Posted on 01/13/2019 9:22:04 PM PST by Olog-hai
For years, the ways in which voters in New York have been stymied by the states antiquated voting laws have stood in stark contrast to the states liberal reputation.
During last years contentious midterm elections, New York was the only state in the nation that held separate state and federal primary elections, a bifurcation that almost seemed designed to suppress voter turnout which is generally thought to favor incumbents.
Early voting? Voting by mail? Same-day voter registration? All are fairly basic voting policies now found in many states, but not in New York.
But with Democrats now in control of both chambers of the State Capitol and the governors office, things are about to change. Legislative leaders said they intend to pass what they described as a voting reform package on Monday to overhaul the states voting laws, among the more restrictive in the nation.
The proposals are a veritable wish list for those who have blamed New Yorks laws for driving down voter turnout. The measures include allowing early voting, preregistration of 16- and 17-year-olds and consolidating state and federal primary elections, which are now held in different months. [ ]
This is just the beginning, said Senator Michael Gianaris of Queens, the deputy Democratic leader in the Senate. Theres a long list of issues that have been kept on the shelf by Republicans all these years. And the issues were handling in the first week are incredibly important, and there will be incredibly important issues in the second week and the third week and the fourth week.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Because NYS ain’t bleeding jobs, taxpayers, and House seats fast enough...
It isn’t just the ‘Rats. NYS GOP is an acronymic oxymoron. They are ALL uniparty.
Not completely. We have decent representation in most counties.
But NY certainly the RINO a-holes.
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