Cuomo orders postage-paid absentee ballot applications to be sent to all New York voters

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Cuomo orders postage-paid absentee ballot applications to be sent to all New York voters
By Max Greenwood - 04/24/20 02:33 PM EDT

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) issued an executive order on Friday requiring state election officials to send postage-paid absentee ballot applications to all voters amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“I am issuing an Executive Order to ensure every New York voter automatically receives a postage-paid application for an absentee ballot because no New Yorker should have to choose between their health and their right to vote,” Cuomo said in a statement.

New York is one of more than a dozen states that requires its citizens to provide an excuse to receive an absentee ballot. That changed earlier this month when Cuomo signed an executive order allowing all New Yorkers to vote absentee in the state’s June 23 primary election.


Voters will still have to request an absentee ballot ahead of the primary, but Cuomo’s executive order on Friday effectively makes that process free, taking away the need for voters to pay for postage when they return their applications for an absentee ballot.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/494542-cuomo-orders-postage-paid-absentee-ballot-applications-to-be-sent-to-all

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Amy Furr 25 Apr 2020

Election officials will automatically mail New Yorkers a postage-paid absentee ballot application during the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said Friday.

“We’re making great progress to flatten the curve and decrease the spread of infection, but we don’t know when this pandemic will end and we can’t put democracy on hold,” he stated.

“I am issuing an Executive Order to ensure every New York voter automatically receives a postage-paid application for an absentee ballot because no New Yorker should have to choose between their health and their right to vote,” the governor continued.

Recently, Cuomo also issued an executive order allowing residents to vote absentee in the June 23 primary election, the announcement noted.

However, the New York GOP called the move an “illegal and unconstitutional political power grab that will severely undermine the integrity of our elections,” according to Breitbart News.

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https://www.breitbart.com/health/2020/04/25/andrew-cuomo-orders-postage-paid-absentee-ballot-applications-sent-every-new-york-voter/

[MajorClay]

No federal funds needed

[sneakypete]

I suspect Bad Orange Man will soon be whispering into the ear of the AG about this.

[Smokin Joe]

The potential for fraud is off the charts.

IOW, SSDD, all that is new is the delivery system. (Saves on Bus fuel)