De Blasio proposes reforms to make New York more voter friendly
Mayor: ‘Tacit understanding’ at state level makes it too hard to register and vote
Saying that it is just too difficult to register to vote in New York State, Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday called on Albany to pass new laws allowing early voting, same-day voter registration and electronic poll books statewide.
De Blasio made the announcement at NYC College of Technology in Downtown Brooklyn, after helping to sign up new voters at a registration fair held nearby at MetroTech.
While the deadline for mail-in registration is today (Friday, Oct. 14), a number of in-person registration centers are open in Brooklyn on Saturday, Oct. 15, from 1 to 9 p.m. See the bottom of this story for their locations.]