New York passes automatic voter registration; all S.I. state legislators but Savino vote against bill
Updated Dec 24, 2020;
Posted Dec 24, 2020
“Anyone who wants to sell you conspiracy theories on people registering to vote who aren’t eligible are lying to you or didn’t read the bill,” said Sen. Diane Savino. (Staten Island Advance/Rebeka Humbrecht)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- New York state streamlined voter registration this week by establishing automatic voter registration at agencies across the state.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the New York Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2020 on Dec. 22; it will go into effect in 2023. The legislation has been introduced in every Senate session since 2015 but has received pushback from Republicans.