Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) Using the county's voter registration
system as their direct interface to NYSVoter, county election officials shall
enter all voter registration information into the list on an expedited basis at
the time the information is provided to the county official. Each county board
must enter and maintain voter registration records in a county voter
registration system. County boards have the responsibility for adding,
changing, canceling or removing voter registration records through an interface
NYSVoter. NYSVoter, shall normalize to standards and store voter registrant
information provided on the registration applicant.
(b) County voter registration systems shall
synchronize with NYSVoter at least every 24 hours.
(c) County voter registration systems shall
maintain near real-time synchronization.
(d) Each NYSVoter record must contain at
least the following information:
(1) full
name including, last name, first name, middle initial and name
suffix;
(2) residence address
including house number or apartment number, half code, street name and
direction, city and five-digit ZIP code and ZIP code plus four, or an
indication of a non-standard residence address;
(3) mailing address (if different from
residence address) including house, apartment number, or post office box
number, street name and direction, city, state and five-digit ZIP code and ZIP
code plus four and country;
(4)
United States Postal Service coding accuracy support service address (if
available). This is the process of correcting mailing address lists to conform
to United States Postal Service standards. This improves the accuracy of the
postal carrier route, five-digit ZIP code and ZIP code plus four, that appear
on mail pieces;
(5) birth
date;
(6) telephone number (if
indicated);
(7) gender (if
indicated);
(8) New York State
Department of Motor Vehicles driver's license number or non- driver's
identification number or the last four digits of social security number or an
indication that the voter has neither number;
(9) political party enrollment or affiliation
(or lack thereof);
(10) county
voter registration number;
(11)
county code;
(12) data entry date.
The date that the voter registration data was entered into the
system;
(13) application date. The
date on which the voter registration application was marked as being received
and is the date of voting eligibility of the registrant;
(14) Application source code. NYSVoter shall
collect and track the source of voter registration applications and summarize
and report on registration activity in accordance with National Voter
Registration Act reporting requirements;
(15) identification required flag;
(16) identification verification requirement
met flag;
(17) voter status
codes;
(18) official district
information including home political subdivision, election district, town, town
ward, Congressional, Senate and Assembly districts;
(19) voting history, including, whether a
voter voted in an election (State, Federal, and local elections), last year
voted, last county voted in;
(20)
voter transaction history, including, address changes, and name
changes;
(21) signature of the
voter. NYSVoter shall capture and store a graphic image of the signature on a
registration application. NYSVoter shall receive and store an image of the
signature captured and provided by the county voter registration system:
(i) ease of signature comparison. The
signatures shall be stored in a way to enhance speed of display;
(ii) restrictions of image editing. NYSVoter
shall not allow the authorized user to modify the basic characteristics,
structures, and recognizable format of the registrant's signature.
(e) Effective date.
Effective immediately except that subdivision (b) of this section shall sunset
and be deemed repealed on June 30, 2007; subdivision (c) and paragraphs (d)(4)
and (21) of this section shall become effective on July 1, 2007.
