New York Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2020 signed into law
and last updated 2020-12-22 17:16:53-05
NEW YORK (WKBW) â New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the New York Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2020 into law Tuesday.
The governor s office says the law will help increase voter turnout while reducing administrative barriers to processing voter registration applications. The right to vote is one of, if not the most, sacred pillars of our democracy and for too long, bureaucratic red tape has made it unnecessarily difficult for New Yorkers to exercise this right, Governor Cuomo said. From instituting early voting to making necessary reforms to the absentee ballot process, New York has already made elections more accessible, but we are far from finished. With this new law on the books, we are taking this work a step further and not only instituting automatic voter registration, but creating a single uniform platform for registering online.
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State Agencies Required to Establish Automatic Voter Registration System to Expedite the Voter Registration Process and Ensure Greater Participation
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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed the New York Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2020 (S.8806 / A.8280C) into law, requiring designated State agencies to establish an automatic voter registration system as proposed by the Governor in State of the State in 2019 and 2020. This modernized system will expedite voter registration and create a straightforward process for New Yorkers applying for services at designated agencies to also register to vote. The law will help increase voter turnout while reducing administrative barriers to processing voter registration applications.