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The Daily Gazette
March 29, 2018
"There is definitely an increased interest from students," said Laura Ladd Bierman, executive director of the League of Women Voters of New York State, which lobbies for increased voting access and often helps with registration drives. "Our goal is to have every student registered to vote before theyÃâà...
The Pew Charitable Trusts (blog)
March 29, 2018
Pennsylvania is one of 41 states where some counties and cities use election equipment that is more than a decade old, according to the New York .... With just two months left in the 2017 gubernatorial race, Virginia's Board of Elections in September ordered all counties that use touchscreen votingÃâà...
The Daily Gazette
March 29, 2018
The league was registering students last weekend at the massive rallies in Washington, D.C., and New York City, though Bierman acknowledged ... The state Board of Elections said 5,901 17-years-olds had registered to vote as of March 25, but they couldn't provide comparable information from last year.
WSYR
March 29, 2018
SYRACUSE (WSYR-TV) - One of the topics being debated at the State Capitol as part of budget negotiations is whether or not to allow for early voting in New York State. According to the Onondaga County Board of Elections Commissioner, New York is the minority of states that still don't allow pollingÃâà...
Patch.com
March 28, 2018
Jonathan Maldonado, 36, an employee of the Nassau County Clerk, also worked for the Board of Elections as chairperson of the Board of Inspectors for the East Broadway Elementary School polling place in Seaford. On Sept. 12, 2017, Maldonado was overseeing the primary election at the locationÃâà...
Auburn Citizen
March 28, 2018
Earlier this year the Democratic Caucus of the New York State Election Commissioners Association formally endorsed early voting in New York state. The support for this voting reform was nearly unanimous within our caucus. The time is now for New York state to enact this vital reform. For five years NewÃâà...
City & State
March 28, 2018
Sources say Senate Republicans are willing to do modest voting reforms in exchange for sacking Risa Sugarman at Board of Elections. ... Blair Horner, the executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, a good government group that is advocating for early voting, said that every man inÃâà...
Poughkeepsie Journal
March 28, 2018
Earlier this year the Democratic Caucus of the New York State Election Commissioners Association formally endorsed early voting in New York state. The support for ... Early voting is one of the most vocal demands of citizens coming to our board of elections offices in the days leading up to Election Day.
Gotham Gazette
March 27, 2018
Katz did not explain why Nixon had shifted her registration or provide her full voting history. The Board of Elections will only provide records based on the current registration of a voter. Katz did say that Nixon voted in the 2013 New York City mayoral primary and general and in the 2014 primary and generalÃâà...
Gotham Gazette
March 19, 2018
While significant changes to state election laws are being debated in Albany ahead of a new state budget, the New York City Board of Elections may improve, albeit incrementally, people's access to the ballot by soon providing digital aid to register to vote. The Board of Elections, a quasi-state agencyÃâà...
Gotham Gazette
March 14, 2018
On Friday, however, The New York Times reported that Johnson would support the James-Brewer proposal, which calls for a commission with four members ... in elections, as well as empower the city government to handle responsibilities currently entrusted to the Board of Elections, a quasi-state agency.
WRAL.com
March 14, 2018
David Lewis while in New York. The Republican House leader wrote the governor last week, suggesting that Cooper drop his series of lawsuits against the GOP majority's efforts to rework the state's board of elections. In that letter, Lewis, R-Harnett, noted both men would be in New York for the tournament,Ãâà...
City & State
March 13, 2018
Three candidates are looking to fill now-New York City Councilman Ruben Diaz Sr.'s cowboy hat as the new state senator for the Bronx-based 32nd District. ... Democrat Matthew Malin, a county Board of Elections employee, will face Republican John Mikulin, a deputy attorney for the town of Hempstead,Ãâà...
Glens Falls Post-Star
March 13, 2018
The same act can be a felony, but only if he filed the petition “with intent to defraud” the Board of Elections. Chris Strough is charged with three misdemeanor counts of election fraud. In each, she is accused of making a false statement or false affidavit on a nominating petition. The case was handled by theÃâà...
