Opinion: Election reform
Our ancestors fought to empower all of us with the right to vote, giving us the civic duty to use that right to steer America into a fairer and more just direction. The Election Day debacle…
City Council passes Queens lawmaker’s bill mandating that formerly jailed individuals know their voting rights
Queens Councilman Rory Lancman’s bill that requires the Department of Corrections to inform individuals released from a city jail of their voting rights was approved by the City Council…
Coalition looks to reform voting in New York
New York is behind 37 states that have forms of early voting in place, but the leader of a state coalition wants to change that.
‘The voting line was so long that I just got here’: Brooklyn residents, officials talk state voting reform
Details from a Brooklyn hearing on Election Day voting problems could help form the basis for state electoral reform.
New York’s outdated voting laws discourage citizens from voting
New York, one of the most populated states, consistently ranks near the bottom when it comes to voter turnout.
Eye on NY podcast: CNY elections commissioner discusses early voting, other proposed voting reforms
This week on the Eye on NY podcast: An interview with Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny. Czarny discussed the possibility of New York adopting several…
End to NY's oft-criticized 'fusion voting' could be on the table
With a new-look State Legislature arriving in Albany, an old and oft-criticized New York political practice could be on the way out.
New York’s election laws come under attack by Dems
Democrats preparing to take control of New York’s legislature are plotting to overhaul voting and elections laws that were last updated to protect the power of Tammany Hall.
Modernizing New York's Voting Laws, Process
Another election day has come and gone with the same complaints: long lines at polling places, confusion about registration and the inability to vote early.
Cabrera slams voter guide ‘disenfranchising’ parolees
What appeared to be a matter of oversight on the part of the city’s Campaign Finance Board actually could have reverberating negative consequences for thousands of potential voters.