New York CIty Council Member Ben Kallos

Gotham Gazette Board of Elections To Roll Out ‘Electronically Assisted’ Voter Registration by Samar Khurshid

Board of Elections To Roll Out ‘Electronically Assisted’ Voter Registration

New York’s voting and registration laws have long been derided as onerous and needlessly restrictive, falling far behind most other states that have implemented modern methods to register and cast a vote. While significant changes to state election laws are being debated in Albany ahead of a new state budget, the New York City Board of Elections may improve, albeit incrementally, people’s access to the ballot by soon providing digital aid to register to vote.

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