N.Y. Election Law § 5-804: Failure to provide exemplar signature not to prevent registration

§ 5-804. Failure to provide exemplar signature not to prevent

registration. 1. If a voter registration exemplar signature is not

provided by an applicant who submits a voter registration application

pursuant to this title, the local board shall seek to obtain such

exemplar signature from the statewide voter registration database, the

state board of elections, or a state or local agency designated by

section 5-211 or 5-212 of this article.

2. If such exemplar signature is not available from the statewide

voter registration database, the state board of elections, or a state or

local agency designated by section 5-211 or 5-212 of this article, the

local board of elections shall, absent another reason to reject the

application, proceed to register and, as applicable, enroll the

applicant. Within ten days of such action, the board of elections shall

send a standard form promulgated by the state board of elections to the

voter whose record lacks an exemplar signature, requiring such voter to

submit a signature for identification purposes. The voter shall submit

to the board of elections a voter registration exemplar signature by any

one of the following methods: in person, by mail with return postage

paid provided by the board of elections, by electronic mail, or by

electronic upload to the board of elections through the electronic voter

registration transmittal system. If such voter does not provide the

required exemplar signature, when the voter appears to vote the voter

shall be entitled to vote by affidavit ballot.