Voting in New York poised for overhaul

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ALBANY - Voting on the weekend could be coming in 2020 for New Yorkers.

An overhaul of the state's election procedures is expected to be one of the consequences of the Democratic takeover of the state Senate, which will likely be more receptive to proposed reforms that had passed the Democratic-controlled state Assembly, including early voting, no-excuse absentee voting, and a single legislative primary date.

Progressive activists and Senate Democrats anticipate voting reforms will be near the top of the Legislature's agenda when state lawmakers return to Albany in January. Many of these proposals were held up in the state Senate's committee process during GOP control of the chamber.

Adding seven days of voting had been approved the last three years by the Assembly, and is supported by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, whose early voting language in the state budget was stripped away this year by Senate Republicans.

Read more: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Voting-in-New-York-poised-for-overhaul-13395424.php

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1. I hope so. I don't have many problems with accuracy or honesty any more, but we...

are way behind the times.

The good news is that by being so slow in updating things, we have often learned from the mistakes of others.