§ 1-04 Registration Opportunities.
RCNY § 1-04
(a)Each plan shall specify the efforts the agency will make to provide opportunities to the public to register to vote.
(b)Each agency shall include in its plan: (1) an amendment to the intake, application or other form it requires individuals to complete before receiving services at the earliest possible or next regularly scheduled printing of their forms, containing the following: (i) the question,"IF YOU ARE NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE WHERE YOU LIVE NOW, WOULD YOU LIKE TO APPLY TO REGISTER TO VOTE HERE TODAY? YES __ NO __ " in prominent type; (ii) the statement, "Applying, or declining to apply, to register to vote will not affect the amount of assistance that you will be provided by this agency".
(iii)the statement, "if you would like help in filling out the voter registration application form we will help you".
(2)Until such time as each agency amends its forms as set forth in paragraph (1) of this subdivision, each of the employees in such agency who deal directly with members of the public applying for services shall routinely ask the question and make the statements set forth in paragraph (1) to all such applicants.
(c)In cooperation with the Coordinator of Voter Assistance, each agency shall develop promotional materials in English, Spanish, and Chinese informing the public of the existence of voter registration materials and shall specify in its plan the locations open to the public at which such materials shall be prominently displayed.
