Cuomo announces early voting, automatic and same-day voter registration

[portlander23]

Cuomo announces early voting, automatic and same-day voter registration
Talia Tirella
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NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday a new proposal meant to make it easier for all New Yorkers to vote, which will in turn shorten lines at the polls and increase accuracy when ballots are counted. That proposal is called the “Democracy Project.”

It will allow early voting and institute automatic and same-day voter registration, thus streamlining voter services and making it simpler for all eligible citizens to vote and eliminate possible voting inaccuracies.

“These proposals will modernize and open up our election system, making it easier for more voters to participate in the process and helping to make a more fair, more just and more representative New York for all,” Cuomo said in a news release.

“In addition to the proposals announced by Governor Cuomo today, we must enact changes that support greater voter participation, such as finally consolidating New York’s unnecessary three primary schedule to a single day, and making it easier for New Yorkers to vote in the party primary of their choice,” he said in a news release.

This is a good start. I know a lot of people in NYC who wanted to vote in the primary and could not. Next step is to make it an open primary.

[hrmjustin]

1. No to an open primary and it won't happen but these other things are great.

The question is whether he can get it through our state Senate.