Shaping the future of New York's state's voter registration
The state Board of Elections recently announced it will start automatically enrolling New Yorkers to vote when they receive their drivers licenses in the second quarter of 2025 – more than three years after the implementation date for the law passed in 2020. City & State in conjunction with New Yorkers for Inclusive Democracy will examine what the holdups have been and if there is still work to be done to get New Yorkers out to the polls on Election Day with experts in the field this Friday at its Democracy in New York: Defending and Securing Voting Rights Forum.
The event, to be held at the New York Law School in Lower Manhattan Tribeca neighborhood, will gather legal professionals, advocates and government officials focusing on issues facing New Yorkers seeking to register to vote and government agencies tasked with ensuring all New Yorkers have access to the ballot box on election days.
“This year’s event will present discussions dedicated to the needs of voter registration across the state’s diverse regions as growing populations in cities and counties are struggling to adapt to new technologies and shifting constituencies,” said City & State Editor-in-Chief Ralph R. Ortega, who will moderate the event. “We expect many will want to listen to what our advocates and lawmakers – including government officials like Assembly Member Latrice Walker, have to say.”
A special presentation, “The Missing Million,” by Professor John Mollenkopf of the CUNY Graduate Center, will address the large number of unregistered voters across New York's neighborhoods, followed by three panels.", of the City University of New York Graduate Center, will address a shift to the right in many New York neighborhoods which was decades-in-the-making, followed by three panels.
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