Forum on Automatic Voter Registration in New York
How to turn 1.1 million New Yorkers into voters
NEW YORK, NY (02/20/2019) (readMedia)-- Tomorrow, Common Cause/NY will host an in-depth panel discussion on the potential impact of Automatic Voter Registration in New York.
Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) would automatically register eligible New Yorkers to vote when they interact with a government agency (i.e., the DMV, Department of Health).
15 states and Washington DC have implemented some version of AVR since 2015.
| WHO: | Susan Lerner, Executive Director, Common Cause/NY Assemblywoman Latrice Walker Daniel Altschuler, Director of Civic Engagement and Research, Make the Road New York Wennie Chin, Senior Manager of Civic Engagement, The New York Immigration Coalition Sean Morales-Doyle, Counsel- Democracy Program, The Brennan Center for Justice Brandon West, Campaign Manager- Voting Rights & Democracy, Center for Popular Democracy |
| WHAT: | Public forum on Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) |
| WHEN: | Thursday February 21, 2019 at 07:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) |
| WHERE: | New York Law School 185 West Broadway New York, New York |
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Common Cause of New York
Susan Lerner, 212-691-6421
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