Sentences with phrase «push for early voting»

People gathered in Foley Square on Sunday to push for early voting, which would allow eligible voters to cast ballots in person days or even weeks before an election.

A longtime push for early voting in New York took a step forward this week, with Republican Senator Betty Little backing a bill that would allow voters to cast ballots up to two weeks before Election Day.

NEW YORK, NY (03/28/2018)(readMedia)-- Joining with 25 other organizations representing a variety of different issues from the Child Victims Act, to bail reform, to reproductive health, the Let New York Vote coalition made a final push for early voting in the NYS budget.

A longtime push for early voting in New York took a step forward this month, with Republican Sen. Betty Little backing a bill that would allow voters to cast ballots up to two weeks before Election Day.

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A letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo this signed by the women of color in the state Assembly urged him to push for the adoption of early voting and the closure of the loophole in election law that allows for unlimited donations through a web of limited liability companies.

Lawmakers could vote for Heastie to succeed Silver as early as tomorrow, though some members — including Manhattan Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, who was once named as a potential Silver successor herself, are now pushing to stick to the Feb. 10 vote on which they agreed last week.

With their votes at the party conference, they could help to push through rule changes that assisted the centrists — perhaps to reintroduce the old electoral college for choosing leaders — and overturn the left's majority on the NEC, as they did in the early 1980s.

At a November 4 news conference, Gotham Gazette asked the mayor why he hadn't been vocal about voting and election reform earlier, in order to pressure Albany well ahead of the election, and what Governor Cuomo's role should be in pushing for reforms.

In the Legislature, Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco is pushing for a vote on a bill that would re-instate Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's power to oversee procurement, which had been removed early in Cuomo's first term.

The early voting measure is the first part of a three - point plan Ryan is pushing for, which will address low turnout and boost election participation by citizens across New York State.

Very true; all it would take is a few hundred below the line votes for other small parties to push the sports party down and get them eliminated early

But the budget is also notable for what it did not include: a measure that would make it easier for the survivors of childhood sexual abuse to file lawsuits, voting reforms such as early voting and gun control legislation Democratic lawmakers had pushed in the wake of a high school shooting in Florida that left 17 people dead.

At the center of a scrum of reporters earlier, Rivera insisted that the reason for the vote was not centered on the living wage issue despite his firm backing of the community's push for this requirment.

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As I wrote earlier today, when the final push for votes was under way, it's important to step back just a little and explore what this bill, even at its best, could accomplish.]