So will cutting out the registration step actually encourage now
newly registered voters to head to the polls and vote?
At the urging of AG Eric Schneiderman, the NYC Board of Elections mailed yet another batch of postcards to more than 42,000
newly registered voters, reminding them of the April 19 presidential primary.
The proposal would allow «non-aligned» voters registered on or before Aug. 19 to vote in the Sept. 13 Democratic primary — or up to 25 days before the primary, the same deadline for
newly registered voters.
The official noted that the number of
the newly registered voters had exceeded the number recorded in the previous exercise by over 20 per cent.
In recent elections, there were instances when
newly registered voters were told by poll workers they «accidentally» showed up at the wrong poll site and were redirected (sometimes across town).
«The bigger question is motivating them [
newly registered voters] to actually vote.»
Not exact matches
Agbaje added that those who were
newly - captured would undergo Automatic Finger Identification System (AFIS) before their names would be ratified and added to the present list of
registered voters in Osun.
According to a
newly released Siena College Survey of
registered voters in New York State, most would
«The
newly established WEP will now be focused on acting as a women's advocacy party: it will launch new initiatives to
register and enroll new women
voters and engage them more actively in the political process,» Wing said.
Newly restored rules that were nearly taken away by Republicans will allow
voters who miss the deadline to
register during early voting.