Heads up for NY democratic primary voters ...

[salinsky]

... I've just read today that many counties will be cutting their voting hours by six hours.

Many counties that normally would vote from 6am-9pm will now only be open from noon-9pm.

My understanding is that this will include almost everything outside of New York City and the surrounding suburbs.

You can contact the New York State Board of Election @ [phone] for more information.

Everyone should have the right to vote!

[Dem2]

1. WTF?

I almost always vote on my way to work. This is bullshit and disenfranchises voters who may not be able to vote later. It's certainly inconvenient as f***.

[hrmjustin]

2. They are not allowed to do that. Where did you hear this?

[hack89]

3. What were the hours last primary election? nt

[salinsky]

6. My understanding is that they've always been uniformly 6am-9pm ... nt

[salinsky]

4. Here's the link ... it's true ... get out the word

http://elections.mytimetovote.com/dates/new_york.html

[geek tragedy]

5. source for this?

I have family (wife's family actually) and if this is legit will forward to them.

[salinsky]

7. link provided again ...

http://elections.mytimetovote.com/dates/new_york.html

[geek tragedy]

8. is this a new thing? I think that's pretty standard in the non-city counties. nt

[salinsky]

10. I don't live in NY so I can't say with certainty ...

... but, I first saw this from a NY blogger who says this is definitely a CHANGE from past primaries.

He claims that polls traditionally open at 6am in all counties for all elections.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

9. Gotta make sure low wage afternoon shift people don't try to vote themselves "free stuff"