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(108,903 posts) Fri Aug 17, 2012, 01:59 PM Aug 2012

While Florida and Pennsylvania Make Voter Registration Harder, New York Makes It Easier Online

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/08/while_florida_a.php

The states of Florida and Pennsylvania have been trying to make it harder to register to vote in 2012. While the former's efforts have been stalled somewhat and the latter's have been upheld in court, New York State has taken the radical step of actually making it a bit easier to register to vote.
As Governor Andrew Cuomo noted in a press release yesterday, New York State has "launched a sweeping new initiative to expand access to voter registration and streamline DMV services by allowing New Yorkers, for the first time ever, to apply to register to vote, or update their address or party enrollment, through a secure online site."

The registration site itself, part of the Department of Motor Vehicles website, says:

"The Voter Registration Application allows a user to complete an application to register to vote or to update the information they have on file with the Board of Elections. Updated information could include providing your County Board of Elections with your new name, new address, or changing a party enrollment. Applications completed on this website are forwarded to the appropriate County Board of Elections for approval and processing."