Barton and Jones had company Wednesday at their school, where a table of laptop computers was set up
for online voter registration, and an Elections Office staffer had old - fashioned, paper voter registration applications.
On October 14, the deadline
for online voter registration in New York, NYC Votes announced the launch of a new project, «Voters of New York,» «which highlights stories from everyday New Yorkers sharing their personal thoughts about voting and why they plan to vote in this election.»
New Yorkers have again set a record
for online voter registration ahead of this year's presidential election.
Proposed legislation introduced in the New York State Senate would allow
for online voter registration in the state, automatic voter registration when New Yorkers interact with government agencies, and permit pre-registration of 16 - and 17 - year - olds.
A key problem
for online voter registration is how to handle each voter's signature.
In June, New York state Senator Michael Gianaris and Assembly Brian Kavanagh had introduced the Voter Empowerment Act of New York that included provisions
for online voter registration.
Not exact matches
● Protect the right to vote by guaranteeing automatic
voter registration, allowing
online registration, and creating oversight mechanisms
for state and local Boards of Election.
A November report from the reform group Reinvent Albany listed 11 measures Cuomo could take by executive order to make the state government more accountable, including putting government information and public meeting presentations
online, imposing stronger ethics rules
for executive branch employees and automating
voter registration.
The Times called
for the Senate to return to Albany and pass Kavanagh's early voting and
voter - friendly ballot design bills, as well as bills allowing
for «no - excuse» absentee voting and
online voter registration, sponsored respectively by Assemblymembers Jim Brennan and Michael Cusick.
Meg O'Connor reported
for Gotham Gazette on the decision, and cites Kavanagh's ongoing push
for legislation that would require the Board of Elections to offer
online registration to all
voters.
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.
«At a time in New York where our citizens experience too many barriers to participation, I am gratified that this opinion invites a new era of truly
online voter registration, an incredibly exciting step that will help make the state election process more accessible and simpler
for all,» Schneiderman said in a statement announcing the opinion.
The City Council's governmental operations committee will vote on Tuesday, November 14 to approve a bill allowing
online voter registration for city residents, Council Member Ben Kallos, chair of the committee, told Gotham Gazette on Thursday.
In a statement today, Gianaris applauds Cuomo
for helping to initiate
online voter registration, but also says he and Kavanagh will continue to push
for other provisions in the legislation including pre-
registration, automatic
registration and the changing of
registration deadlines.
«Governor Cuomo is the first in the last two decades to really understand that, putting forward the funding
for two key projects, allowing
online voter registration through the DMV... and funding the upcoming update of the campaign finance disclosure system.
It is too late
for Democrats to switch
registration, but unaffiliated and unregistered
voters who want to vote in next week's Republican gubernatorial primary have until Thursday to register by mail or
online, and until Aug. 11 at noon to register at their town offices.
The reforms call
for early voting, better ballot design, and comprehensive
online and easier
voter registration in order to increase
voter turnout.
They included putting government information and public meeting presentations
online, imposing stronger ethics rules
for executive branch employees and automating
voter registration.
Governor Cuomo and his aides have announced a plan to increase
voter registration, allowing
online vote
registration for the first time, by linking the process to Internet applications
for drivers licenses.
For just $ 18,000, researchers were able to buy
voter lists from all 35 states, and Washington, D.C., that allow
online registration.
Online attackers may be able to purchase —
for as little as a few thousand dollars — enough personal information to potentially alter
voter registration information in as many as 35 states and the District of Columbia, according to a new Harvard study.
New
voter registration links on ASCD's
online news and communications sources (SmartBrief and Affiliate Action,
for example).
For the second time in two months, the voter registration information of over 19 million Californians was leaked online via an unsecured MongoDB database, which was later held for ransom by hacke
For the second time in two months, the
voter registration information of over 19 million Californians was leaked
online via an unsecured MongoDB database, which was later held
for ransom by hacke
for ransom by hackers.