Sentences with phrase «including early voting»

The governor also said he would «continue the fight for legislative reforms, including early voting and same - day registration, that increase access to vote for people throughout the state.»

You can also find your State Senator and Assembly Member and ask them to support voting reform, including early voting and automatic or same - day registration.

On Monday, the governor took an important step toward addressing that problem by announcing a 30 - day budget amendment to fund voting reforms, including early voting across the state.

I am also continuing the fight for legislative reforms, including early voting and same - day registration, that increase access to vote for people throughout this state.

But the group notes Cuomo's order comes after the Legislature failed to take up measures that would make it easier to register and to vote in New York, including early voting and electronic poll books.

Democrats will try to force votes Monday on several bills to ease voter access, including early voting, automatic voter registration and making voter intimidation a crime.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo put a number of progressive issues into his state budget proposal, including early voting measures, reforming the criminal justice system to end cash bail and the Dream Act to give college aid to the children of undocumented immigrants.

It happened again this year with a package of electoral reforms, including early voting.

The group is pushing New York to adopt a range of voter system chances, including early voting provisions, which New York has been largely lagging behind most of the country, as well as same - day registration.

Governor Cuomo, speaking in a noisy hallway in the Capitol complex, confirmed that voting reforms he has proposed, including early voting, will not be in the budget.

The City Council has consistently advocated for voting and election reform in its annual state legislative agenda, including early voting, instant runoff voting for citywide primaries, and public campaign financing at the state level.

Those who took part in the Siena survey were also asked about a number of state initiatives, including early voting, and the Child Victims Act.

Cuomo, speaking in a noisy hallway in the Capitol complex, confirmed that voting reforms he has proposed, including early voting, will not be in the budget.

Cuomo also is proposing election reforms, including early voting and more stringent reporting of who is behind digital political ads.

Cuomo pointed to a number of measures he sought this year in the budget, including early voting, the Child Victims Act and others that he said were blocked by Republicans in the Senate.

«I join Senator Kavanagh in urging the Governor to include early voting in the budget so that all New Yorkers can have a fairer government where elections are a right accessible to all rather than a burden on working families,» Senator Leroy Comrie said.

Priorities include early voting, reforming voter registration, closing the LLC Loophole, and other measures to strengthen New York's democracy

Cuomo has proposed a range of good - government reforms in his budget plan that includes an early voting provision that so far has been blocked in the Republican - led Senate.

Cuomo, a Democrat, included early voting in his 2018 - 19 executive budget proposal.

One of the signature pieces of the comprehensive set of proposals that Senator Klein will prioritize in 2018 is voting reform, which includes early voting, no - excuse absentee voting, automatic voting registration and expanded voter registration deadlines to create a healthier, well - participated democracy in New York.

The Brennan Center supports early voting as a crucial way to help more New Yorkers exercise their right to vote, and urges the New York State legislature to include early voting in the state budget,» said Joanna Zdanys, Counsel for the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice.

However, the final budget did NOT include early voting.

NEW YORK, NY (03/18/2018)(readMedia)-- Attorney General Schneiderman, New York City elected officials, unions and grassroots organizations rallied at Foley Square to urge the New York State legislature to include early voting in the state budget due April 1st.

The Republicans in the chamber are also aided by an eight - member group of breakaway Democrats — the Independent Democratic Conference — who work with the G.O.P. and give them an extra buffer against some legislation they dislike, a list that this year includes early voting, gun control and any new taxes.

Several legislators on Monday urged Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders to include early voting and automatic voter registration in the state budget expected to be approved by April 1.

In 2017, Cuomo released a 10 - point government ethics and voting reform agenda, which included early voting, automatic voter registration, same - day voter registration, and campaign finance changes such as closing the LLC loophole, which allows anonymous donors to flood candidates» campaign coffers in New York.

Not exact matches

In 2012, Pakistan's Supreme Court declared equal rights for transgender citizens, including the right to inherit property and assets, preceded a year earlier by the right to vote.

In early February, the firm received a response from Vanguard, which Tim Smith, senior vice president at Walden Asset Management, told me included a discussion of Vanguard's efforts to talk with companies about social and environmental issues, but stopped short of saying that Vanguard would actually change its proxy voting practices.

Greece's parliament voted early Thursday following a marathon 20 - hour session to investigate 10 senior politicians, including two former prime ministers, over allegations they were involved in a pharmaceutical bribery scandal.

