{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-election-law-5-507","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Election Law § 5-507","heading":"Voter pre-registration and education on voter pre-registration","body":"§ 5-507. Voter pre-registration and education on voter\npre-registration. 1. Pre-registration. A person who is at least sixteen\nyears of age and who is otherwise qualified to register to vote may\npre-register to vote, and shall be automatically registered upon\nreaching the age of eligibility as provided by this chapter.\n  2. Encouragement of student voter registration and pre-registration.\nLocal boards of education, boards of cooperative educational services,\ncharter schools and non public schools are required to adopt policies to\npromote student voter registration and pre-registration. These policies\nmay include collaboration with county boards of elections to conduct\nvoter registration and pre-registration in high schools and shall\ninclude, but not be limited to, procedures for: (i) providing access to\nvoter registration and pre-registration applications during the school\nyear and assistance with filing such applications; and (ii) informing\nstudents of the state requirements for voter registration and\npre-registration. Completion and submission of voter registration or\npre-registration forms shall not be a course requirement or graded\nassignment for students.","path":["Election Law","Article 5. Registration and Enrollment of Voters","Title 5. Registration Records"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/ELN/5-507","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"2c5976f93d71d23ab898179818a75fc14fa98ee4628d0e54c90d93a7a5a8f8da","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-election-law-5-506","next":"us-ny/n.y.-election-law-5-508"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}