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Senate Stalement End (6/29/2009) NEW

Call for Revisions to State Plan to Use Uncertified Voting Machines in 2009 Elections (6/3/2009)

Groups Cheer Passage of Bigger Better Bottle Bill (4/3/2009)

Bottle Bill Update Will Yield Big Benefits for New Yorkers (2/9/2009)

Why Lever Voting Machines Do Not Provide An Acceptable Method of Voting for New Yorkers
(2/9/2009)

Groups Warn that New Voters May Not Find Names in Poll Books (10/28/2008)
 Local Boards Urged to Take Steps to Ensure Voters Names at Poll Sites

 
LEAGUE LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM PROJECT

At a June 11 2008 press conference the League unveiled its proposal for campaign finance reform, the CFR_PressCampaign Finance Reform, Enforcement, Transparency and Accountability Act of 2008, in response to the failure of both Governor Patterson and the legislature to engage in bipartisan negotiations for meaningful campaign finance reform.

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Press Releases 2006-2008

NY Moves Towards Optical Scan Voting for 2008 Elections
(1/29/2008)

Citizen Groups File Amicus Brief in Department of Justice v. New York State Lawsuit
(12/19/2007)

Civic Groups Blast Department of Justice Proposal to Gut Standards for New Voting Systems
(11/19/2007)

State Board of Elections Must Not Allow Untested DREs into New York’s Polling Places
(9/18/2007)

Groups Urge Governor & Legislative Leaders to "Fix Albany"
(4/12/2007)

Judicial Pay Raise 
(4/9/2007
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Satement on Closed Door Leaders’ Meeting & Budget Process
(2/29/2007)

Budget Process Behind Closed Doors Again
 (3/27/2007)

Groups Call on Governor Spitzer to Endorse Optical Scan Voting
A coalition of the State’s leading election reform groups called on Governor Spitzer to follow the lead of Florida’s newly elected Governor Charlie Crist by ruling out the use of computerized Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting machines in New York State.  
(2/2/2007)

Civic Groups and new leaders urge governor and legislative leaders to embrace ethics reforms
(1/18/2007)

Cuomo Response
1/8/2007

Paper Ballots for New York: Post Mortem on Electronic Voting in 2006 Election
11/15/2006

 
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