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New voter registration methods and online portal
4:27:07
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Board of Elections officials discuss the success of their online voter portal and its impact on new voter registrations. They highlight the efficiency and popularity of the system.
- The online voter portal is doing well and attracting many new registrants
- The system has been replicated throughout the state
- Paper registration is still available for those who prefer it
- The online portal is also used for requesting mail ballots
- Officials express pride in the progress made with the online system and its accessibility
Gale A. Brewer
4:27:07
to have a thousand people applying, but that's nothing close to say 5,000.
4:27:12
Number two is just last the motor voter law and new registration and so on.
4:27:18
I didn't know maybe because people are I don't know if people are interested in government or politics or voting or not.
4:27:24
I have no out on the street, they're just upset about everything.
4:27:28
So my question is, are you getting how are you getting new registrants?
4:27:33
Is it through the motor voter law?
4:27:34
Is it are they coming in?
4:27:35
Are there new numbers, etcetera?
4:27:37
Just what's the number look like?
Vincent Ignizio
4:27:38
Well, we're very proud of our online voter portal, which is doing great.
4:27:41
And it's we we see many of the new registrants online these days.
4:27:48
We obviously still have paper for for those who seek that because sometimes we get we get that request.
4:27:53
But the online voter system, our own, is one that has replicated throughout the state, and it it works very well.
4:28:00
It's very efficient.
4:28:01
And now with the early mail ballot, we're getting a lot of people who seek to receive a mail mail ballot through our online portal system as well.
4:28:08
So there is a lot of people like, if I can go back to what you said about Rikers, we I don't wanna snatch defeat from the from the jaws of victory.
4:28:18
We are moving significantly in the right step over the last year and a half working with our partners both in in government and from legal aid, and I think they would admit that such.
4:28:28
So people put a lot of work in it, and I think it's only gonna continue to get better.
4:28:32
We want everybody who's eligible to vote to be able to vote in this state, and, you know, I'm I'm I'm going to always defend the agency and the hardworking people that do it every day.
4:28:40
And when they make progress, I wanna be able to tell you all this is there's been progress here and we're proud of it.
Gale A. Brewer
4:28:45
So how many more people do you think are registered from, versus last year?
4:28:50
Do you have those numbers?