Sentences with phrase «state voter registration systems»

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.

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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.

The state's propensity to assign individuals identities through voter registration lists and social security numbers or more generally to reinforce conceptions of individual rights serves as an example; the roles of educational systems (through individualized test scores) and professional careers (organized around cumulative skills attached to the individual's biography) provide further examples.7 This work is important because it shows the dependence of self - constructs on markers in the culture at large: the self is understood not only in terms of internal development but also as a product of external reinforcement.

The state unveiled an online voter - registration system yesterday that allows New Yorkers to become voters from their own computers, and eventually from new electronic devices at Department of Motor Vehicles offices.

«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.

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.

As New York surveyed the damage, there came calls for state lawmakers to change the state's «archaic voter registration system» to address potential further disenfranchisement in the democratic process for some citizens.

The governor's also calling for the state to adopt an automatic voter registration system which would send voters» information directly to the county board of elections.

We won't allow it — with your help, we will modernize our antiquated system by bringing Early Voting to New York State, along with automatic and same - day voter registration and no - fault absentee ballots,» the email states.

New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman unveiled an extensive voting reform package Wednesday that aims to streamline New York's voter registration system, boost voter participation and increase voter turnout.

Between March 10 and March 20, more than 40,883 people registered to vote through New York state's online voter registration system.

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.

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.

At the same time, Schneiderman wants to implement a system of permanent registration by having the state Board of Elections and local boards update registration when a voter who gives their consent moves.

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.

«Once again, New York's archaic voter registration system has highlighted dramatic shortcomings in the administration of elections across the state,» Horner said.

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.

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.

In addition, the governor directed the city and state university systems to investigate their own campus voter registration efforts in an effort to boost student voter registration numbers.

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 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 State William Galvin, the state's top election official, said will remove one more administrative impediment to registering to state's top election official, said will remove one more administrative impediment to registering to vote.

State law requires the two systems to provide voter registration forms to students at the beginning of each new school year, as well as in January in presidential years.

Cuomo also is creating a new voter registration task force made up of members of his administration to oversee the effort, including ways to create «secure» online voting registration systems in different state agencies, similar to the ones already used by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

In addition, Cuomo is directing the city and state university systems to investigate their own campus voter registration efforts in an effort to boost student voter registration numbers.