N.Y. Election Law § 5-502: Registration records; supplies and equipment

§ 5-502. Registration records; supplies and equipment. 1. The board

of elections shall furnish in time for use by the boards of inspectors

of election, the registration records, an American flag, a map or

certified description of the election district, and the adjoining

election districts, challenge affidavits, early mail ballot

applications, absentee voting applications, a list of voters who are

currently registered in the election district, a list of those voters

who have been cancelled in the last year with the reason for such

cancellations, forms for statements of temporary absence, a sufficient

number of copies of the ballot proposals to be submitted to the voters

at the ensuing election, at least one copy of the instruction booklet

for inspectors and all other forms and supplies required for the

administration of the registration system as provided by this article.

2. The board of elections shall also maintain in its custody and

control:

a. At the headquarters of the board, filing cabinets and ledgers

sufficient in number and form to accommodate the records required by

this article to be kept at such headquarters or office.

b. Carrying cases sufficient to carry to and from the registration

places the ledgers, if any, and forms required by this chapter to be

available for use at such places.

3. Each ledger and cabinet shall be equipped with a lock of such a

nature that when the ledger or cabinet is locked it shall not be

possible to remove any record or form which has been filed therein, or

to file in it any other record or form. Each carrying case shall be

equipped with a lock. Each carrying case lock and its key shall bear an

identical distinctive identifying number.

4. Subject to the requirements of this article, the state board of

elections shall prescribe the number of and the form, content, color and

specifications of such registration records, lists, and check cards. It

may require such other forms, supplies and equipment as it deems

necessary to be furnished by the boards of elections and any other

officer charged with equipping the places for taking registrations.