Sentences with phrase «voters turnout rates»

New York has one of the lowest voter turnout rates in the nation and that should embarrass us.

Last month, with Election Day around the corner, that seemed to change as de Blasio renewed his call for a system that will encourage voting in a state with one of the lowest voter turnout rates in the country.

«New York has some of the worst voter turnout rates in the country, long lines, excessive wait times, and low voter confidence.

In 2008, when voter turnout rates were at or around record highs, fewer than half (44.9 percent) of adults in households making less than $ 30,000 per year voted, according to Census Bureau data.

Disenfranchisement is a pretty rare political tactic on either the left or the right outside the United States, which has close to the lowest voter turnout rates among places that have genuine democratic elections.

New York has the lowest voter turnout rate for each of the three elections.

While other states have taken measures to modernize and streamline their voting systems, New York has remained mired in rules and arbitrary deadlines that prevent thousands of residents from realizing their right to vote, leaving our state's voter turnout rates embarrassingly low.

In downtown Syracuse, local residents are working to improve voter turnout rates through a series of educational workshops.

Couple that with the widespread purging of voter registrations in New York City and it's not hard to see why New York has one of the worst voter turnout rates in the nation.

The simple fact is we've let New York's election laws atrophy, and we now have one of the worst voter turnout rates in the country,» said State Senator Brian Kavanagh, Ranking Member of the Senate Elections Committee and sponsor of early voting legislation.

Good government groups have long pushed for the change, noting New York's historically low voter turnout rates and saying that a more flexible voting system might help.

Importantly, my run was part of a coordinated county - wide effort in which Democrats picked up several seats and literally doubled the voter turnout rates over those of the same elections in 2015.

Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the top - ranking Democrat in the New York State Senate, claimed New York state has one of the lowest voter turnout rates in the country.

Critics of the state's election laws say the antiquated and hard - to - understand rules are the main reason why the state regularly has one of the lowest voter turnout rates in the nation.

New York's younger voters — those between 18 and 29 — had a voter turnout rate of 42 percent, lower than the national average as well.

Compared to other states New York has low voter turnout rates and is one of a minority of states that still doesn't allow early voting.

Anyone curious about why Stephen Harper's Conservatives seem so eager to please older voters need only consider the following data from Statistics Canada: In 2011, the voter turnout rate was about 50 per cent among people aged 18 to 24, a few percentage points higher among 25 - to 34 - year - olds, but leapt to 70 per cent for 45 - to 54 - year - olds, and crested at a remarkable 82 per cent among potential voters between 65 and 74.