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Voting & Elections 01.13.2020

ExpressVote XL Voting Machines Are Bad for New York

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The New York State Board of Elections is planning to certify a voting machine that is highly error-prone, expensive and would only serve to undermine faith in the accuracy of election results.

Voting & Elections 03.8.2019

How Do We Turn 1.1 Million New Yorkers into 1.1 Million New Voters? It starts with Automatic Voter Registration (AVR).

City Council Charter Revision Commission Should Focus on Land Use

Common Cause/NY strongly urges the commission to devote most, if not all, of its focus on an essential issue that cannot effectively be addressed piecemeal and which is too detailed and politically fraught to be taken up in the normal course by the City Council: the reworking of the city’s land use procedures.

Voting & Elections 08.10.2018

The Case for Ranked Choice Voting in New York City

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Common Cause NY strongly urges the commission to recommend ranked choice voting for all New York City elections.

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