NY A05435

Amends election law to require board of elections to verify that specific disqualifying circumstances have occurred before canceling a voter's registration, adding a verification requirement to the cancellation process.

Removes the automatic cancellation of voter registrations based solely on inactivity status and lack of voting during two federal election cycles, eliminating the previous "inactive status" grounds for cancellation.

Clarifies that election officers who willfully cancel a voter's registration in violation of section 5-400 or refuse to allow voting due to inactive status are guilty of a felony.

Establishes that voters with inactive status whose ballots in affidavit envelopes meet all requirements shall have their registration restored to active status and their ballots counted for that election, even if notification is received less than twenty days before the election.

Modifies procedures for maintaining inactive voter records by requiring boards of elections to compile names in an inactive poll ledger to be distributed to each election district within a county.