New York Attorney General Letitia James today called on the State of New York to take steps to ensure eligible New York voters can take part in the scheduled April 28th Democratic presidential primary, as well as a handful of additional special elections around the state on that date, without risking the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-2019).
By utilizing existing state law and an executive order that will continue to temporarily suspend and modify state laws relating to the coronavirus emergency, Attorney General James is calling for a suspension of all in-person voting until further notice and, instead, to send every eligible voter an absentee ballot for the April 28, 2020 presidential primary and the five special elections scheduled on that date.
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New york state attorney general letitia james is proposing no excuse absentee ballots in n the upcoming april presidential primary.
"if that can be enacted at the county level it would help our mission in ensuring that people are maintaining their distance."
The current law requires a reason for a person to receive an absentee ballot.
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Legislative realm ecting voter turnout, assemblywoman buttenschon says that the process would be easier for voters.
"i think we are talking about making this easier for voters.
So hopefully we will see the significance of those who would like to vote who possibly couldnt in the past and didnt have the oppurtunity to complete the application in a timely manner."
Senator griffo also saying that he's calling for the primaries to be moved to june to possibly give candidates the opportunity to interact with voters in person.
An assembly member has introduced a bill that would allow no excuse
