Sentences with phrase «voters reform»
It's far from certain whether legislators will take up ethics and voter reform following their two - week break.
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It's time for Albany to pass real voter reform bills.»
Gov. Andrew Cuomo included a package of voter reform proposals in his budget plan earlier in the year, but the measures fell out of the talks.
The attorney general called for voter reform after 1,500 people complained about the April election.
It's time for Albany to pass real voter reform bills to make participation easier, not harder.»
Democratic lawmakers in the state Senate and Assembly have sought to apply post-budget pressure to Republicans to consider voter reforms designed to enhance ballot access and make it easier to vote as well as to register.
It's smart voter reform which only enhances our democracy.»
Stewart - Cousins, a Democrat from Yonkers, confirmed that issues such as voter reform measures and changes to the state's ethics laws had fallen out of the budget talks.
Senate Democrats this week unveiled their own voter reforms this week as part of a response to Donald Trump's administration.
The Let NY Vote Coalition, which has advocated for early voting and other voter reforms, praised the governor for funding early voting in his spending plan.
On WBFO's Capitol Pressroom, Bartoletti said she's disappointed voter reforms did not make it into the final budget.
Barbara Bartoletti, the legislative director at the New York State League of Women Voters, said the latest package of voter reforms have been a long time coming.
Klein is also reviving a push for voter reform, including automatic registration, early voting, no excuse absentee voting and uniform voting hours on primary days.
The Syracuse Common Council will consider on Monday a resolution to support New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo's voter reform bill that would allow early voting throughout the state.
«With or without Peralta, we will assemble on June 26th to discuss the range of issues at stake on the state level, including public school funding, health care, women's health care, immigrants» rights, sanctuary state, Dream Act, LGBT rights, voter reform, criminal justice reform, and climate change reforms,» organizers wrote in a press release.