Yes, the State’s Voting Setup is ‘Ridiculous’: Editorial

 

By the Poughkeepsie Journal Editorial Board 

“Ridiculous.”

Yes, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman picked an appropriate word to describe the state’s voting system. But we can think of a few others. How about “arcane” or “abysmal” or “backward” or “bewildering”?

Sadly, all fit. That’s because New York refuses to step into the modern era. That’s because the state has backed some of the worst ideas about voting. And that’s because the state had done these things, even though it is consistently near the bottom in terms of voter turnout.

Schneiderman pointed to a record number of complaints during the state’s presidential primary in April, saying voters were upset New York doesn’t allow people to register and vote on the same day and doesn’t let voters easily change parties. Instead, the state laws are incredibly rigid. 

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Source: The Poughkeepsie Journal (via The Empire Report)