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Related: About this forumUrgent! A mistake on NY Voter Registration forms misled voters
Dear New York MoveOn member,
I'm Diana Hird, a MoveOn member in Cold Spring, NY, and I started a petition to The New York State House, The New York State Senate, and Governor Andrew Cuomo , which says:
The instructions on the New York State Voter Registration Form clearly states that New Yorkers who changed their party affiliation between October 9, 2015, and March 25, 2016, are allowed to vote in the April 19 Presidential Primary Election. While it is true that there is an old, obtuse, restrictive law on the books in New York State that says they can't vote, it is so obtuse that employees at the Board of Elections have gotten confused and given out incorrect information on this point - and even the Voter Registration Form misstated the law. Voters shouldn't be penalized for relying on the instructions contained in the Voter Registration Form and on statements made by employees of the Board of Elections.
Let them vote on April 19!
It is the youth vote that is being disenfranchised in the New York State Primary Election because the New York State Voter Registration Form incorrectly states the deadline for voters to change their party affiliation. The young voters who don't have long-standing ties to a political party are the ones who will be turned away at the polls on April 19. There is no time to waste. Sign the petition now so they can vote in the Primary Election on April 19.
Click HERE* to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.
Thanks!
Diana Hird
* http://pac.petitions.moveon.org/sign/new-york-state-voter?akid=164078.654740.pC9hiH&rd=1&source=mo.mp&t=2
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Urgent! A mistake on NY Voter Registration forms misled voters (Original Post)
magical thyme
Apr 2016
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revbones
(3,660 posts)1. Tweeted and posted to FB. Hope everyone helps on this one.
Don't see them changing anything that might help democracy though...
chknltl
(10,558 posts)2. Done knr nt.
Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)3. done
dcbuckeye
(79 posts)4. Out-of-state people are signing petition
I think if you want this to work out, you should probably have mostly NY state residents signing the petition. I don't think NY is going to change the rules if most of the people signing the petition are from outside NY.