Will Your Vote Count? Not If You Go to the Wrong Polling Site
Charles Greene was excited to vote last June at Garret A. Morgan Public School 132 in the Bronx, where he had attended kindergarten through fourth grade. He had passed out fliers for his preferred Assembly…
Editorial: Early voting hits a wall
New Yorkers, it turns out, like the idea of early voting. For some reason, though, New York elections officials don’t seem so keen on the concept. Our suggestion to those officials, with all due respect: Get over....
New York Poised To Expand Voting Rights As Other States Suppress Them
Voters across New York State will have the chance to fundamentally expand voting access this fall when two state constitutional amendments appear on the ballot: one would establish same-day voter registration and…
State Legislature moves to restore voting rights to parolees
Nearly three years after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order that would grant people on parole the right to vote, the state Legislature has taken the first step to codifying those rights into law after the state…
No-Excuse Absentee Voting, Same-Day Registration Among Reforms Eyed for New York
No-excuse absentee voting and same-day registration of voters in New York are among the measures being pushed by a coalition of groups seeking changes to how New Yorkers cast ballots in elections….
700 votes were tossed in Oneida County. Officials ignored state law in latest mess up
The Oneida County Board of Elections ignored a state law in the November election, a failure that meant 700 voters’ ballots weren’t counted for President and big statewide races.
People on Parole Deserve Automatic Right to Vote: Advocates
A coalition of criminal-justice reform and voting rights advocates is hoping 2021 is the year that New Yorkers on parole automatically get their right to vote restored. State law bars people in prison or on parole from…
New law aims to expand access to early voting sites
This week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law legislation that requires municipalities with the highest population in each county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting. New York State …
May: Automatic voter registration: A reform whose time has come
One of the most powerful images to emerge from this fraught election season was that of voters lined up for blocks, masked and discreetly distanced from one another, waiting patiently to cast their ballot in the midst…
Another Voice: Governor should sign automatic registration bill
This year, our country experienced a revolution in the way votes are cast. From mail-in ballots to early voting, New Yorkers voted in new ways and at extraordinary numbers. Everyone wins when the democratic process…