updated
regularly, including a system of file maintenance that makes a
reasonable effort to remove registrants who are ineligible to vote from
the official list of eligible voters, as provided for by this chapter.