Massachusetts has launched
a new voter registration system.
Not exact matches
The state unveiled an online
voter -
registration system yesterday that allows
New Yorkers to become voters from their own computers, and eventually from new electronic devices at Department of Motor Vehicles offic
New Yorkers to become
voters from their own computers, and eventually from
new electronic devices at Department of Motor Vehicles offic
new electronic devices at Department of Motor Vehicles offices.
«Once again,
New York's archaic
voter registration system has highlighted dramatic shortcomings in the administration of elections across the state,» the
New York Public Interest Research Group said in a statement, calling for automatic
voter registration and same - day
voter registration.
On the other hand, a
new system for
voter registration brought in this time round is bad for Labour.
Lucas Almonte, legislative director for the CUNY University Student Senate said, «
New York's paper - based
voter registration system disadvantages young
voters, particularly at a place like CUNY where many students do not have a DMV id.
Blair Horner, Executive Director of NYPIRG, said, «
New York ranks consistently as one of the nation's worst states in terms of
voter participation, driven by our archaic
voter registration and election administration
systems.
From puzzling ballot layouts to prohibitive
voter registration rules,
New York's byzantine electoral
system has proven to be at best ineffective and at worst discriminatory.
As
New York surveyed the damage, there came calls for state lawmakers to change the state's «archaic
voter registration system» to address potential further disenfranchisement in the democratic process for some citizens.
We won't allow it — with your help, we will modernize our antiquated
system by bringing Early Voting to
New York State, along with automatic and same - day
voter registration and no - fault absentee ballots,» the email states.
Beyond potentially undermining
voters» faith in our electoral
system, these claims distract from a very real issue:
New York's
voter registration system is badly in need of modernization.
«It was the governor who unilaterally put into place
New York's first online
voter registration system and has repeatedly advanced additional voting reforms,» Rich Azzopardi, the governor's senior deputy communications director, said in an email.
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.
Between March 10 and March 20, more than 40,883 people registered to vote through
New York state's online
voter registration system.
As the deadline to register to vote in
New York state's presidential primary nears, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday an unprecedented surge in
voter registration through the state's online
voter registration system.
MyDMV,
New York state's online
voter registration system, processed more than 40,883
voter registration applications within a 10 - day period between March 10 and March 20, according to a press release from Cuomo's office.
Between March 10 and March 20, more than 40,883
voter registration applications were processed through
New York's online voting
registration system.
Zimbabwe is using the biometric
voter registration system for the first time to compile a
new voters» roll.
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.
The Labour leader said almost one million
voters were «missing» from the register and blamed the «hasty» introduction of the
new system of individual
voter registration.
«Once again,
New York's archaic
voter registration system has highlighted dramatic shortcomings in the administration of elections across the state,» Horner said.
The
New York State Department of Motor Vehicles» online
voter registration system processed more than 214,000 applications during the first two weeks of October.
The
new system replaced the vast majority of paper forms and is designed to help centralize the digital transmission of
voter registration applications, as well as minimize errors in the
system.
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.»
State law requires the two
systems to provide
voter registration forms to students at the beginning of each
new school year, as well as in January in presidential years.
«You overlay that with the lousy
system of running elections in general — which is,
voter registration laws are cumbersome, we have a closed primary
system, getting on the ballot is difficult — and as a result
New York has anemic
voter turnout, one of the worst in the country.»
Cuomo also is creating a
new voter registration task force made up of members of his administration to oversee the effort, including ways to create «secure» online voting
registration systems in different state agencies, similar to the ones already used by the Department of Motor Vehicles.