Sentences with phrase «increasing voter registrations»

Another benefit of increasing voter registrations is that it can help reduce extreme partisan messaging by inducing candidates to broaden their appeal.

Religion News Service: Black pastors move to counter new voter ID laws African - American clergy are joining forces with civil rights groups to push for increased voter registration ahead of the November election, spurred on by new voter laws they say restrict opportunities for minorities to enter the voting booth.

Indeed, the current governing party in Bolivia, the Movimiento al Socialismo (or MAS), while committed to maintaining power by purely democratic means (and, in fact, responsible for an aggressive campaign to increase voter registration throughout the country) has stated that indigenous Andean (and by implication, Inca) culture is inherently socialistic.

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.

But Mathematica's study, using the most conservative interpretation of its data, found that «Democracy Prep increases the voter registration rates of its students by about 16 percentage points and increases the voting rates of its students by about 12 percentage points.»

(Calif.) One of a handful of states working to increase voter registration in the 18 to 24 - year old age group, California passed a new law expanding regulations for student - led voter registration drives on high school campuses.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, a Republican, said in a court brief that the twin goals of the NVRA and its amendments were to increase voter registration and to reduce the number of ineligible registered voters.

Not exact matches

Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie and Election Law Committee Chair Michael J. Cusick announced the Assembly's end - of - session passage of reform legislation to overhaul the state's election process in order to increase voter participation, ensure greater access to the polls, protect voting rights, and promote efficient, voter - friendly registration and elections.

Mission Statement: The mission statement for the Oneida County Board of Election's office is to establish and increase public confidence in the electoral process by conducting voter registration and elections with the highest level of professional election standards, integrity, security, accuracy, and fairness.

New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman unveiled an extensive voting reform package Wednesday that aims to streamline New York's voter registration system, boost voter participation and increase voter turnout.

With same - day voter registration and early voting, Czarny said he thinks there will be an increase in New York voter turnout.

Town Democrats believe their increase in voter registration can help them take the election regardless of who wins the primary.

Friday and the weekend All day Friday, Common Cause NY, Citizens Union, the New York City Council, and other partners will host Student Voter Registration Day «to increase youth voter registration and excite young people about being involved in the democratic process.

That this House notes the improved security of ballots in Northern Ireland following implementation of the Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 which has also resulted in increased levels of voter registration; further notes the successful prosecutions for electoral fraud in Slough, Peterborough and Birmingham; further notes the 2007 Council of Europe investigation into electoral fraud in the UK and the recent report entitled Purity of Elections in the UK: Causes for Concern, published by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd which highlights how vulnerable the electoral system is to electoral fraud; and calls on the Government to improve electoral security across the rest of the UK.

Of the 100 seats for which final voter registration numbers have been collated, 82 have seen a rise in registered voters since the 2015 election - but more than half the increase is in just 20 seats where numbers have risen by at least three per cent.

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

However, the tally that will be used for the calculation, should this bill be signed into law, will be in the spring of 2012, so the number by then would probably be slightly higher, as voter registration continues to increase.

Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny says there always in an increase in voter registration in presidential primary years, and with hotly - contested races on both the Democratic and Republican side, this year is no exception.

Democratic voter registration has increased in the 44th district, which includes parts of Saratoga and all of Fulton, Montgomery and Schenectady counties, particularly in Savage and Farley's hometown and the rest of Schenectady County.

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered all state agencies to provide voter registration information in an effort to increase participation in elections.

Republicans face the departure of three incumbents and increasing Democratic voter registration in key districts, but their campaign committee does have a fundraising advantage over the Democrats.

Modernizing Voting in New York to Increase Participation in the Democratic System - «[A] llow early voting, and adopt both automatic voter registration and same day voter registration.»

He said additional reforms like automatic voter registration, same - day registration and use of electronic poll books would help to increase participation.

The state's adoption of same day voter registration in 2012 was a very significant first step toward increasing participation, but it's not enough.

However, it will be difficult for a group to increase its registration in Delaware, because Delaware doesn't permit voters to change parties during June or July or August.

After a sharp increase in the 2008 presidential year and the two years afterward, voter registration in Ulster County will be down slightly from last year when polls open next Tuesday.

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.

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..

For the September 1989 general election, there were 82,556 registered voters, a 28 percent increase over registration levels for the previous general election in 1984.

D4D manned voter registration and information booths aiming to increase voter turnout for the November 7, 2017 NY City & State elections and ballot proposals