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State Board of Elections adopts amendments to voter registration form
Summary
The New York State Board of Elections unanimously adopted Resolution 26‑03, updating the voter registration form to add language‑access contact listings (including Tagalog, Malayalam and Urdu) and to clarify ID requirements in section 12, following counsel's explanation of the changes.
Henry Berger, cochair of the New York State Board of Elections, opened the meeting and introduced the first item of new business as resolution 26‑03, amendments to the voter registration form and accompanying instructions. Berger asked the counsel's office to walk the board through the proposed changes.
Ray, a representative of the counsel's office, said the proposal makes two updates to the form. "We're doing 2 updates to the form," Ray said, and noted that, after the board's review tied to the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, three languages were added in New York State. "Those were, Tagalog, Malayalam, and Urdu," Ray said. He also said the proposal clarifies section 12, the ID section, to "better represent our current interpretation." The presentation included a brief mention of section 13 for internal clarification.
Cochair Berger then moved to adopt resolution 26‑03; the motion was seconded and, after no further discussion, the board voted. "This matter is adopted unanimously," Berger said. The resolution was adopted without recorded dissent.
The board did not read the full text of the resolution on the record during the meeting; the counsel's office summarized the substantive changes (language‑access listings and an ID‑section clarification). The board did not state a roll‑call tally in the transcript; the clerk announced unanimous adoption.
