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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 place to live," Cuomo said in a statement.  The new law codifies a practice that has been in place in...

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 a safer and fairer place to live," Cuomo said in a statement.  The new law codifies a practice tha...

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 to the bill text, Department of Corrections officials are required to provide a voter registration fo...

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...