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ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn The organizing initiative focuses on early outreach to minority voters. • 5 min read Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.J. Pat Carter/AP, FILE As Republicans lead efforts to restrict voting rights across the country, in what they describe as efforts to keep elections secure, Democrats have been trying to figure out how to effectively galvanize minority voting blocs ahead of the 2022 midterms, ...

Taylor Romine and Chandelis Duster, CNN, May 6, 2021 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill expanding felon voting rights on Tuesday, according to the state legislature, allowing for people on parole in the state to be eligible to vote as soon as they leave prison. The law codifies a 2018 executive order that allowed for Cuomo to individually pardon parolees. According to the bill text, Department of Corrections officials are required to provide a voter registration form as the felon is leavi...

X90033 A New York State Secure Ballot Dropbox sits outside the James A. Farley U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Post Office as New York State and New York City legislators held a rally for their new legislation that would to allow local Boards of Elections to establish absentee ballot drop box locations across the state, in New York City, New York, U.S., August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar - RC25PI9SZS43 The Texas House passed its version of the omnibus elections bill on a party-line vote in a marath...

NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs bill restoring voter rights to felons "We are one step closer to dismantling the vestiges of segregation-era felony disenfranchisement in NY," says New York Assembly Member Daniel ODonnell New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill that grants those released from prison the right to vote immediately upon discharge, resulting in the restoration of voter rights for an estimated 35,000 people, according to “Over the past several years, New York has been a nation...

New York Gov. Cuomo signs bill that automatically restores felons’ right to vote after release New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill expanding felon voting rights on Tuesday, according to the state legislature, allowing for people on parole in the state to be eligible to vote as soon as they leave prison. The law codifies a 2018 executive order that allowed for Cuomo to individually pardon parolees. According to the bill text, Department of Corrections officials are required to provide a v...

Cuomo signs law to restore voting rights to parolees immediately Adam Brewster © TAMI CHAPPELL US-VOTE-POLITICS-SENATE New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday signed a law that will automatically restore voting rights for people upon being released from prison.  "I strongly believe that restoring the right to vote to people who have paid their debt to society strengthens our democracy, promotes successful reentry into the community, and makes New York a safer and fairer pl...

Cuomo signs law to restore voting rights to parolees immediately after prison release By Adam Brewster May 5, 2021 / 8:08 PM / CBS News New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday signed a law that will automatically restore voting rights for people upon being released from prison.  "I strongly believe that restoring the right to vote to people who have paid their debt to society strengthens our democracy, promotes successful reentry into the community, and makes New York...

By Taylor Romine and Chandelis Duster, CNN Updated 8:23 PM ET, Wed May 5, 2021 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo holds a news conference on May, 3, 2021 in New York City. (CNN)New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill expanding felon voting rights on Tuesday, according to the state legislature, allowing for people on parole in the state to be eligible to vote as soon as they leave prison. The law codifies a 2018 executive order that allowed for Cuomo to individually pardon parolees. According t...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill expanding felon voting rights on Tuesday, according to the state legislature, allowing for people on parole in the state to be eligible to vote as soon as they leave prison.

Voting rights advocates are actually piling up some wins in dozens of state capitals in their fight to expand access to mail and early voting ballots. States...