Let NY Vote to Deliver Early Voting Love Song to Cuomo

NEW YORK, NY (02/14/2019) (readMedia)-- On Valentine's Day, Let NY Vote grassroots activists will deliver a singing telegram about funding early voting to Governor Cuomo.

WATCH the livestream on Twitter or Facebook.

On January 14th, the Legislature passed early voting, making New York the 38th state in the nation to have it.

Although Governor Cuomo included an early voting proposal in his budget bills for 2019-20, he has not yet included a funding stream to cover the associated costs. Instead the Governor suggests that the future consolidation of primaries (which does not go into effect until 2020) will produce a cost savings, but that would not replace a dedicated funding stream. Right now, early voting is an unfunded mandate for counties to pay.

Early voting will allow citizens to cast their ballots in person ten days before an election.