The New York Good-Government Group Common Cause and a Democratic County Elections Commissioner, on Friday, April 10th, urged State Lawmakers to Codify an Absentee Ballot Expansion Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) Ordered for the June Elections in New York.
Cuomo moved this week to Expand Absentee Voting to include Virtually any Eligible Voter in the June 23rd Vote, which will consider Presidential, Federal, State Primary Elections with Ballot Measure Questions, and Two Special Elections for the 27th Congressional District and the 50th State Senate Seat. The Voter has to Check the Temporary Unable to Vote Box, for the Primary, General, or Both Elections.
State Lawmakers this Month had discussed the Potential of Expanding Absentee Voting Criteria, which is Narrow in New York due to the Wording of the State's Constitution.
"The Governor's actions to expand the reason for absentees to include the COVID-19 crisis and allow email applications for absentees was an important first step to protect voters for the June combined primaries," said Onondaga County Board of Elections Co-Chairman Dustin Czarny (D). "The legislature now needs to act to ensure we have these protections in place for the November election and beyond."
A Constitutional Amendment making Absentee Ballots available to Any Eligible Voter, no matter their Reason for wanting one, which will help make Voting as Accessible as Possible, Passed its First Legislature Vote. It requires another Legislature Vote in 2021, then a 2021 General Election Ballot Vote by New York Voters, to make it a Constitutional Change.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote! Michael H. Drucker
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