N.Y. Election Law Section 5-216
Registration

assistance to applicant

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If any person entitled to be registered shall declare to the board of inspectors that he is unable to read or write by reason of illiteracy or disability, the board shall provide assistance in registering. Such person shall, if unable to write, be excused from signing and the board shall enter the words “unable to sign” in each space reserved for his signature. The board shall also enter in the remarks space on the face of the registration records the reason for his inability to write his name.

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If the applicant be a person who does not speak the English language, he may be assisted by a relative who can interpret for him. If the applicant registers with this assistance the board shall put in the remarks space of the registration forms the name and address, and the relationship, of the person so doing the interpreting and the interpreter shall sign his name in the remarks space.

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If the registrant needs assistance with registration, he may also have the same assistance in order to mark the enrollment blank.

Source: Section 5-216 — Registration; assistance to applicant, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/ELN/5-216 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jul. 4, 2026).

5–202
Local registration 5–204
Local registration 5–206
Watchers 5–208
Transfer of registration and enrollment 5–210
Registration and enrollment and change of enrollment upon application 5–211
Agency assisted registration 5–212
Motor vehicle registration 5–213
Inactive status 5–214
Registration cards for identification 5–215
Veterans’ absentee registration 5–216
Registration 5–218
Registration 5–220
Registration 5–222
Statement of temporary absence 5–224
Registration of voters unlawfully denied the right to register 5–226
Registration 5–228
Registration 5–230
Local registration

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Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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Original Source: Section 5-216 — Registration; assistance to applicant, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/ELN/5-216 (last accessed Jul. 4, 2026).

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N.Y. Election Law Section 5-216
Registration