Sentences with phrase «of electronic poll books»

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

In addition, the Mayor called for legislation to permit «no - excuse» absentee voting and the use of electronic poll books, and to consolidate federal and state primaries on the same day; Kavanagh co-sponsors each of these bills.

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Advocacy organizations have estimated early voting and electronic poll books (which would facilitate implementation of early voting) would cost New York State roughly $ 7 million — compared to the State's $ 160 billion budget.

The mayor called on the state Legislature to pass broad voting and election reforms, including same - day voter registration, early voting, «no excuse» absentee voting, electronic poll books, consolidation of primary elections, reformatting ballots to make them more user - friendly, and pre-registration of 16 - and 17 - year - olds.

Expanding early voting, simplifying the ballot & modernizing the registration process including electronic poll books are some of the ways we can accomplish this goal, and I want to thank the Vote Better NY coalition for presenting their vision here today.»

The coalition's push for electronic poll books and ballot on demand systems is based on the success of a pilot program in Onondaga County.

Initiatives like automatic voter registration, electronic poll books, flexibility to change parties, and parolee voting rights are pivotal upgrades to our current system of elections administration that can not be ignored.

There is some hope for electronic poll books, but even agreement on instituting that fairly minor advancement, which holds the promise of reducing lines at polling places, appears elusive.

A full 62 percent of people recently polled by Pew Internet admitted they had no idea whether they could borrow electronic books from their library system.