New York state sees surge in online voter registration
As the deadline to register to vote in New York state’s presidential primary nears, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday an unprecedented surge in voter registration through the state’s online voter registration system.
MyDMV, New York state’s online voter registration system, processed more than 40,883 voter registration applications within a 10-day period between March 10 and March 20, according to a press release from Cuomo’s office. About half — 20,889 — of those proposals came from first-time voters, according to the release.
The deadline to register to vote in the New York state primary is March 25. The primary will be held on April 19.
A record number of voters registered on March 18, according to the release. This was three days after Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio had primary races that resulted in Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) dropping out of the presidential race.
“Our online voter registration portal is key in this administration’s efforts to knock down barriers to democracy and encourage more participation in the electoral process,” Cuomo said in the release.
Onondaga County is also seeing high rates of voter registration. As of Feb. 16, 30,000 people registered to vote in the county.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a strong lead ahead of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in New York state, according to FiveThirtyEight’s weighted polling average, which has Clinton up by nearly 40 points.
On the Republican side, business mogul Donald Trump is also ahead of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) by nearly 40 points, according to FiveThirtyEight.
A survey spearheaded by Syracuse University’s Student Voter Registration Project found that 77 percent of SU students are registered to vote and are willing to participate in the general election.
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Bernie Sanders 2006 Senate Debate – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGK7N7S_40M
2006 Senate Run Debate Sanders (I) vs Tarrant (R) – Issues Debated:
Sanders – I believe in trade – trade is good. 32:50
Sanders – Marriage is a state’s rights issue 27:50
Sanders – Global warming.
Sanders – Iran – President Bush misled us. Bring the troops home with a date certain.
Tarrant – Letter from GE 1986 – Sanders’ anti-business rhetoric hurts Vermont.
Tarrant – Universal healthcare – Expand Medicare.
Sanders – Single Payer system administered at the State level.
Tarrant – Sanders has been saying this for 16 years and has has been ineffective. He wants to let the States experiment with what works. No detail. No substance. No meat.
Sanders – (On Sanders’ confrontational style of non-compromising policy) Yeah, I will fight for the poor and the middle class.
Tarrant – You voted against tax relief for the middle class.
Sanders – Yes, $700 billion in tax cuts for people who didn’t need it. Increase the minimum wage, child care, credits for Hybrid cars, college, etc.
Tarrant – You chose to hurt the rich at the expense of the middle class, rather than help the middle class while the rich benefit.
Sanders – North Korea
Tarrant – Sanders has written 166 bills in 16 years and two – two bills have passed.
Sanders – Amendments that pass on the floor are more effective.
Tarrant – Then why write 166 bills – not an effective use of your time.
Sanders – Patriot Act, Civil Liberties, and the War on Terror
Tarrant – (On being a business with much wealth and feeling for the average person). More business persons should be in the House and Senate. They know what businesses think about everyday.
Sanders – We don’t need more millionaires in congress.
Tarrant – Well, whomever the people chose there will be one more millionaire.
Sanders – My wife would like that, but that is not true.
Sanders – Will you turn over your tax returns.
Tarrant – Your pension alone is worth more than a million dollars.
Tarrant – (On supreme court justices) – No litmus test (abortion).
#anarchy2016