N.Y. Election Law § 5-220: Registration; challenge after registered

§ 5-220. Registration; challenge after registered. 1. Any person may

challenge the registration of a voter by executing and delivering to the

board of elections or a board taking registrations, his affidavit that

he has reason to believe that such voter's registration should be

cancelled. Such affidavit shall contain the affiant's full name,

residence, and business address, the name of his employer, the

registration serial number of the person challenged and a recital of the

reasons and the facts supporting affiant's belief that the person

challenged lacks the qualifications for voting prescribed in this

chapter and specified in such affidavit. The affidavit shall state if

the reasons for challenge are based upon the affiant's personal

knowledge, or upon information received from another person. If the

affiant's belief is based upon information furnished by another, the

affidavit shall recite the name of the person furnishing the information

and the basis for his information. After the affiant has signed such

affidavit a member of such board shall read to him and request him to

sign the following oath, which shall be subscribed by such affiant: "I

do solemnly swear (or affirm) that the foregoing statement made by me on

(insert day, month and year) is a truthful disclosure of the reasons for

my belief that the registered voter therein named is not qualified to

continue to be registered in the election district in which he is now

registered." If the affiant shall take and sign such oath, the members

of the board shall sign their names as witnesses below the affiant's

subscription to such oath. Each such affidavit shall be directed toward

the challenge of only one registrant. The board shall give full

assistance to any person desiring to execute such an affidavit. The

board of elections shall furnish the necessary forms. Upon receipt of

such affidavit the board of elections forthwith shall conduct an

investigation of the voter's qualifications to remain registered in the

same manner as provided for applications for personal registration by

mail. Any person whose registration is so challenged shall be notified

thereof by the board of elections by registered or certified mail within

five days after the affidavit is received by it.

2. If the board of elections cannot complete its investigation, or

cannot make a determination before the next election at which the

registrant could vote, it shall place his name on a challenge list as a

person to be challenged when voting.