NY A04499

Allows incarcerated persons in state or local correctional facilities to vote by absentee ballot, with ballots cast in the manner prescribed for absentee voting under election law.

Removes felony conviction as a disqualification for voter registration and voting; permits persons charged with or convicted of felonies to register and vote while incarcerated.

Requires correctional facility superintendents to notify incarcerated individuals of voting rights upon admission, provide voter registration forms upon request, and ensure timely submission of registration applications and absentee ballots to election boards.

Eliminates provisions requiring felony conviction notices from federal prosecutors and removes references to felony disqualifications from military and special federal absentee ballot affirmation forms.

Repeals subdivision 5 of section 8-504 of the election law relating to voter challenges at polling places and subdivision 10 of section 1057-a of the New York City Charter relating to notice of voter rights.