Earlier this year, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a series of voting reforms aimed at increasing New York State’s constant and embarrassingly low voter turnout rate while simultaneously improving its…
Wide differences in NY early voting rules
This fall, New Yorkers will have their first-ever opportunity to vote early in November's elections. Polls will be open a full 10 days before the Nov. 5 Election Day.
Lost by translators: The Board of Elections must cease its stupid resistance to more language aides
Kudos to a Brooklyn judge for rejecting an idiotic lawsuit brought by the city’s Board of Elections trying to bar the City Council and mayor from funding poll-site translators for American citizens who don’t speak English…
Cattaraugus County in final stretch for early voting starting Oct. 25
Early voting is coming next month in Cattaraugus County, where voters will have a choice of two locations: Little Valley and Olean. The early voting sites are at the Board of Elections office in…
Guest View: Changes are coming to your polling place
New York already has embraced one progressive move to increase voter turnout, allowing for early voting. Now, a commission empowered to study two other potential changes is taking testimony that will be given…
City of Rochester calls for more early voting poll locations
There are seven early voting locations in Monroe County, chosen by commissioners on the county board of elections, and only one of these locations is in downtown Rochester. That concerns some city voters.
Editorial: Early voting off to a rocky start on Long Island
When State Senate Democrats marked their first day in power by passing a slate of voting reforms in January, it was heralded as a landmark change. After years of…
Larchmont-Mamaroneck Gets Its Own Early Voting Site
In the coming November election you’ll be able to cast your vote ten days early if you wish, and you’ll be able to do it close to home.
Early voting: When to do it, where to do it and other things to know
New Yorkers will make history this year when they vote at polling places before Election Day for the first time. Early voting, signed into law in January by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, was part of a package that…
BOE preps for first year of early voting
Amid state-wide controversy surrounding the implementation of swift voting reform policies instituted by state leaders earlier this year, Oswego County Board of Elections officials said they feel “confident” coming…