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Caribbean L 8 ife, May 24–30, 2019 BQ
Automatic voter registration hearing
By Nelson A. King
Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Zellnor Y.
Myrie will on Thursday, May 30 lead a public
hearing on automatic voter registration in
Albany.
New York State Senate Majority
announced on Monday that Myrie, who
represents the 20th Senatorial District in
Brooklyn and chair of the Elections Committee,
will lead this hearing “to ensure that
a broad range of stakeholders has the opportunity
to provide input on the creation of an
automatic voter registration system.”
“Voting is the right that protects all other
rights, yet New York is consistently ranked
among the worst in the country in voter
turnout,” said Myrie, the son of Costa Rican
immigrants, whose grandmother hails from
Jamaica. “At a time when voting rights are
under assault at the federal level and across
the country, it is more important than ever
to expand and protect our democracy in
New York.
“Automatic voter registration is a straightforward
and evidenced-backed policy that
would remove barriers between voters and
the ballot box and make it easier for people to
make their voices heard,” added the newlyelected
senator.
He said the hearing on automatic voter
registration (AVR) is only the latest in his
efforts to expand voting rights in New York
State.
On the first day of the legislative session,
Myrie sponsored S1102, a bill to allow early
voting, which was later signed into law by
the Gov. Andrew Cuomo and then funded in
Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Zellnor Y.
Myrie. https://www.nysenate.gov
the Enacted State Budget.
In February, Myrie sponsored legislation
to allow electronic poll books and helped
to negotiate funding for the measure in the
budget.
A month later, he led a hearing on public
financing of elections.
The hearing on AVR will be in, at 1 pm,
in the Legislative Office Building Hearing
Room A, 2nd floor.
Oral testimony is by invitation only. To
RSVP for the hearing or to submit written
testimony, please email Edline Jacquet,
Myrie’s chief of staff, at jacquet@nysenate.
gov.
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