Governor celebrates unprecedented surge in last-minute online voter registrations
Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday, March 22 announced an unprecedented surge in last-minute online voter registration activity less than one month before the New York State presidential primary.
According to Cuomo, between March 10 and March 20, MyDMV – the state’s first and only online voter registration system – processed more than 40,883 voter registration applications, including 20,889 first-time voters.
Specifically, the website boasted an all-time record on Friday, March 18 as it celebrated a total of 13,961 applications received – more than 7,000 of those being first-time voters.