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Reader's View: Voter accessibility in Rensselaer County


For almost three years now, we have been attempting to expose the lack of equity and accessibility to early voting sites for residents living in the City of Troy. The cry for media coverage related to, what many refer to as blatant voter suppression in Rensselaer County, has largely been ignored.
Last year, we joined with Senator Neil Breslin and Assemblyman John McDonald to pass legislation that would strengthen laws related to early voting. Our efforts were rewarded when the State’s Early Voting Law was amended, requiring Boards of Elections to locate early voting sites where a majority of the population lives making voting for citizens easier and more accessible. Rensselaer County did not comply. ....

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Attorney General James Sues Rensselaer County Board of Elections for Denying Communities of Color Access to Early Voting Sites


BOE’s Repeated Failure to Select Early Voting Site for Troy Voters a Violation of State Law
AG James Seeks Court Order for Accessible Site for June 2021 Primary    
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced a lawsuit against the Rensselaer County Board of Elections (BOE) and its commissioners, Jason Schofield and Edward McDonough, for failing to provide voters in Rensselaer County with adequate and equitable access to early voting poll sites, as required by the New York’s Early Voting law . The lawsuit  filed in the Rensselaer County Supreme Court  alleges that when BOE and its commissioners selected early voting sites, they ignored criteria that was required by law to take into account when determining poll sites. Despite the availability of potential early voting sites in Troy  the most densely populated area of the county  BOE and its commissioners repeatedly refused to select an early voting site that was easily accessi ....

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In-Depth: A local woman's story highlights the fight for the right to repair


Created: May 06, 2021 10:08 PM
HONEOYE FALLS, N.Y. (WHEC)  On any given day, you ll find Jessa Jones peering through a microscope, examining and fixing damaged cell phones and tablets from her repair shop, iPad Rehab, in Honeoye Falls.
Jones has a Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics. She became an expert on smartphone repairs accidentally when one of her children dropped her iPhone in the toilet. She knew the Apple Store wouldn t repair the water-damaged phone, so she taught herself to fix it.
It took me two years to fix that phone, Jones said. And along the way, I bought a microscope and learned how to figure out how circuit boards work and I learned a lot of skills, messed up a lot of stuff along the way, but ultimately, fixed that phone and now that s what we do for people from all over the world. ....

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