Review of county voter registration systems
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.
- Latest notice
- SBE-39-21-00002-A · Adopted rule · Feb 9, 2022
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)Every county voter registration system must be approved by the State Board to ensure it continually meets the functional, technical and security specifications promulgated by the State Board for interfacing with the official statewide voter registration list. For proposed systems, this approval must be obtained prior to sending data to the statewide list.
(b)A county voter registration system must have the capability to:
(1)allow county boards to capture, store and retrieve voter and election information as required in New York State Election Law and this Part;
(2)interface with the official statewide voter registration list;
(3)meet all security requirements as set forth by the State Board for such systems;
(4)track information specific to single elections, including the issuance and return of absentee ballots; and
(5)store and provide images of signatures of registered voters.
(c)A county's voter registration system must conform to all of the requirements of state law and of these regulations, and if it does not, the State Board must notify the county board of the nature of the nonconformity and provide a date when such nonconformity shall be corrected. The county board correction of the nonconforming aspects of the county voter registration system shall be by the date provided and provide to the State Board such evidence of the change or changes in the system as the State Board may deem appropriate.
(d)NYSVoter shall ensure all data complies with the data standards for the database. County systems must be remediated so that all required data is sent to and received from the centralized database.