Sentences with phrase «say voter participation»
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And he said laws that have resulted in New York's third - worst voter participation in the nation and fifth - worst voter registration numbers need to be changed.
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«He's supposed to be guaranteeing maximum voter participation and his statements and his values obviously indicate he's not trying to do that,» de Blasio said.
Blair Horner, NYPIRG Executive Director said: «New York's voter participation rates are anemic, even in high profile, contested elections.
Whilst this might constitute a relatively high level of participation by recent standards, it does still mean that 28 % of registered voters did not bother to have their say in what, we were frequently told, was the most important national decision in our lifetimes.
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.
«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.
«New York ranks consistently as one of the nation's worst in terms of voter participation, driven by state laws that create obstacles to voting,» said Megan Ahearn, program director for the New York Public Interest Research Group, «Much of the rest of the nation has developed practices that improve voter turnout.
«Anything that can be done to improve New York's appalling voter participation rate is worth doing,» said Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, a nonprofit that advocates for better election laws.
Instead, she said, the groups are focusing on helping the poor, battling global warming, increasing voter participation, and rights for immigrants.
She said she would also like to increase voter participation.
«If voter participation rates are an indicator of the body politics» health, then we have a grave illness that needs our attention,» Miner said, according to a transcript of her testimony from her press 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.
After receiving an unprecedented number of voter complaints during the state's April presidential primaries, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has released a plan to overhaul what he says is a byzantine and antiquated system that produces questionable results and depresses participation.
... It brought a lot of voices, a lot of registered voters, a lot of participation in a democracy, and they won,» Brown said.
The governor's special counsel for ethics, Jeremy Creelan, says the process, in addition to increasing voter participation, will also reduce fraud.
Proponents have argued that the change will boost sliding voter participation — something the commission is «deeply concerned» about, Charter Revision Commission Chair Matthew Goldstein has said.
New York was 41st out of the entire country when it comes to voter participation and Early Voting will assist in bringing more New Yorkers to the Ballot Box,» said Assemblymember Latrice Walker.
Cox, who is remaining neutral in the race, says the intense focus on New York can only be good overall for party participation and voter turnout.
With that being said, there are certainly a few factors that can either increase or decrease voter participation, especially in the times we find ourselves in now.
He said additional reforms like automatic voter registration, same - day registration and use of electronic poll books would help to increase participation.
The committee will meet Sept. 16 to forge a strategy designed to maximize voter participation, said Gillilland.
He said the commission will also be directed to consider possible reforms to the city's Board of Elections and to find ways to promote greater voter participation.
The state's attorney general and Assembly speaker have proposed an early voting system for New York that they say can improve voter participation and democracy.
Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins says it confirms what she already knew - New York's voter participation rate is abysmal.
Horner said, «New York is really notorious in terms of having difficult obstacles for voters to surmount in order to vote,» and that the rules contribute to New York having one of the «lowest voter participation rates in the country.»
Board of Elections Commissioners Russell Stewart and Rose Grimaldi said «As Commissioners it is not only our responsibility to conduct fair and impartial elections but to reach out into the community to promote and encourage voter registration and participation.
By passing reforms like early and in - person absentee voting we can increase voter participation and enhance our democracy,» said Senator Marisol Alcantara.
Barbara Grosh, director of the League of Women Voters, says the alliance plans to continue its efforts to bring up voter participation through October.
The executive director of the New York City Board of Elections said at a City Council budget hearing on Friday that recent failings by the board, revealed in a WNYC report, were not entirely the BOE's responsibility and that voters in New York needed to step up their participation and involvement in ensuring that their votes count.
«We think there is a general agreement that the best way to increase voter participation is to start early,» a spokesman said.
Among the long list of accomplishments that includes participation in nearly every major education policy decision since the mid-1980s - O'Connell said he is most proud of his role in getting voters to approve a ballot measure that reduced the threshold for passing school bonds to 55 percent.
«It had information about my voter registration, information about results in my district and a political model about my beliefs and a prediction of my participation,» Carroll said on CBSN Saturday.