absentee ballots

The move was intended to boost turnout.

The ruling means anyone afraid of catching a disease, like COVID, can continue to vote absentee.

A Republican judge from Saratoga County sided with the state GOP.

After holding an initial hearing, Democrats and Republicans will be back in court in Saratoga County next week.

The law is meant to prevent election lawyers from tossing opponents' ballots based on some technicalities. It’s the second voting rights law Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign this week.

2.4 million absentee ballots were mailed out statewide and 1.5 million have been returned so far.

"You don't come in with proposals that slow down the mail, right in the middle of a pandemic when people are more dependent on mail than ever."

"When voters have been provided with absentee ballots and assured that their votes on those ballots will be counted, the state cannot ignore a later discovered, systemic problem that arbitrarily renders those ballots invalid."

As of July 7th, the BOE has only received 408,596 absentee ballots of the 778,184 that were distributed.

In New York City, a flood of voters say they applied for their absentee ballot by the June 16th deadline, and yet, no ballot never arrived.