CC/NY, CPC+ CIDNY: "NY Can Not Eliminate In Person Early Voting"

Disability + immigrants rights groups caution against going 100% vote by mail

NEW YORK, NY (04/21/2020) (readMedia)-- On Wednesday, Common Cause/NY, the Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) and the Center for Independence of the Disabled New Yorkers (CIDNY) will hold a press conference call to warn against eliminating in-person voting for the June and November elections. Disabled voters, voters who require language access, and voters who don't have regular mail service, need in-person options or else risk being disenfranchised.

The call comes in response to news that Governor Cuomo plans to issue an executive order directing the state Boards of Election to mail every New Yorker a ballot aka vote by mail. Common Cause/NY, along with election experts across the country, agree that New York is not prepared to make the leap to 100% vote by mail, and has been pushing instead for expanded absentee voting and 18 days of early voting.

WHO:

Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause/NY

Amy Torres, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC)

Monica Bartley, Community Outreach Organizer at The Center for Independence of the Disabled NY (CIDNY)

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WHAT:

 Press call w/ Common Cause/NY, Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) and the Center for Independence of the Disabled New Yorkers (CIDNY) to warn against eliminating all in-person voting for the June and November elections.
WHEN: Wednesday April 22, 2020 at 01:30PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: ZOOM
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