Sentences with phrase «other absentee votes»

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I voted online in one minute and knew others who did absentee.

Veteran reporter Joe Mahoney reported on efforts to enact early voting, «no - excuse» absentee voting, pre-registration for teenagers, and other measures championed by Kavanagh that have gained support in the Assembly but have not been acted upon by the Republican - controlled State Senate.

Changes like early voting, no - excuse absentee voting, or same day registration to make it easier for people to vote are commonplace in other states, but are resisted in New York.

During the legal process, each side accused the other of vote fraud, and a significant number of absentee ballots were disputed.

«That day was just another campaign day,» Martiniano said about collecting information about people who needed absentee ballots; had to register to vote; and other campaign related matters.

Legislators debated Monday whether Connecticut should ease restrictions on absentee ballots and also join 37 other states by allowing early voting.Early voting is common around the country but has never become law in the Land of Steady Habits.

«This is the exact example I give to people about how every vote counts,» Kellogg said on November 8, noting how she knew of at least three absentee votes — her husband and two daughters — who were likely to end up in her tally, as well as how absentees tend to break for Democrats in Hurley and other rural towns in Ulster County.

Someone did, but not before some other people switched strategy from earlier absentee voting to actual machine balloting.

Unlike citizens in 34 other states across America, residents here can only vote ahead of time — by absentee ballot — if they can say their profession, business, studies, travel, illness or disability will prevent them from getting to the polls on Election Day.

Among other things, the breakaway group of eight Democratic senators led by Sen. Jeff Klein of the Bronx is calling for early voting, no - excuse absentee voting, dedicating a portion of New York City sales taxes toward MTA repairs, tax relief for many New Yorkers, and protecting health insurance for children from poor families.

Election officials estimate some 350 absentee votes are being challenged in the other counties.Ulsteris the county with the largest population in the new district.

Mail - in absentee ballots are only available upon request for active members of the military, those with an illness, physical disability or travel plans that prevent them from voting in person on Election Day, and election workers who are working at a polling place other than their own.

In other words, as of the unofficial numbers released on November 9, Leifeld was besting Republican / Conservative challenger Cindy Johansen by only 35 votes, with 61 absentee and other ballots still to be counted.

In that event, the absentee legislator retains political cover, while the other is free to vote in favor of the resolution as it would then be destined to fail anyway in what would be a 3 - 3 deadlock.

Keefe said he and several other volunteers have spoken to roughly 60 people who applied for absentee ballots, recounting their experience with campaign workers who told them it was an easier way to vote.

During a news briefing at the 2018 AAAS Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas on Feb. 15, Perez said she recommends states undertake «basic, common - sense procedures» such as instituting automatic voter registration when a person applies for a driver's license or other state services, extending polling place hours, increasing absentee ballot use and increasing election funding to improve voting technology and staffing.

In October 2010, the District of Columbia proposed to allow military personnel and other absentees to vote online.