NY A05360

Allows incarcerated persons in state and local correctional facilities to vote by absentee ballot, with the Department of Correction required to provide voter registration forms and ensure timely submission of registrations and ballots.

Eliminates felony conviction as a disqualification for voter registration and voting, removing restrictions that previously barred persons convicted of felonies unless pardoned, restored to rights, or completed their sentence and parole.

Requires correctional facility superintendents to mail voter registration applications and absentee ballots within three days of completion and deliver received ballots to inmates within two days, while protecting the privacy of all election correspondence.

Repeals subdivision 5 of section 8-504 of the Election Law regarding voter challenges at polling places and removes provisions in the New York City Charter requiring agencies to check parole status when assisting with voter registration.

Directs the State Board of Elections to revise all voter registration and absentee ballot paperwork to remove references to felony convictions and limitations on voting rights based on criminal convictions.