The Daily Gazette
March 13, 2018
While Gatherer's leases the Broadway side of the building, the rear portion formerly housed the county Board of Elections, which was the main tenant. ... Working through START-UP NY and other incentive programs, the college has initial agreements in place with a Manhattan-based firm to construct andÃâà...
Legislative Gazette
March 13, 2018
These would have an effect on current New York State Board of Elections contribution limits. For statewide candidates, primary contributions are limited to total number of enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the state, excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by $0.005. Donations are limited toÃâà...
Law.com
March 13, 2018
Richard Thomas, a 35-year-old Democrat, is accused of stealing nearly $13,000 from his 2015 campaign account and improperly diverting another $45,000 from his inaugural committee for personal use. Thomas is also accused of having lied on his financial disclosure to the Board of Elections and on hisÃâà...
City & State
March 13, 2018
New York's nominal solution for those who cannot vote on Election Day is voting by absentee ballot, but New York City's notoriously incompetent Board of Elections cannot even be counted on to deliver absentee ballots to those who request them. (In 2000, when I was in college, which was a two-hour driveÃâà...
City & State
March 13, 2018
Three candidates are looking to fill now-New York City Councilman Ruben Diaz Sr.'s cowboy hat as the new state senator for the Bronx-based 32nd district. ... Democrat Matthew Malin, a county Board of Elections employee, will face Republican John Mikulin, a deputy attorney for the town of Hempstead,Ãâà...
The Daily Gazette
March 9, 2018
He is also known for his animal rescue work and is director of the New York Wildlife Rescue Center and Northeast Llama Rescue, both of which operate from ... party has an enrollment advantage, with 30,762 Republicans to 24,693 Democrats as of last November, according to the state Board of Elections.
Albany Times Union (blog)
March 9, 2018
In New York, all political campaign spending must be filed with the state Board of Elections, but that doesn't mean disclosure comes with the actual ad when it appears. Anonymous ads posted by paid Russian government trolls — anoymous online participants — have emerged as a central focus in theÃâà...
CNYcentral.com
March 8, 2018
Hawkins said his 2018 campaign goals are to maintain the Green Party ballot line in New York state for the next 4-year election cycle, push progressive ... In 2014, he received 4.8 percent of the vote, the largest percentage of any third party except the Conservative Party line, according to state Board of Elections records.
Albany Times Union
March 8, 2018
In New York, all political campaign spending must be filed with the state Board of Elections, but that doesn't mean disclosure comes with the actual ad when it appears. Anonymous ads posted by paid Russian government trolls — anoymous online participants — have emerged as a central focus in theÃâà...
Rockland County Times
March 7, 2018
New York will continue to build upon the success of online registration through the DMV website. Automatic voter registration will streamline the process by sending voters' information from relevant agencies application directly to the County Board of Elections. Same-day voting will improve accessibility toÃâà...
City Limits
February 27, 2018
It's unclear that turnout will be much better then: Of the 29,651 residents of District 39 currently enrolled in the Democratic Party, on average only 10 percent turn out to vote in their state and local primary elections according to a report by New York City's Board of Elections. This means that of the nearlyÃâà...
Gotham Gazette
February 26, 2018
The Manhattan Democratic County Committee is dropping a lawsuit against the New York City Council over a nomination for a commissioner to the Board of Elections. In December, the Manhattan Democratic Party, led by Chair Keith Wright, filed a legal challenge against then-Speaker MelissaÃâà...
WNYC
February 18, 2018
The New York City Board of Elections is respectfully pushing back on Mayor Bill de Blasio's characterization of it as an agency that lacks a “coherent vision” for how to improve the voting experience. In his State of the City address last week, de Blasio proposed a 10-point democracy agenda which he saidÃâà...
URBAN CNY
December 31, 1999
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that one million people have registered to vote using the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles' online registration process since 2012. Of the 1 million who have registered online, more than 450,000 were first-time voters. New Yorkers can easily applyÃâà...
