Both houses of the state legislature voted to enact several pieces of legislation in a package that would make voting in New York easier on several fronts. One would allow 16 and 17 year-olds to pre-register to vote. Rockland State Senator David Carlucci sponsored two of the bills that passed the Senate…
Al Samuels, the head of the Rockland Business Association, yesterday questioned why 16 and 17 year-olds should be considered mature enough to take part in the voting process if they are forbidden from other activities that require higher minimum ages…
Other proposals in the package include the ability to vote by mail, holding federal and state primaries on the same day, and a plan to update campaign-finance laws that would limit contributions by LLCs. The package still needs the governor’s signature. Samuels will likely address this and other issues when he is the featured speaker at the RBA’s monthly luncheon on Thursday at Crown Plaza in Suffern. For more info visit RocklandBusiness.org.