“Voting Reforms and Implementation: A New York Story”

Civics Center:

On the second day of a legislative session that introduced a squad of newcomers who had campaigned against disenfranchisement and corruption in Albany, the New York State legislature passed a sweeping raft of voter reforms that will establish the right for 16- and 17-year-olds to preregister to vote, among other critical changes. The new law represents an immense victory for advocates of voter engagement and election modernization, who had long noted that New York was stuck in an elections Dark Age. But how will these reforms be implemented and will there be adequate funding to do so?

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