N.Y. Election Law § 5-208: Transfer of registration and enrollment

§ 5-208. Transfer of registration and enrollment. 1. The board of

elections shall transfer the registration and enrollment of any voter

appearing on a statewide voter list pursuant to subdivision one of

section 5-614 of this article for whom it receives a notice of change of

address to another address in New York state, or for any voter who

submits a ballot in an affidavit ballot envelope which sets forth such a

new address. Such notices shall include, but not be limited to, notices

received from any state agency which conducts a voter registration

program pursuant to the provisions of sections 5-211 and 5-212 of this

title, that the voter has notified such agency of a change of address in

New York state unless the voter has indicated that such change of

address is not for voter registration purposes, notices of change of

address from the United States Postal Service through the National

Change of Address System, any notices of a forwarding address on mail

sent to a voter by the board of elections and returned by the postal

service, national or state voter registration forms, confirmation

mailing response cards, United States Postal Service notices to

correspondents of change of address, applications for registration from

persons already registered in New York state, or any other notices to

correspondents sent to the board of elections by such voters.

2. Upon receipt of such a notice, the board shall compare the

signature (if any) and other information with the signature and other

information on the registration record on file. If such signature and

other information appears to be correct, the board shall change the

address of the voter in all the records of such board.

3. If such a notice is received at least fifteen days before a

primary, special or general election, such change of address must be

completed before such election.

4. If such application for registration from a voter already

registered in New York state also reflects a change of enrollment, the

board of elections shall treat such application as an application for

change of enrollment pursuant to section 5-304 of this article.

5. As soon as practicable, after it transfers a voter's registration,

the board of elections shall send the voter, by forwardable first class

or return postage guaranteed mail, a notice advising him of the transfer

in a form which is similar to the notice sent to new registrants

pursuant to the provisions of section 5-210 of this title and which has

been approved by the state board of elections. If the notice of change

of address did not contain the voter's signature, such notice shall

include a postage paid return card, in a form prescribed by the state

board of elections, on which the voter may notify the board of elections

of any correction of address, together with a statement on such notice

and on the return card that the voter should return such card only if

the address to which the notice was sent is not the voter's current

address.

6. If a notice sent pursuant to subdivision five of this section is

returned by the postal service as undeliverable and without a forwarding

address, the board of elections shall return the registration of such

voter to the original address, send such voter a confirmation notice

pursuant to the provisions of subdivision one of section 5-712 of this

title and place such voter in inactive status.

7. The board of elections shall preserve such notices of change of

address for as long as registration records are otherwise required to be

preserved or, if the computer readable records maintained by the board

of elections include a complete copy of such notice, the board shall

preserve the original notice for a period of at least two years or such

longer period as the state board of elections may require.

8. If the board of elections receives notice of a change of address

within New York state from, or with respect to, a person who it

determines is not registered in New York state, it shall forthwith send

such person a notice to that effect in a form approved by the state

board of elections at the new address set forth in such notice of change

of address, together with a voter registration form.

9. The state board of elections shall promulgate regulations as to the

procedures for transferring a voter from one county to another.