Elections Affect Us All
Articles About Our Work:
Please visit the press page for our partner org SMART Elections.
City & State Features VIVA NY in session wrap up coverage
Editorial from the Albany Times Union
FAQ on Hybrid & Universal Use Voting Machines
What Can You Do?
Join us on Fridays at 12pm to discuss how to pass the Protect Our Ballots Act – a groundbreaking election protection bill to ensure that New Yorkers have both hand-marked paper ballots and ballot-markers. 12pm is the beginner’s meeting to ask questions and discuss. 12:30 – 1:30pm is the strategy meeting.
Support for Our Work
Letter of Support for Protect Our Ballots Act – Signed by Over Two Dozen Elections & Election Security Experts & 45 Good Government Groups
Letter of Support from Civil Rights Leaders
Center for Law & Social Justice Executive Director – Legislative Briefing
Legendary Former Election Supervisor Ion Sancho
Co-Chair of the NY State Board of Elections
Members of the NY Assembly Election Law Committee
Academic Support Research
Freedom to Tinker – Research from Andrew Appel, a Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University (featured on the Election Law Blog of Rick Hasen)
Memo from Douglas Jones, Emeritus Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Iowa
Press Releases
Voting Machine Approval Widely Panned – joint release from SMART Elections & Center for Common Ground (August 22, 2023)
Celebrity Ad Leads to Bill Passage by New York Senate – SMART Legislation & Center for Common Ground (June 12, 2023)
Celebrity Ad for NY Bill Gets Over Quarter Million Views – SMART Legislation & Center for Common Ground (June 9, 2023)
Immediate Action Required by NY Governor and Legislature, Press Release (June 30, 2022)
Protect Our Ballots Act Fails to Pass NY Assembly, Press Release (June 7, 2022)
Letter of Support Protect Our Ballots Act, Press Release (May 23, 2022)
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