Empire State Today

PILF report: Millions of NY voter registrations missing required personal information, making it 'extremely difficult' for verification

By W.J. Kennedy | Oct 12, 2022

More than 3 million voter registrations on the New York state rolls are missing personal identifiable information (PII) required by federal law, a research brief by the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) shows.

Heritage Foundation lauds New York voters opposing 2 election law changes

By W.J. Kennedy | Dec 1, 2021

Little noticed by the media but pointed out by the Heritage Foundation’s Hans von Spakovsky and John Fund, was the defeat in November of two election ballot measures in New York state that critics say would undermine election security. One would have allowed same-day voter registration, the other permitted no-fault absentee balloting.

New York voters reject election initiatives championed by congressional Democrats

By W.J. Kennedy | Nov 5, 2021

New York state voters shot down proposed constitutional amendments Tuesday that would have allowed for same-day voter registration and universal absentee voting in elections, initiatives championed by congressional Democrats.

Florida’s new voting law called comparable to to New York's

By W.J. Kennedy | Jun 14, 2021

Florida recently enacted laws tightening election security, and has been criticized for restricting voter access to the polls. A comparison, however, of the state’s new voting law with changes that New York made to its election laws in 2019 shows that Florida, in key ways, has increased access to voting that are similar, and even go beyond New York, which has few of the security measures adopted by the Sunshine State.