2020 election
More Than Long Lines: Barriers Homeless NYers Face When Voting
Roshan Abraham |
Advocacy groups are dispensing information, answering questions and offering rides to help unhoused New Yorkers exercise their rights.
2020 election
Tamping Down Turnout? Bronx Early Voting Sites Few & Far Between
Anna Deen |
Large numbers of people have come out to vote early in the city’s mainland borough. But will the large distances between early-voting sites keep some voters away?
Early voting
‘I Will Sleep Here If I Have To’: Latinos Show Up For Early Voting
Fernando Martínez for El Diario |
Long lines over the weekend did not stop thousands from coming out this week to vote, El Diario reports.
2020 election
Shocking News: Early Voting is Working Well in the Bronx
Jarrett Murphy |
At least it was on Tuesday afternoon, when there were long lines moving fast at several polling sites, and virtually no waiting times at others.
Opinion
Opinion: Making Sure Formerly Incarcerated New Yorkers Know Their Voting Rights
Soffiyah Elijah |
‘During the three months we set up shop in Harlem every Saturday, we encountered scores of people who thought that because they had a felony conviction and/or they were on parole, they could not vote.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: NY Must Contend with its System of ‘Passive’ Voter Suppression
Ivelisse Gilestra |
‘Research has found that as many as 50 percent of formerly incarcerated New Yorkers who are re-enfranchised mistakenly think that they remain ineligible to vote.’
Brooklyn
Voting Problems: What NYers Actually Need to Worry About
Jarrett Murphy |
The only thing worse than a serious illness is a bad diagnosis. And that is what President Trump has offered in his size-up of the U.S. voting system.
election 2020
Two Days Left to Register to Vote!
Jarrett Murphy |
New York State’s voter registration deadline for the 2020 election is Friday, October 9.
2020 elections
No ‘Fraud’ in Maloney’s Primary Race, But Concerns About Trump’s Postal Service
Jarrett Murphy |
There was—and continues to be—concern that delays by election boards and postal service failures could lead to mail-in ballots being omitted from the final tally of votes.
Election 2020
Snags in Cuomo’s Bid to Restore Parolees’ Voting Rights
Roshan Abraham |
Under conditional pardons the governor began issuing in 2018, more than 60,000 people on parole had their voting rights restored. But only a few thousand have registered to vote, and more than 10,000 have lost their rights because of parole violations.
