Voting

New York voters will likely end up going to the polls three times this year.

The law allows voters to qualify for an absentee ballot based on their concern about a sickness — like coronavirus.

The New York State Senate approved a package of bills to expand voting access after two ballot proposals to make it easier to vote were rejected in November.

When New Yorkers begin early voting on Saturday, their ballots will contain an unusually high number of propositions, ranging from expanding voting access, to whether everyone in the state should be guaranteed the right to clean air and water.

The proposals would make it easier to vote through same-day voter registration and “no excuse” absentee ballots. Another would add clean air and water to the state’s Bill of Rights.

This November, if voters turn over their ballots they’ll see five proposals to amend the New York State constitution including what’s being called the Environmental Rights Amendment.

New York is reviewing changes it made to early voting during the pandemic. It allowed local election boards to expand early polling centers and speed up…

Over the weekend, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a package of voting reforms including ones that ease the rules and restrictions on mail in absentee…

In Connecticut, the voting rights of 4,000 former incarcerated citizens were restored when Governor Ned Lamont signed the state’s new two-year budget into…

Connecticut state representatives this week passed a resolution to expand no-excuse absentee voting. However, the House resolution did not reach the 75%…