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Caribbean L 34 ife, DECEMBER 6-12, 2019
Hearing on early voting
By Nelson A. King
Brooklyn Sen. Zellnor Y. Myrie, chair
of the State Senate Elections Committee,
and Assembly Member Charles Lavine,
Assembly Elections Chair, recently held
a public hearing on the implementation
of the state’s first ever period of early
voting.
“Testimony in this hearing made clear
that our first ever implementation of
early voting was largely a success, and
the local boards of elections deserve to
be commended for getting it done, particularly
under the tight timeline,” said
Myrie, who represents the 20th Senatorial
District. “Early voting was so successful
that the general sentiment on what
could be better is, in a word — more.
“Testimony after testimony called for
more poll sites and more money in the
state budget to help make early voting as
widely available as possible,” he added.
“With unprecedented turnout expected
in next year’s elections, we’re also
committed to working on some of the
administrative and procedural challenges
like county-wide voting centers,
increasing the options for poll sites, and
ensuring accessibility, so that everyone
in our state is empowered to make their
voice heard at the ballot box,” Myrie
continued.
Lavine said that: “After many years of
trying, the state legislature succeeded in
passing early voting, and finally, Nassau
County residents with difficult schedules
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had the opportunity to vote with ease.
“With this hearing, we had the chance
to get feedback from experts and the
public on our first implementation, identify
the hiccups, and equip us to make
our democracy work better than ever,”
he said.
The Early Voting Period started on
Oct. 26 and ran through Nov. 3. During
the first weekend, Myrie said unofficial
results showed over 50,000 people voted.
He said a daily average of slightly
more than 26,500 people voted early
during the early voting period.
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