The real aim, he said, should be to establish
automatic voter enrollment for all residents of a state.
Not exact matches
He also wants to change
voter registration rules to allow for same - day registration and the
automatic enrollment of new
voters when they visit a motor vehicles office or other state agency.
The omnibus bill would provide
automatic voter registration and online registration, and change the state's deadlines for people to register and choose their party
enrollment.
Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, a Manhattan Democrat, and State Senator Michael Gianaris, a Queens Democrat, have sponsored the Voter Empowerment Act, which provides for
automatic registration of eligible
voters and online registration, and changes the deadlines for registration and party
enrollment.
In a press statement, NYPIRG called on Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature to establish
automatic voter registration and updating of
enrollment data and same - day registration (as in, on election day), and echoed calls for eliminating patronage in selection of BOE employees.