Election Reform

A.3315/S.3250: Early Voting

Assemblyman Lancman and Assemblyman Brennan Discuss Election Proposals At City Hall Press Conference

Resources
Bill Text
Bill Memo

Sponsors
Lancman, Brennan, Koon, Hooper, Fields, Pheffer, Lupardo, Gottfried, Perry, Lifton, Reilly, Jacobs, Stirpe, Bradley, Gianaris, Paulin, Powell, Lavine and Kellner.

Support Memos
Common Cause NY
Citizen Action of New York
Democracy for NY

Summary
Enacts the "early voting act"; provides to any person early voting for a candidate for public office in a general, primary or special election for any public or party office by paper ballot to take place no sooner than seven days and up to and including the day prior to such election; provides that such voting shall take place at such person's county board of elections.

Further Reading
Coverage of Assemblyman Lancman's and Assemblyman Brennan's proposals in the Daily News' Daily Politics Blog, the Brennan Center's Reform NY Blog and the Albany Project.

Governor's statement calling for an assessment of the voting process in New York State

Assemblyman Brennan's draft constitutional amendment to permit voting by mail.

Maryland's Early Voting Law and a Fiscal and Policy Analysis of Maryland's Early Voting Law

For more information please consult Reed College's Early Voting Information Center and the Early Voting Center's weblog.