Immigrant Rights Advocates, Good Government Groups Denounce Board of Elections Failures
Highlight Primary Day Issues from Across State
NEW YORK, NY (04/25/2016)(readMedia)-- What: Social justice advocates, immigrants' rights advocates, community-based organizations, organizing groups, and good government organizations will hold a press conference on the steps of City Hall in Manhattan to call for improved voting systems and a more transparent Board of Elections, in light of the massive, inexcusable voter roll purges that affected the Presidential primary elections this past Tuesday, as well as several special local elections. The groups will highlight stories of affected individuals.
Where: Steps of City Hall, City Hall Park, New York, NY 10007 (entrance at Broadway and Murray Street).
When: Monday, April 25th at 11:00 AM
Who:
The New York Immigration Coalition
APA Voice
Asian-American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Asian-Americans for Equality
Adhikaar
BRACE
Brennan Center for Justice
BridgeRoots
Center for Law and social justice
Chhaya CDC
Chinese Progressive Association
Citizens Union
Civic Engagement Collaborative
Common Cause NY
LatinoJustice Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund
Legal Mobilization Project
MinKwon Center for Community Action
NY Voter Coalition
League of Women Voters of the City of New York
New York Civil Liberties Union
New York Public Interest Research Group
OCA NY - Asian Pacific American Advocates
Transport Workers' Union Local 100
Women's City Club NYC
Why: The troubling purge of voter rolls, hostility at polls and other problems faced by voters at the polls during this past Tuesday's election speaks to larger, perennial failures of the New York City Board of Elections to train poll workers, modernize voter registration, and efficiently manage voter information. Advocates and affected voters will tell their stories and call on city and state governments to pass reforms to ensure that constituent complaints are met with justice and that hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are not disenfranchised in the future.