By Susan Arbetter City of Albany UPDATED 5:41 PM ET Jun. 30, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:11 PM ET Jun. 30, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:11 PM EDT Jun. 30, 2021
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It wasn’t until three months after the November 2020 elections that Claudia Tenney, a Republican, was named the definitive winner of New York s 22nd Congressional District, a flip-flopping district in Central New York that had been represented by Democrat Anthony Brindisi since 2018, and who, in turn, had won the seat from Tenney.
Since then, reformers in the state Legislature have been calling to clean up New York s elections processes. The situation in New York City is a national embarrassment and must be dealt with promptly and properly,” state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said in statement. “In the coming weeks, the Senate
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New York Restores Voting Rights For Formerly Incarcerated People
arrow Voting booths, November 2020. Scott Lynch / Gothamist
New York took a major step towards expanding the number of eligible voters in the upcoming primary election when Governor Andrew Cuomo last week signed a bill that restores voting rights for anyone released from prison. If they’re released before May 28th, they could register to vote in the June 22nd primary election.
Since 2018, Cuomo has been using his pardon power to restore voting rights to most people on parole. This new law codifies that rule so that upon release from prison everyone automatically has their voting rights restored and can immediately register.
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