2006 New York Code - Transfer Of Registration And Enrollment.

 
    §  5-208.  Transfer  of registration and enrollment.   1. The board of
  elections shall transfer the registration and enrollment  of  any  voter
  for whom it receives a notice of change of address to another address in
  the  same  county  or  city,  or  for any voter who casts a ballot in an
  affidavit ballot envelope which sets forth such a  new  address.    Such
  notices  shall include, but not be limited to, notices received from any
  state agency which conducts a voter registration program pursuant to the
  provisions of sections 5-211 and 5-212 of this title, that the voter has
  notified such agency of a change of address in the same city  or  county
  unless  the  voter  has indicated that such change of address is not for
  voter registration purposes, notices  of  change  of  address  from  the
  United  States  Postal  Service  through  the National Change of Address
  System, any notices of a forwarding address on mail sent to a  voter  by
  the  board  of elections and returned by the postal service, national or
  state voter registration forms,  confirmation  mailing  response  cards,
  United  States  Postal  Service  notices  to correspondents of change of
  address, applications for registration from persons  already  registered
  in  such  county or city, or any other notices to correspondents sent to
  the board of elections by such voters.
    2. Upon receipt  of  such  a  notice,  the  board  shall  compare  the
  signature  (if  any)  and other information with the signature and other
  information on the registration record on file. If  such  signature  and
  other  information  appears  to  be  correct, the board shall change the
  address of the voter in all the records of such board.
    3. If such a notice is received at least twenty days before a primary,
  special or general election, such change of address  must  be  completed
  before such election.
    4.   If  such  application  for  registration  from  a  voter  already
  registered in such county or city also reflects a change of  enrollment,
  the  board  of  elections shall treat such application as an application
  for change of enrollment pursuant to section 5-304 of this article.
    5. As soon as practicable, after it transfers a voter's  registration,
  the  board of elections shall send the voter, by forwardable first class
  or return postage guaranteed mail, a notice advising him of the transfer
  in a form which is  similar  to  the  notice  sent  to  new  registrants
  pursuant  to the provisions of section 5-210 of this title and which has
  been approved by the state board of elections.  If the notice of  change
  of  address  did  not  contain  the voter's signature, such notice shall
  include a postage paid return card, in a form prescribed  by  the  state
  board of elections, on which the voter may notify the board of elections
  of  any  correction of address, together with a statement on such notice
  and on the return card that the voter should return such  card  only  if
  the  address  to  which  the  notice was sent is not the voter's current
  address.
    6. If a notice sent pursuant to subdivision five of  this  section  is
  returned by the postal service as undeliverable and without a forwarding
  address,  the  board  of elections shall return the registration of such
  voter to the original address, send such  voter  a  confirmation  notice
  pursuant  to  the provisions of subdivision one of section 5-712 of this
  title and place such voter in inactive status.
    7. The board of elections shall preserve such  notices  of  change  of
  address for as long as registration records are otherwise required to be
  preserved  or,  if the computer readable records maintained by the board
  of elections include a complete copy of such  notice,  the  board  shall
  preserve  the original notice for a period of at least two years or such
  longer period as the state board of elections may require.
    8. If the board of elections receives notice of a  change  of  address
  within  such  city  or  county from, or with respect to, a person who it
  determines is not registered in such county or city, it shall  forthwith
  send such person a notice to that effect in a form approved by the state
  board of elections at the new address set forth in such notice of change
  of address, together with a voter registration form.