§ 5-900. Integrated personal voter registration application required.\n1. In addition to any other method of voter registration provided for by\nthis chapter, state and local agencies designated in subdivisions\nthirteen and fourteen of this section shall provide to the state board\nof elections voter registration qualification information associated\nwith each person who submits an application for services or assistance\nat such agency, including a renewal, recertification, or reexamination\ntransaction at such agency, and each person who submits a change of\naddress or name form. For the purposes of the department of motor\nvehicles, "application for services or assistance at such agency" refers\nonly to an application for a motor vehicle driver's license, a driver's\nlicense renewal or an identification card if such card is issued by the\ndepartment of motor vehicles in its normal course of business. For\npurposes of the New York city housing authority "application for\nservices or assistance at such agency" refers only to applications that\nreach an eligibility interview and reexamination transactions. Such\ndesignated agencies shall ensure agency applications substantially\ninclude all of the elements required by section 5-210 of this article,\nincluding the appropriate attestation, so that persons completing such\napplications shall be able to also submit an application to register to\nvote through the electronic voter registration transmittal system. For\npurposes of this section, "agency" shall mean any state or local agency,\ndepartment, division, office, institution or other entity designated in\nsubdivision thirteen of this section or designated by the governor\npursuant to subdivision fourteen of this section. For purposes of this\nsection, registration shall also include pre-registration pursuant to\nsection 5-507 of this article.\n 2. For each application submitted to the agency, whether\nelectronically or on paper, the agency shall transmit to the state board\nof elections through an interface with the electronic voter registration\ntransmittal system established and maintained by the state board of\nelections that portion of the application that includes voter\nregistration information. The state board of elections shall\nelectronically forward such application to the applicable board of\nelections of each county or the city of New York for filing, processing\nand verification consistent with this chapter.\n 3. An integrated voter registration form submitted to an agency in\npaper format shall be transmitted to the state board of elections\nthrough an electronic voter registration transmittal system by\nconverting the paper form to an image file or a portable document format\nfile which shall thereafter be deemed the original form for voter\nregistration and enrollment purposes. The agency shall retain the\ncomplete original paper application for no less than two years. The\ntransmittal of the converted paper application may include or be\naccompanied by data elements and transmittal information as required by\nthe rules and regulations of the state board of elections.\n 4. An integrated voter registration application submitted to an agency\nin an electronic format shall be transmitted to the state board of\nelections through the electronic voter registration transmittal system\nand shall include all of the voter registration data elements, including\nelectronic signature, as applicable, and record of attestation of the\naccuracy of the voter registration information and any relevant document\nimages.\n 5. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no agency designated\nunder this section shall transmit to the state board of elections any\napplication for registration for a person that indicates on the\nintegrated personal voter registration application that they do not meet\none of the eligibility requirements.\n 6. The voter registration related portion of each agency's integrated\napplication for s
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