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One can only see this election as Donald Trump running against himself. He continued the thread that came out of the American Civil War. Slavery may have been abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment, but all those who study the American sociology know that slavery was followed by Jim Crow […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]