Sentences with phrase «say voter registration»

That's where the group of community and faith - based members say voter registration tends to be low.

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Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Michael Haas said Homeland Security told 21 states that «Russian government cyber actors» targeted their state voter registration systems in 2016.

DiCeglie said that, when the effort for 2016 first started in January of the previous year, the GOP was down by roughly 6,000 voter registrations in comparison with the Democrats.

During a rally in October, Trump cited «the highly respected Pew,» which he said found that «there are 24 million voter registrations in the United States that are either invalid or significantly inaccurate.»

The study that Trump was mentioning, which he repeatedly referred to late during the campaign, said 24 million voter registrations were no longer valid or were significantly inaccurate, more than 1.8 million dead people were listed as voters, and about 2.8 million people were registered in more than one state.

But according to the NSA report, evidence that the hackers were also stealing the login credentials of people with administrative access to the voter - registration systems raises concerns that the Russians were able to do «anything they wanted» — including, Bardin said, breaching voting machines.

Companies may also encourage registration for a particular party, distribute voter registration information advocating for or against specific candidates, prepare and distribute voter guides that advocate for a particular candidate, and finance voter mobilization, such as voter identification activities, some legal experts say.

And the fourth was to breach US voting systems in as many as 39 states leading up to the election, in an effort to steal registration data that officials say could be used to target and manipulate voters in future elections.

As Ben Graham said, «In the short - run, the market is a voting machine — reflecting a voter - registration test that requires only money, not intelligence or emotional stability — but in the long - run, the market is a weighing machine.»

Even if third parties could only get a little of your data — your hometown, say, or your gender — they could match it up with all kinds of other records, such marketing databases or voter registration databases, to paint a more complete picture of you as a person.

Religion News Service: Black pastors move to counter new voter ID laws African - American clergy are joining forces with civil rights groups to push for increased voter registration ahead of the November election, spurred on by new voter laws they say restrict opportunities for minorities to enter the voting booth.

Park district supporters say they're planning two voter registration drives in February, and will publish a brochure outlining proposed park district programs and services.

He said that the challenges included funding and personnel, adding, «don't forget the section of the Electoral Act that says there shall be continuous voter registration.

A «stringent» likely voter screen was applied to the sample of registered voters that had been statistically adjusted to reflect party registration, gender and age, Siena said.

He said that the commission was making plans to ensure that the cards were fully distributed before the end of 2016, adding that it would be done alongside continuous voter registration.

Previewing his Albany agenda at NYPD headquarters, de Blasio said he hopes Albany passes legislation to make cops» disciplinary records more accessible to the public, and listed reforms to voter registration, public works development, and more money for city schools.

The source said the practice is only carried out with sign - up sheets for causes, not voter registration.

«Once again, New York's archaic voter registration system has highlighted dramatic shortcomings in the administration of elections across the state,» the New York Public Interest Research Group said in a statement, calling for automatic voter registration and same - day voter registration.

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals says Arizona and Kansas can not force proof - of - citizenship requirements on the federal voter registration form

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.

Clegg says all voters are being reminded about the switch to individual voter registration by the time of the next general election.

The Minority in Parliament say a new voter registration proposal that will allow a registered voter to guarantee for five people who can not prove their citizenship is a recipe for chaos.

Not saying we knowingly register non-citizens, but we give people the benefit of the doubt when they sign the voter registration form attesting to their citizenship status.

His potential primary opponent, Rachel May, disagrees and says Valesky and his renegade colleagues have allowed Senate Republicans to block progressive legislation passed in the Assembly, including a series of bills aimed at early voting and automatic voter registration.

Lucas Almonte, legislative director for the CUNY University Student Senate said, «New York's paper - based voter registration system disadvantages young voters, particularly at a place like CUNY where many students do not have a DMV id.

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.

Wilson said he believed there is pent - up frustration with the governor and an easy counter-vision to present, but acknowledged in the post that any campaign «would be hard, both given the state's voter registration rolls and the current political climate.»

«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.

Denerstein said the initiative would boost New York's sagging voter enrollment numbers and also save taxpayers money by streamlining the DMV's handling of voter registrations.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Anambra, Dr Nkwachukwu Orji, on Thursday said the ongoing continuous voter registration would end on Aug. 15 in the state.

«I think it's an incorrect statement for anyone to say she's not a registered voter and that can not vote in the election while there is an upcoming limited registration yet to be held in April,» he told host Fiifi Banson on Anopa Kasapa on Thursday.

Mr. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu noted that it is easier for the Commission to validate the bloated voter register than to allow for limited voter registration, which he said can not guarantee the credibility of the register.

«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.

«I can say that and I know that, in regards to voter registration drives.

«Laws that would allow for automatic voter registration, early voting, no - excuse absentee voting, and consolidation of primary elections will empower voters and give greater access to the ballot,» she said.

«I wouldn't have gotten elected unless each time at least one million Democrats came out to vote and crossed the party lines to vote for me,» said Pataki, rightly pointing out that Turner will need to attract voters from the other party to win in the Ninth Congressional District, where Democrats enjoy a three - to - one registration advantage.

A press statement signed by the National Youth Organizer of the PNC, Abu Ramadan said the «youth wing demands a suspension of the voter registration exercise pending an audit of the 2012 voter register.»

Karen Scharff, with the reform group Citizen Action, says Cuomo and lawmakers also should act this spring to modernize voting requirements and make it easier to vote, through early voting and automatic voter registration.

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.

Katherine Smith, director of advocacy for the Rochester chapter of the League of Women Voters, says the registration process has been very slow this year.

With same - day voter registration and early voting, Czarny said he thinks there will be an increase in New York voter turnout.

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

The source said there was a flood of voter registrations about 10 years ago that forced the board to hire temporary workers recommended by Democratic and Republican county leaders.

But with same - day voter registration, he said people would be allowed to update their addresses and register to vote right before the election.

«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.

Horner and other critics of the plan said a simple fix would be to expand it to other state agencies that offer voter registration — including social service and health - related agencies — so that people are automatically registered when they apply for benefits.

Bellone spokeswoman Vanessa Baird - Streeter said the county executive asked for the attorney general's opinion to determine if there are ways to expand opportunities for voter registration.

City Council Member Gale Brewer, participating in her last meeting of the Technology Committee, which she previously chaired, before taking on her new role as Manhattan Borough President, said she was skeptical of Internet voting, noting that the potential requirement of I.D. cards was problematic given the Voter I.D. debates, but emphasized her support for improving reporting of election results and encouraging voter registration through other agencies.

The Director of Communications at the EC, Eric Kofi Dzakpasu on his part said those who registered during the continuous voters registration which by August 26 will have their names on the new register «We have those who are suspected cases of multiple registration and we also have the exclusion or the exception list, which is the list of persons who were challenged during the registration period and their challenges were upheld by the various registration review committees in addition to people who did illegal registration.

State Democratic Party Executive Director Geoff Berman said the question of when to allow voters to switch registration to vote in a party primary should be dealt with by the Legislature, not by a political party.