{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-charter-1057-ee","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Charter § 1057-ee","heading":"Section 1057-ee. Municipal voter registration application form.","body":"a. The board of elections in the city of New York shall design and distribute a municipal voter registration application form that will allow municipal voters to apply for registration, pre-registration, and change of enrollment in the manner that U.S. citizen voters may so apply to such board. Such form shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:\n\n1. Notice that individuals registering or pre-registering using municipal voter forms will be registered or pre-registered to vote in municipal elections only, and expressly stating that municipal voters are not qualified to vote in state or federal elections.\n\n2. Information on the qualifications to vote at the state and federal levels according to the election law, and information on how individuals who meet such qualifications can register or pre-register.\n\n3. Notice that individuals who have been residents of New York city for less than 30 consecutive days by the time of the next election do not qualify to register to vote as municipal voters.\n\n4. Notice that registration and enrollment is not complete until the municipal voter registration application form is received and accepted by the board of elections in the city of New York.\n\n5. Notice that it is a crime, along with the attendant penalties and possible immigration consequences, to procure a false registration or to furnish false information to the board of elections.\n\n6. The following notice in conspicuous type that contrasts in typography, layout or color with all other words on such form: \"IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR NON-UNITED STATES CITIZENS. Any information you provide to the Board of Elections, including your name and address, may be obtained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other agencies, organizations, and individuals. In addition, if you apply for naturalization, you will be asked whether you have ever registered or voted in a federal, state, or local election in the United States. You may wish to consult with an immigration attorney, an organization that protects immigrant rights, or other knowledgeable source before providing any personal information to the Board of Elections and before registering to vote in New York City. You can find a list of nonprofit organizations that specialize in protecting the rights of immigrants on the website of the New York City Campaign Finance Board. Individuals in New York City applying for United States citizenship through naturalization may request notice of their eligibility to register and to vote in New York City.\"\n\n7. The following spaces to be filled in by the applicant:\n\n(a) Space to indicate whether the applicant is a lawful permanent resident or is authorized to work in the United states and the statement \"If you checked \"no\" in response to this question, do not complete this form.\"\n\n(b) Space for the applicant to indicate whether or not he or she has ever voted or registered to vote as a municipal voter before and, if so, the approximate year in which such applicant last voted or registered as such and his or her name and address at the time.\n\n(c) Space for the applicant to execute the form on a line which is clearly labeled \"signature of applicant\" preceded by the following form of affirmation: \"AFFIDAVIT: I swear or affirm that I am a resident of New York City and will have been a resident of New York City for a minimum of 30 consecutive days by the time of the next election, am either a lawful permanent resident or authorized to work in the United States and will only vote at an election at which I maintain such status, and, to the best of my knowledge, I meet all of the requirements to register to vote in New York State except for United States citizenship. This is my signature or mark on the line below. All the information contained on this application is true. I understand that if it is not true I can be convicted and fined up to $5,000 and/or jailed for up to four years.\"\n\nb. Such form shall contain all information required to be included on the statewide application form for U.S. citizen voters under subdivision 5 of section 5-210 of the election law, except as modified in this section. Such form shall not contain the notice concerning citizenship required pursuant to paragraph (g) of such subdivision or the information required to be included under subparagraphs (i), (vi) and (xii) of paragraph (k) of such subdivision.\n\nc. Titles eight and nine of article five of the election law shall not apply to municipal voter registration.\n\n(L.L. 2022/011, 1/9/2022, eff. 12/9/2022)","path":["New York City Charter","Chapter 46-A: Voting by Lawful Permanent Residents and Persons Authorized to Work in the United States"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Charter/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:59Z","sha256":"cf93aac6f15e08cc91cf49f7797585c81623367a18f3dbb9d36a281e89dbfcde","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":true,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-charter-1057-dd","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-charter-1057-ff"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}