NEW YORK, NY (08/11/2020) (readMedia)-- Today, ahead of the New York State Legislature's hearing on the June primary, the Let NY Vote coalition, including former Colorado Speaker of the House Crisanta Duran, Common Cause/NY, Citizens Union and Vote Early NY, will lay out legislative solutions for the November election.
Recommendations will include, expanded early voting, online voter registration for NYC, improved absentee voting and a robust voter education campaign.
In June, millions of voters cast their ballot absentee, early, or on Election Day. Governor Cuomo issued an executive order allowing anyone to vote absentee, for the very first time, because of the pandemic. With limited funding and staff, the BOE scaled up a previously sleepy absentee program in six weeks. While a majority of voters had a successful voting experience, in some cases there were long lines, and voters never received their absentee ballot, or failed to get their absentee ballot postmarked in time. The NYS legislature took action to combat some of these problems in July, but the coalition is recommending more action to improve voting in the Fall.
BACKGROUND:
The Let NY Vote Coalition is a statewide network of over 175 member organization. In July, they realized their legislative priorities for the November election:
WHO: | Sarah Goff, Deputy Director of Common Cause/NY Crisanta Duran, Former CO Speaker of the House Rachel Bloom, Director of Public Policy & Programs at Citizens Union Jarret Berg, co-founder of Vote Early NY |
WHAT: | Press conference zoom, ahead of the New York State Legislature’s hearing on the June primary, where the Let NY Vote coalition, including former Colorado Speaker of the House Cristanta Durnan, Common Cause/NY, Citizens Union and Vote Early NY, will lay out legislative solutions for the November election. |
WHEN: | Tuesday August 11, 2020 at 09:15AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) |
WHERE: | ZOOM, see notes New York |
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