Strengthening Voting Rights

Check out the below article for the details, but here's a few key points about this bundle of bills recently signed into law by our governor:

• Allowing pre-registered voters (individuals who will be 18 years old by Election Day) to apply for an absentee or early mail voting ballot.

  
  

• Ensuring New Yorkers are able to cure ballot defects within the required timeframes.

  
  

• Creating a standard ordering criteria for candidates appearing on a ballot.

  
  

• Bringing state election law into compliance with the requirements set under the federal Electoral Count Reform Act.

  
  

• Expanding poll watcher eligibility to include most New York State attorneys.

  
  

• Making technical changes related to town elections.

  
  

• Clarifying administrative processes for preclearance coverage determinations under the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York.

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/anniversary-signing-voting-rights-act-1965-governor-hochul-signs-legislation-strengthen-voting?emci=8da143c8-5e56-ef11-991a-6045bddbfc4b&emdi=4bd3b9f3-8956-ef11-991a-6045bddbfc4b&ceid=36671733