June 17 marks the first time New Yorkers can both register and vote on the same day because the start of early voting overlaps with the registration deadline.
when they have different policy interpretations because of the election boards' bipartisan makeup.
The opportunity to register and vote on the same day only applies to people who are new voters and do not currently appear on New York's voter rolls. Assemblymember Robert Carroll, a Brooklyn Democrat who also sponsored the bill that moved the voter registration deadline, introduced legislation that would make it clear that these new voters can use an affidavit ballot at their early voting site to both register and vote on a Golden Day like June 17.
State election board spokesperson Jennifer Wilson said the agency is working on procedures for local boards to follow and would communicate that information soon. She did not have a date for when that information would be shared with them. “We don't subscribe to the nomenclature of ‘Golden Day’,” said Vincent Ignizio, the deputy executive director of the New York City Board of Elections. But he said the city is preparing for voters who show up at local Board of Elections offices to register, register online, or just go straight to their early voting site and register and vote using an affidavit ballot.
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