The proposal approved has a «one share, one vote» provision that would strip Uber's earliest backers of some of their voting power, including Kalanick, Uber's founder, and its largest investor, Benchmark.

Who he is: If there's a major project or campaign aimed at the evangelical community, odds are, Johnnie Moore has been involved with it — and that includes the My Faith Votes event, which brought 900 evangelical leaders to New York hear from Trump earlier this week.

They're going to regret 1) opening the voting so early, and 2) not including any F1 stuff when Marcus Ericsson wins the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix following a wheel - banging battle with Lewis Hamilton on the final lap.

I'm dropping the Weekly Blueprint a little early this week to help your planning, which I for sure hope includes VOTING ON TUESDAY.

The Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010, up for a vote as early as today, would attempt to fix some of these problems through a variety of means, including allowing schools in high - poverty areas to offer free meals to all students without any paperwork, making foster children automatically eligible for free meals, and giving incentives to states that improve their certification rates.

In fact, Cohen's statement welcoming Latimer to the race included attacks of his vote against the property tax cap and his no - show for the pension reform vote (which was done very early in the morning when many Assembly members had already gone to bed).

The bills include measures aimed at early voting in New York, making it easier to vote through an absentee ballot with «no excuse» voting, pre-registration for 16 - and 17 - year - old future voters, and making it easier to change a party ahead of a primary.

A number of non-fiscal measure are a range of good government reforms including same - day registration, early voting, closing the LLC loophole and oversight of economic development contracts.

Lawmakers could vote for Heastie to succeed Silver as early as tomorrow, though some members — including Manhattan Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, who was once named as a potential Silver successor herself, are now pushing to stick to the Feb. 10 vote on which they agreed last week.

relying heavily on the methods that have served him well in past wins: a well - organized and well - financed ground operation, a heavy emphasis on early - voting recruitment, a growing list of endorsements, including from both establishment and tea - party leaders, and millions of dollars in TV advertisements.

The Assembly and Senate both voted into the early hours of the morning, passing several noncontroversial budget bills — for example, a transportation funding measure that did not include anything for the MTA, which is an area that has caused considerable consternation this session.

Speaking at an annual conference of minority lawmakers in Albany, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio sought to rally support for his «DemocracyNYC» agenda, including calls for the enactment of early voting and same - day registration across the state.

Many of the measures were listed on Cuomo's 2018 State of the State agenda, including closing a loophole in election law that allows for unlimited political donations through a network of limited liabilities companies, as well as early voting.

The Mayor's reform package included proposed legislation to allow same - day voter registration, pre-registration of 16 - and 17 - year - olds, and early voting, and to require ballots to be designed in a more voter - friendly way.

Implementation of early voting needs to be adequately funded to be viable and must be included in the Executive budget,» said The Reverend Peter Cook, Executive Director of the New York State Council of Churches.

New York Senate Democrats have resolved a longstanding internal power struggle that empowered Republicans and prevented votes on liberal priorities including gun control, early voting, abortion rights and help for immigrants.

Under the banner of «Advancing the Democracy Agenda,» the governor's 14 - point plan lays out a familiar suite of reforms, including ethics proposals that «close the LLC loophole» in political spending, procurement reform that would more closely monitor how state contracts are awarded and voting reforms like same - day voter registration and early voting.

And a number of sought - after items, including cash bail, early voting, changes to statutes regarding child molestation, New York's DREAM Act, and ethics reform fell out of the final bill, unable to pass a divided legislature.

Their agenda includes electoral reforms like early voting, a strengthening of the state abortion laws, creation of a single - payer health care system, criminal justice changes like an end to cash bail, passage of the Child Victims Act, enactment of pro-immigration measures like creation of a state DREAM Act and the issuance of drivers» licenses to undocumented immigrants.

In coalition with Let NY Vote, we ask Governor Cuomo to commit to helping ensure constitutional rights across all of our communities by including funding for early voting in the Executive Budget.»

(Albany, NY)-- One day after being appointed Ranking Democratic Member of the New York State Senate Elections Committee, Senator Brian Kavanagh today joined with fellow legislators and advocates — including the Brennan Center for Justice, Citizen Action of New York, Citizens Union, Common Cause / NY, the League of Women Voters of New York State, the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), Planned Parenthood, and Transportation Workers United Local 100 and colleagues in the Senate to urge Governor Andrew Cuomo to fully fund early voting in the Fiscal 2018 - 2019 Executive Budget.