PRESS CALL: Common Cause/WI + NY, BOE Comish: New York Cannot Be Wisconsin

Call for longer early voting period + more locations, and expanded absentee codified into law

NEW YORK, NY (04/10/2020) (readMedia)-- On Friday, Common Cause Wisconsin Executive Director Jay Heck, Common Cause New York Deputy Director Sarah Goff, and Democratic Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny will join together on a press conference call to outline how New York must prepare for upcoming elections so voters can cast their ballots safely.

On Monday, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers tried to halt in person voting for the presidential primary, but the Wisconsin Supreme Court blocked the order. As a result, millions of voters were forced to wait hours to cast their ballots, risking their health, in person amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Yesterday, Governor Cuomo issued an executive order to expand absentee voting in New York; However, an executive order does not replace the need for legislative action to codify the absentee voting expansion into law and increase early voting options to disperse voters and protect public health.

WHO:

Sarah Goff, Deputy Director of Common Cause/NY

Jay Heck, Executive Director of Common Cause/WI

Dustin Czarny, Democratic Onondaga County Elections Commissioner

WHAT:

Press call with Common Cause Wisconsin Executive Director Jay Heck, Common Cause New York Deputy Director Sarah Goff, and Democratic Onondaga County Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny to outline how New York must prepare for upcoming elections so voters can cast their ballots safely.

WHEN: Friday April 10, 2020 at 01:30PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: ZOOM
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Meeting ID: 459 938 585

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