New York Eases Absentee-Voting Rules, but Advocates Push Further Fixes

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New York Eases Absentee-Voting Rules, but Advocates Push Further Fixes
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State officials have taken steps to make it easier for New Yorkers to cast their ballots by mail in November, but advocacy groups are pushing them to go even further

for the biggest election since the novel coronavirus took hold.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a law allowing any New Yorker to request an absentee ballot because of the risk of contracting the coronavirus at a polling place, effectively allowing everybody to vote by mail. The same policy was in place for June’s primary elections, prompting an unprecedented number of...

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