Changing the Game
As campaign season returns, so do calls for election reform. In his State of the State Address in early January, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo advocated measures to make it easier for citizens to vote and harder for politicians to engage in chicanery.
Editorial: State can find money for voting reform
Only about 40 percent of Franklin County’s registered voters participated in the November 2017 election, according to county Board of Elections staff. That can and should be much higher.
Opinion: The real way to get teenagers voting: New York puts up way too many obstacles, and civic education is lousy
Last week, Mayor de Blasio announced a voter registration program in city high schools aiming to register 50,000 seniors this coming year. While surely a step in the right direction...
Editorial: New York to begin early voting as way to increase participation
In this space last July, we commended an executive order signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to expand voter registration opportunities in New York. The executive order directed...
Letter: Cuomo needs to consider early voting to improve voter turnout
Thank you to state Senators Michael Gianaris, Joseph Addabbo, and Leroy Comrie for their efforts to improve voter turnout by making it easier for New Yorkers to register to vote.
Letter: Time for early voting
We are a grassroots organization working for voting reform in New York. Several of us went to Albany for the first time to lobby our state lawmakers to make this nonpartisan issue a priority.
Letter: What is Senator Amedore’s position on early voting?
In this year’s State of the State speech, Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed reforms to the way New Yorkers vote: automatic or same-day voter registration and early voting. These initiatives make voting more accessible to New Yorkers.
State Can Find Money For Voting Reform
Roughly 38 percent of Chautauqua County’s registered voters participated in the 2017 election — and that number was higher than usual. So, it is hard to argue that voting reforms suggested by Gov. Andrew Cuomo aren’t good ideas worthy of discussion.
NY early voting proposal finds funding as locals ask implementation questions
County officials across New York have expressed one particular concern over Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s proposal for early voting in the state: Where’s the money?
Early Voting Supporters Pleased With New Funding In NY Governor's Budget
Governor Andrew Cuomo is putting $7 million into his 30-day budget amendments to fund poll sites for early voting in New York by the 2020 presidential race.