Category: Voting

Imagine that it’s election day.

• You’re so sick you can’t even get out of bed. You feel light-headed, nauseous, headache-y, the whole thing. If only you could have voted yesterday, when you felt fine.

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• You just got word of a family emergency. You have to leave town immediately and have no idea how long you’ll be gone. Election day is tomorrow. If only you had been able to vote early.

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• You have a fear of crowds and feel anxious at the very thought of all the people at the polling place. If only you had an excuse that qualified you for an absentee ballot. But agoraphobia is not on the list. Will you brave the polls or stay home? Not an easy question.

Continue reading “Early Voting in New York”

Over 2 million New Yorkers are not registered to vote. The New York Votes Act will make registration automatic and ease barriers to voting.

Every first grader learns this about voting: It is a right…just like the right to free speech or the right to worship. There are no government forms to fill out, no applications required to exercise our right to speak, worship, or assemble in small groups. These rights are automatic in the Constitution.

The right to vote is also guaranteed by the Constitution, but there’s a difference. Voting is anything but automatic. Continue reading “Voter Registration in New York”