Sentences with phrase «easier voter registration»

Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed some tighter ethics rules as well as early voting and easier voter registration.

New York Public Interest Research Group Legislative Director Blair Horner in a statement also reiterated the call for easier voter registration, including same - day enrollment as well as an end to patronage posts at boards of elections around the state.

Ethics reform and changes to election laws including easier voter registration and early voting didn't make the cut.

The reforms call for early voting, better ballot design, and comprehensive online and easier voter registration in order to increase voter turnout.

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Make it easy to register to vote by keeping voter registration forms at the office or enclosing them in onboarding materials for new employees.

«We feel very strongly that there are so many barriers to people registering to vote, and we think we can use technology to tear down those barriers and make voter registration easy,» CEO Holmes Wilson told Business Insider.

At 10:30 a.m., state lawmakers call for changes to the state's voter registration laws to make it easier to register, outside Erie County Board of Elections, 134 West Eagle St., Buffalo.

Wilson said he believed there is pent - up frustration with the governor and an easy counter-vision to present, but acknowledged in the post that any campaign «would be hard, both given the state's voter registration rolls and the current political climate.»

Mr. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu noted that it is easier for the Commission to validate the bloated voter register than to allow for limited voter registration, which he said can not guarantee the credibility of the register.

Karen Scharff, with the reform group Citizen Action, says Cuomo and lawmakers also should act this spring to modernize voting requirements and make it easier to vote, through early voting and automatic voter registration.

Wednesday night at the New York Tech Meet - Up, the New York City Campaign Finance Board unveiled its own initiative to make participation in the voting process easier: a mobile web application with voter registration and candidate information.

Lord Roberts» proposals will make voter registration easier, accessible and engaging, and allow young people to register from an early age.

Meanwhile, good government advocates say the confusion during yesterday's primary voting suggested the state's voter registration laws should be expanded to make it easier to register to vote.

Now supporters of the rules change have ammo to support their cause, as a panel set up by the Democratic National Committee — the Unity Reform Commission, which included Sanders and Clinton campaign representatives — issued a report calling for all state parties to pass laws, change party rules or file lawsuits if necessary, to make it easier for voters to switch their registration to vote in Democratic primaries.

Many GOP senators have not signed on to the changes the groups are seeking, including public financing of campaigns and strict new limits on donations, easier and quicker voter registration, and true independent oversight of politicians and their actions.

The push for voter registration reform, namely making it easier to register to vote, was first proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his State of the State address as part of his broader ethics reform package introduced at the time.

Carlucci has sponsored another bill he says will make it easier to vote, by allowing the Board of Elections to accept voter registrations electronically.

He's also seeking changes to voter registration to make it easier for more people to participate.

He's also pushed make it easier for a voter to change their party registration before a primary.

Karen Scharff, with the reform group Citizen Action, says Cuomo and lawmakers also need to act this spring to modernize voting requirements and make it easier to vote, through early voting and automatic voter registration.

The irony is that making voter registration easier increases votes for both political parties, said Paul Gronke, professor of political science at Reed College in Portland, Ore..