New York's Dem Senate has passed 9 bills to improve absentee mail voting & protect voting access. New York's election admin & voting access have long been a national embarrassment, so these reforms are long overdue. Dems have passed many reforms since 2019 cnycentral.com/news/local/nys… 
New York state Senate Democrats have passed a same-day voter registration constitutional amendment after both chambers did so in 2019. Once the Assembly again follows suit, it would appear on the ballot this November alongside this fall's local elections nysenate.gov/newsroom/press…
NY Senate Dems passed a constitutional amendment that lowers the threshold for overriding the bipartisan redistricting commission from 2/3 to 3/5 & make it easier for Dems to gerrymander. However, Dems won 2/3 majorities in 2020, so it may be moot for 2022 nysenate.gov/legislation/bi…
However, this amendment also includes nonpartisan redistricting reforms: Enshrining statutory ban on prison gerrymandering, limiting how Senate districts can split cities, & letting NY do its own census if federal one is corrupted.
It'll go on Nov's ballot once Assembly passes
It'll go on Nov's ballot once Assembly passes
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