A month before last year’s presidential election, New Yorker staff writer Jeffrey Toobin told the site's readers what many New Yorkers already knew: “The state with one of the worst records on voting rights is the nation’s great citadel of liberalism: New York.”
Editorial: Make absentee voting easy
THE ISSUE: A fight over absentee ballots underscores the need to make all voting easier.
THE STAKES: State Senate leaders must let ballot access legislation go before the full chamber.
PSA: You Have Until October 13th To Change Your Party Registration For The 2018 Primary
Now that we've made it through the 2017 primary, with its low turnout and occasional voting problems, it's about time to focus on the 2017 general election which will...probably have the same issues.
ArtsWestchester, Artists Tackle Topic of Voting Rights in America
ArtsWestchester has announced its 2017 fall exhibit, called Give Us the Vote. Inspired by the centennial anniversary of the victory for women’s voting rights in New York State...
Editorial: New York's complicated laws stymie voter participation
In America, we have a system of government that is supposed to be of, by, and for the people. The key to our democracy is citizens having a voice...
False claim about blank Constitutional Convention votes spreads on Facebook
There is no truth to a claim making the rounds on Facebook that if voters fail to explicitly vote “no,” on a proposition calling for a Constitutional Convention, the ballot will automatically be counted as a “yes.”
Trump lied about 'voter fraud' ... now he wants to steal people's votes
Of the hundreds of whoppers that President Trump has told since his election, an early one remains the most toxic.
Dislike our political system? Then work to change it
A recent Harvard Business School study found that much of the voter dissatisfaction in the United States is directly related to a lack of genuine competition between Democrats and Republicans.
America's shameful history of voter suppression
Voter fraud is more rare than being struck by lightning, yet the fear-mongering persists. Don’t blame Donald Trump – blame America’s democratic model
Assemblyman proposes to broaden voting rules to boost turnout
Fewer than a quarter of register Democrats in Buffalo are responsible for choosing who will lead the city for the next four years. Those are embarrassing numbers...