Discontinuance of central file registration records
Compiled text through Mar 31, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
No later Register activity identified in this check.
Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Mar 31, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
Any Board of Elections wishing to discontinue maintenance of its central file registration records pursuant to section 5-504 of the Election Law may do so, provided:
(a)it maintains a complete computer record of all registered voters, which shall include not less than each voter's name, complete address, including town or city, apartment or room number, ZIP code, assembly district if election districts are grouped by assembly district, ward, election district, registration serial number, party enrollment, date of registration, sex and date of birth;
(b)it has available, as a public record at the Board of Elections, at least one alphabetized list of all registered voters containing such information as is required pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section;
(c)a complete list is printed not less than once per year following completion of the purge and is updated weekly by a reprinting of the complete list or by the printing of supplements showing additions or deletions to the master file occurring during the preceding week;
(d)at least one copy of the computer tape is securely located in a building other than the one in which the offices of the Board of Elections are housed;
(e)all original registration applications are retained; and
(f)it receives authorization from the State Board after submitting an application which shall provide sufficient information for the board to determine that the county board has satisfied the requirements of subdivisions (a) through (e) of this section.