N.Y. Election Law § 5-902: Failure to receive exemplar signature not to prevent registration

§ 5-902. Failure to receive exemplar signature not to prevent

registration. If a voter registration exemplar signature is not received

from an applicant who submits a voter registration or pre-registration

application pursuant to this title and such signature exemplar is not

otherwise available from the statewide voter registration database or a

state or local agency, the local board of elections shall, absent

another reason to reject the application, proceed to register or

pre-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.