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I attended this event and there was standing room but I got there early and had a front seat. The back and forth was really interesting about how they covered NY Politics.
The two women were registered independents and the men registered Democratic and Republican. They all spoke on how they work hard not to bring their personnel feelings into their work.
There were questions on how they filter all the blog stories, how they each handled dealing with politicians when it was a negative story, how hard it was to maintain stories like corruption over a long period with their reduced staffs, and issues in the city and state. We all laughed when they asks if there was any interns in the audience.
The one issue they all agreed was important for the state was changing the primary date. It is hard enough to get New York voters to the polls for any September primary. But the new Move Act which would give those serving overseas in the military more time, 45 days, to receive their absentee ballots for the general election.
Douglas A. Kellner, a co-chairman of the State Board of Elections.
“My belief is that it is literally impossible to comply with the new federal law if the primary date is any later than Aug. 31, 2010, and even Aug. 31 puts a lot of pressure on the county boards of election, But there’s an issue with August, because August is a month when people are traditionally on vacation, then you have to see whether you have the primary in August, or whether you have the primary in June.”
It looks like some time in June is where this could go.
We will follows this issue closely.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote!
Michael H. Drucker
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