New York ranks 44th in the Center for American Progress Action Fund’s Health of State Democracies report. The ranking is reflective of dismal letter grades for accessibility to the ballot (D-), representation in state government (F), and in influence in the political system (C).
Each of those categories is measured by a number of different factors.
From the report:
Accessibility of the Ballot
• Availability of preregistration
• Availability of online voter registration
• Availability of portable voter registration
• Availability of in-person early voting
• Availability of no-fault absentee voting
• Voter ID laws
• Voting wait time, 2008 and 2012
• Provisional balloting rate, 2008 and 2012
• Participation in the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck system
• Motor Voter implementation performance
Representation in State Government
• Felony disenfranchisement laws
• Ballot initiative laws
• District distortion
• Female elected representation
• Communities of color elected representation
Influence in the Political System
• Campaign contribution limits for individual donors
• Availability of public campaign financing
• Campaign disclosure laws
• Revolving door bans
• Open legislative data
• Judicial recusal laws
CLICK HERE to read the report on New York.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote! Michael H. Drucker
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