Sentences with phrase «online voter registration»

A key problem for online voter registration is how to handle each voter's signature.

Allowing online voter registration will also encourage the adoption of early voting.

The state's online voter registration system processed a record 40,883 applications between March 10 and March 20, Cuomo said, including 20,889 from first - time voters.

Cuomo announced the implementation of online voter registration in New York last year.

Schneiderman aides say the opinion is nonbinding but could jump - start a move to implement online voter registration around the state.

Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration on Monday said 214,356 people filed online voter registration applications between October 1 and Friday, the deadline.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced last week that more than 16,000 New Yorkers have used the Department of Motor Vehicle's (DMV) new online voter registration service.

New Yorkers looking to register to vote, or to change their enrollment information, can do so easily by using the state's online voter registration service on the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles» website.

Still, Schneiderman hailed the opinion as one that opens the door to electronic signatures and expanded online voter registration drives.

«At a time in New York where our citizens experience too many barriers to participation, I am gratified that this opinion invites a new era of truly online voter registration, an incredibly exciting step that will help make the state election process more accessible and simpler for all,» Schneiderman said in a statement announcing the opinion.

«Governor Cuomo is the first in the last two decades to really understand that, putting forward the funding for two key projects, allowing online voter registration through the DMV... and funding the upcoming update of the campaign finance disclosure system.

«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.

In a statement today, Gianaris applauds Cuomo for helping to initiate online voter registration, but also says he and Kavanagh will continue to push for other provisions in the legislation including pre-registration, automatic registration and the changing of registration deadlines.

Suffolk County had written to Schneiderman in February asking if state law permits online voter registration, «particularly with regard to whether the signature component must be handwritten.»

Cuomo announced an unprecedented surge in last - minute online voter registration activity less than one month before the New York State presidential primary.

The case prompting the ruling is from Suffolk County, which appealed to the Attorney General to rule on whether online voter registration should be legal in New York.

Tuesday morning, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that his office has issued an opinion that considers online voter registration, including the use of electronically affixed handwritten signatures, legal in New York State.

New York State is touting online voter registration through the Department of Motor Vehicles this year, noting that more people then ever used the online system last month.

GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES MORE THAN 16,000 NEW YORKERS HAVE USEED NEW ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION WEBSITE added by dskriloff on October 4, 2012 View all posts by dskriloff →

The bill — the Voter Registration Modernization Act — would create a national online voter registration system, requiring all states to allow eligible voters to register online and update their information electronically, according to Gillibrand's office.

New Yorkers have again set a record for online voter registration ahead of this year's presidential election.

Massachusetts is the 21st state to offer online voter registration, a system Secretary of State William Galvin, the state's top election official, said will remove one more administrative impediment to registering to vote.

Here's a followup to this post about the Democrat National Committee's online voter registration push, announced about a month ago.

«It's great that New York state has taken the step and made online voter registration available,» said James Hong, of Flushing's Minkwon Center.

Armed with personal information obtained through legitimate or illegitimate sources, hackers could know enough to impersonate voters and change key information using online voter registration systems.

Proposed legislation introduced in the New York State Senate would allow for online voter registration in the state, automatic voter registration when New Yorkers interact with government agencies, and permit pre-registration of 16 - and 17 - year - olds.

On October 14, the deadline for online voter registration in New York, NYC Votes announced the launch of a new project, «Voters of New York,» «which highlights stories from everyday New Yorkers sharing their personal thoughts about voting and why they plan to vote in this election.»

The City Council last year passed a law mandating that the BOE implement online voter registration and, in mid-2016, mandated that the BOE create an online voter information portal where New Yorkers can track their absentee ballots, check their registration status and voting history, as well as access other voting and election resources.

The state Department of Motor Vehicles processed a record 214,000 online voter registration applications during the first two weeks of October, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

The City Council's governmental operations committee will vote on Tuesday, November 14 to approve a bill allowing online voter registration for city residents, Council Member Ben Kallos, chair of the committee, told Gotham Gazette on Thursday.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is introducing legislation to expand online voter registration, which would allow all eligible voters across the country to register online.

«At a time in New York where our citizens experience too many barriers to participation, I am gratified that this opinion invites a new era of truly online voter registration...,» Schneiderman said in a statement.

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.

DMV is proud to offer up an online voter registration process in the state.

Under the Voter Enfranchisement Act of 2017, New York State would modernize voter registration by establishing an online voter registration process (A. 5382, Cusick).

By Meg O'Connor The office of New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman issued an opinion on Tuesday concluding that online voter registration is permitted by state law.

In February, state election officials told techPresident that online voter registration is not hard to implement technically, but that making it a reality usually needed an official to «champion» such an initiative and address security concerns.

In June, New York state Senator Michael Gianaris and Assembly Brian Kavanagh had introduced the Voter Empowerment Act of New York that included provisions for online voter registration.

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.

ALBANY — State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman is giving Suffolk the go - ahead to become the first county in the state to allow online voter registration, in a legal opinion that could have widespread impact on counties and voters across New York.

Online voter registration is coming to California as soon as next month, the California Secretary of State's office announced in a message to county clerks and registrars of voters.

Between March 10 and March 20, more than 40,883 people registered to vote through New York 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.

«Our online voter registration portal is key in this administration's efforts to knock down barriers to democracy and encourage more participation in the electoral process,» Cuomo said in the release.

AG Eric Schneiderman is giving Suffolk the go - ahead to become the first county in the state to allow online voter registration, in a legal opinion that could have widespread impact on counties and voters across New York.

State AG Eric Schneiderman's office has issued an opinion stating that an online voter registration is legal in New York.

And they say there aren't any new costs to create the online voter registration program, describing the change as simply a «software tweak».