“It’s unconscionable and at the height of dishonesty and hypocrisy that Democrats are using the guise of COVID while we gather at concerts.”
“No one should fill out that box, but the voter who’s requesting,” GOP state Chair Nick Langworthy said Monday about the voter outreach.
Still, it is legal in New York state for political parties or candidates to use publicly available registration records to fill in absentee ballot applications for voters to then sign and return to the state Board of Elections, election law experts told The Post Monday. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law legislation allowing New Yorkers to use COVID-19 as an official excuse to vote remotely.There are allegations voters are receiving pre-filled applications for absentee ballots.The words, “New York State voter Assistance Program” appear at the top of one sheet of paper that accompanies the application alongside a letter that discloses the State Democratic Committee as the funder and source of the effort in a relatively small font.
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