State senate approves E-poll books at voting sites
Voters could be signing their names electronically when they show up at their polling place to vote on Election Day if a bill passed by the state Senate eventually becomes law.
On Feb. 27, the Senate approved legislation sponsored by state Sen. Zellnor Myrie that would allow the use of electronic poll books, called E-poll books, at polling sites. The E-poll books would replace the old paper books currently in use. The bill has been sent to the state Assembly for consideration.
Myrie, a Democrat who represents Crown Heights and parts of Park Slope and Sunset Park, is the chairperson of the Senate’s Elections Committee.
“For too long, New York has been stuck in the past when it comes to our voting system,” Myrie said in a statement. “We can pay for a coffee by signing an iPad, but we have to sign our name in script to vote. We’re still recording voter history in the same way we did during the years of Tammany Hall and that makes absolutely no sense. It’s time to bring New York’s voting system into the modern era.”