Assembly Member Luis Sepúlveda and Senator Rubén Díaz to Announce Push for Key Voter Registration and Elections Reforms at Press Conference Monday

Assembly Member Luis Sepúlveda and Senator Rubén Díaz to Announce Push for Key Voter Registration and Elections Reforms at Press Conference Monday 
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Proposed changes to NYS law include barring mass purges of voters from election rolls 
and requiring email notifications (when possible) of changes in polling locations 


WHAT: Assembly Member Luis Sepúlveda and Senator Rubén Diaz to hold a news conference to announce they will introduce legislation to make it a felony for boards of elections to dump or archive voters from registration rolls, requiring that such removals only be made upon confirmation either of the death of a voter or the out-of-state relocation of a voter, and to require boards of elections to notify voters by email, whenever possible, of changes in in polling sites. Sepúlveda and Diaz will also announce their support of legislation to provide for automatic registration of voters when they apply for or renew their driver’s license or non-driver ID (with the option for persons to opt out of becoming registered) and to allow voters to change party registration as easily and under the identical criteria applicable for new voter registration. 

WHEN: 1PM, Monday, April 25 

WHERE: City Hall steps (NYC) 

WHO: Assembly Members Luis Sepúlveda and Senator Ruben Diaz