Posted on 06/11/2023 2:51:31 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
ALBANY- Republicans are sounding off against a plan to move local elections to even years that is now headed to the desk of Governor Kathy Hochul. This past week in Albany, legislation that had been stalled for a decade passed both houses that would change when many local elections in the state are conducted.
Currently, many local elections take place on odd-numbered years. Even numbered years host elections for the state legislature, congress, Governor, and President. Voter turnout on odd-numbered years is significantly less than on even-numbered years, and Democrats who support the plan say the effort is designed to boost voter turnout and save money by reducing the cost associated with holding odd-year elections.
Republicans like Assemblyman Brian Maher (R, Walden) disagree with the plan. “Local government is the most impactful level of government on an individual’s daily life. Voters should be given the space to think about more intricate and nuanced local issues without the noise of national politics looming overhead,” said Maher. “Voter fatigue is a real concern and we don’t want to worsen this by making the election season louder and the ballot longer. Any gains made in the number of voters and supposed cost reductions are lost when the quality of discourse over local issues is reduced.”
Senator Rob Rolison (R, Poughkeepsie) also voted against the plan. “This misguided legislation would take the focus off local issues and their solutions and place it onto presidential politics, where it doesn’t belong. Odd-year elections provide voters in Orange County and elsewhere with an opportunity to hear from and grill their local candidates, subjecting their public statements to popular scrutiny. All this would be lost amid the noise and fatigue of a presidential election. I won’t let Albany cancel our local elections without a fight,” said Rolison.
Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R, Deerpark) expressed concerns about the cost of the new plan. Brabenec believes that there will not be savings, but additional cost from the move. “This is another unfunded and unnecessary mandate by the Democrat majority that will cause mass voter confusion, be very costly to taxpayers to replace election equipment, and simply unnecessary. It is my hope that Governor Hochul will listen to local election officials and veto this horrible proposal,” said Brabenec.
Republican Elections Commissioners from Orange, Dutchess, and Ulster Counties also issued statements opposing the plan.
The measure now heads to the desk of Governor Kathy Hochul for approval or veto.
The elections are on even numbered years...The inauguration is on odd years...
My bad...I now see this is about local elections...Sorry....
Well this is not hard to figure out. The ballot cheating machine is more active during federal elections. This is about making it much easier to throw local elections by aligning them with Federal ones.
Does anyone understand that everything they do has an evil purpose.
Last week the delusional psychopaths in the NY state legislature passed a bill to create a commission for slavery reparations. This while they scam millions of people south of the border to enter into the USA illegally so they can provide cheap slave labor to rich liberals.
https://nypost.com/2022/07/10/squalid-migrant-campgrounds-hide-among-luxury-hamptons-homes/
Does anyone understand that everything they do has an evil purpose.“
Anyone who does not know this is at least naive. As soon as rats get power the first priority is to weld the door shut so they are never out of power again. This comes before everything. The first target is always the SOS office.
The full cannot even be told as to the enormity of the evil and treason of these commies.
Kind of mean. Democrat voters have to take their shoes and socks off to cope with counting past ten. This even and odd stuff is probably racist like one correct answer in mathematics.
If the Democrats want it, it’s to facilitate vote fraud.
Absolutely. I suspect also they can run the advantage the other way by drawing out voters with leftist local & statewide ballot proposals, similar to what some states did with initiatives (particularly pot legalization) last Presidential election to get degenerates out of their mom's basements to vote on the initiatives, and then of course while at it cast a vote for demmedcrat candidates.
Move the elections into ONE BIG CHEAT.
Saves them $$$$ that way.
Let the ghost voters rest in peace for two years at a time
So far not even one empirical counterexample, since 1828.
I wonder what else is in the bill...more dimocrat electioneering...
One party state.
You can see this Democrat scam coming from miles away.
Get the skank to sign it.
Well, on the bright side, at least they are still pretending that elections have anything to do with who rules.
All they care about is power even more than life which makes them not only the most dangerous people there are but also the most evil. They MUST be defeated or get use to living under the worst kind of tyranny there is where mass murder is a regular occurrence.
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