To mark the First full day of Legislative work this 2024 Session, The New York State Senate once again passed 10 Voting Rights and Election Reform Bills. This year, Democratic Lawmakers are hoping these Bills will pass both Houses. In New York, this type of Laws require being passed in Two Consecutive Sessions.
“Expanding early voting, to making absentee ballot voting more accessible, creating the New York voting in elections database, and yes, allowing snacks and drinks for voters,” explained Senate Majority Leader, Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-35th District).
One Bill would allow New York to join an Interstate Compact (ERIC), to Update data on Voter Registration, DMV Drivers Licenses, Deaths, and U.S. Postal Service Change-of-address. This Consortium shares that Data amongst the Member States, so that when an Individual dies, it’s immediately reported back to that state so they can take that Individual off the Voter Roll.
Other Bills would:
- Aauthorize Absentee Ballot Drop Boxes.
- Allow Counties to establish Portable Polling places for Early Voting.
- Make Voter Suppression a Misdemeanor.
- No Excuse Vote-by-Mail.
- Allow Same-Day Voter Registration.
- Require Prisons to provide Voting Rights Information, to People who have Served their Sentence.
- Allows Absentee Ballots to be Counted, if they have been Taped and show No Signs of Tampering.
- Allow Resident of Voting Age, to Register on the First Day of the Early Voting Period, and Cast their Ballot at a Polling Place, on the same day.
State and Federal Republican Leaders filed a Lawsuit, aimed at Stopping the New Law that allows New Yorkers to Vote-by-Mmail. Previously, Mail-in-Ballots could be cast only if a Voter had a Valid Excuse for an Absentee Ballot. Republicans have called the Change Unconstitutional.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote! Michael H. Drucker
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