The good news — NYPIRG reported that fewer students encountered serious problems in voting on Election Day in New York compared to prior years, based on the number and the type of calls made to the group’s statewide helpline. For 30 years, the hotline has been accessible to students who […]
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Letter: Thankfully, campaign commercials have ended, but what about those signs?
To the editor: Election Day has come and gone. This reminds me of “The Outer Limits,” a 1960s television show. With the end of round-the-clock commercials by politicians, political parties, political action groups and pay-for-play special interest groups, we now return control of your television back to you until the […]
Wait time experiences on Election Day varied throughout New York
With the COVID-19 pandemic and a very polarizing presidential election, many voters weren’t just worried about COVID-19, but also long lines. However, some voters across New York state saw very low wait times on Election Day 2020. By 9:15 a.m. there were no lines and a virtually empty voting area […]
Despite long lines and confusion, voters were determined this election
In the early morning hours when polls were only just beginning to open, a line already formed down the stairs and around the corner of the Poughkeepsie City Hall. By midday, aside from four individuals behind a table outside the poll entrance, the lines had completely cleared. The individuals, often […]
Legislation proposed to combat long lines at polling locations
The “Make Voting Easy” Act was proposed this past weekend by Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris to expand and generate early voting sites in order to prevent long lines in the next election that currently force voters to wait hours. Sen. Gianaris’ proposal requires one polling site for every 25,000 […]
Twitter fights, media storm in 11th CD are coming to an end
In an unusually acrimonious election season, the political discourse in the NY-11 race has been nothing but trash talk, with much of it playing out on Twitter and other social media. Both incumbent Democratic Congressman Max Rose, and Republican challenger Nicole Malliotakis, are using multiple media platforms and commercials claiming […]
Good-government group urges patience so all ballots can be counted
The government watchdog group Common Cause/NY is urging voters and candidates to temper their expectations about getting final results on Tuesday for the sake of democracy. New York State has experienced massive early voting turn-out in the 2020 election, with an unprecedented number of absentee ballots as a result of […]
Publisher’s Corner: Celebrating the career of a folk icon
Arlo Guthrie is incredibly talented. I’ve known him for years and interviewed him countless times. As the son of Woody Guthrie, he is one of the few sons who may be better known than his famous father. Of course, when Woody was around, we didn’t have the media outlets that […]