To prepare voters, Board of Elections Commissioners Reginald LaFayette and Carolee Sunderland have launched
a voter outreach drive to increase awareness of the new machines and allow voters to see them — up close and personal.
Not exact matches
The campaign had no phone number for roughly half of younger
voters, and it relied heavily on Facebook -
driven peer - to - peer
outreach to connect with people under 30 (about a million people installed the app, yielding ~ 5 million
voter contacts).
Republican candidates have found it difficult to gain a foothold in some parts of Queens, but the GOP remains dedicated to providing an alternative to Queens County Democratic candidates and have since stepped up efforts with youth
outreach,
voter registration
drives, and dedicating full support for Councilman Dan Halloran's bid for Congress.
Calls for
Voter Reform:
Voter turnout was low as usual for this week's elections, and on Tuesday, the «Vote Better NY» coalition, led by NYC Votes, the
voter outreach arm of the city's Campaign Finance Board, along with other advocacy and good government organizations launched a petition
drive to highlight the importance of election reform and call on lawmakers to pass legislation to modernize elections in New York.